Officers

Officers

Brad Berles
Section Chair

Brad is currently the Senior Director of Water Strategy at the Palo Verde Generating Station in Arizona. He has spent the last 15 years of his career at Palo Verde, with the prior 14 years at the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Michigan. During that time, he was primarily involved with engineering (systems and fuels) and operations (senior reactor operator at Palisades), until recently, when he focused on the long-term water strategy for Palo Verde. Brad holds a Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Michigan (Go Blue!) and a Master of Science in Engineering Management from Western Michigan University. He has been an ANS member since his undergraduate studies.

Vice Chair - Currently an open position

Secretary - Currently an open position

Executive Committee

Michelle Manley

Dr. Michelle Manley serves as the director for corporate services with G.D. Barri & Associates. She acquired a wealth of diverse experience and knowledge from 17 years in higher education at a major university in South Florida. Michelle works closely with G.D. Barri contractors assigned to the Palo Verde Generating Station. Dr. Manley received her B.S. degree in legal studies, master's degree in conflict resolution and analysis, and doctorate in marriage and family therapy from Nova Southeastern University. Although new to Arizona and ANS Michelle is excited by the field and hopes to expand her understanding. She seeks to support the recruitment and development of the next generation of nuclear professionals.

Steve Manson

Dr. Manson is an Engineering Fellow in the Effectors Center of Raytheon Missiles and Defense. He works in various facets of nuclear survivability of interceptor and satellite systems at RMD. He has been primarily involved with the development of automated methods of enabling high-fidelity Monte Carlo radiation transport analysis of complex engineered systems. He has received three patents for this work since January 2008. Dr. Manson earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1999, where his dissertation work concerned thermal hydraulic analysis of nuclear accident scenarios involving the Pantex plant. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and has been a member of the American Nuclear Society since 1987.

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