New president named for large Hanford nuclear site contractor

Hanford Mission Integration Solutions has named Amy Basche as its new president, promoting her from acting president, and making her the second new Hanford contractor president this summer.

She took over leadership of the Hanford nuclear site contractor June 24, when then-president Bob Wilkinson was named president of another Hanford contractor, Central Plateau Cleanup Co.

Wilkinson took the position held by John Eschenberg, who resigned to accept a new assignment with Amentum, the lead owner of Central Plateau Cleanup.

Basche’s permanent new role had been pending Department of Energy approval.

Basche has more than 30 years of experience at Hanford, including vice president of project support services at contractor Washington River Protection Solutions from 2008 to 2017 and then chief operations officer for Mission Support Alliance until early 2021.

When the sitewide services contract for Mission Support Alliance expired, the new contract was awarded to Hanford Mission Integration Solutions. The former and new contractor shared common ownership by Leidos and Centerra, with Parsons joining the new contracting team.

Basche continued as chief operations officer at the new site services contractor until becoming acting president.

“She has a vast amount of knowledge and experience in all phases of Hanford activities,” Wilkinson said in a June message to staff announcing that Basche would be the interim president.

Hanford Mission Integration Solutions provides services across the site and to other contractors and DOE, including security, fire and emergency services, land management, utilities, road services, management of the HAMMER training center and information technology.

It employs about 2,000 workers.

The 580-square-mile nuclear reservation adjoining Richland in Eastern Washington was used from World War II through the Cold War to produce nearly two-thirds of the plutonium for the nation’s nuclear weapons program. Now work is focused on environmental cleanup of the site.

Todd Synoground has been named chief operations officer for Hanford Mission Integration Solutions.