Joanne Wolfe
Team Leader

Joanne Wolfe serves as a team leader in the Financial Management Division, Office of Science (SC-1.21).  She is responsible for budget formulation and execution for the following Science programs:  Fusion Energy Sciences, High Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics, Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists, and Safeguards and Security.

Federal Career

Joanne began her federal career in 1978 at the Department of Education where she worked as a budget analyst on a number of federal education programs.  She served in various budget positions there until 1989 when she moved to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as a budget examiner in the Education Branch.  She joined the Department of Energy in the Office of Defense Programs (DP) in 1990 and remained with DP/ National Nuclear Security Administration for 14 years where she was involved in all aspects of the DOE budget process, including work with the Inertial Confinement Fusion program budget and the National Ignition Facility construction project.  Joanne joined the Office of Science in her current position in November 2004. 

Education

B.A. Political Science, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1978
Computer science coursework, University of Maryland.