BOISE, ID – Idaho Gov. Brad Little has announced the full membership of the newly formed Idaho Advanced Nuclear Energy Task Force, which is scheduled to hold its first meeting Monday.
The task force was created through Executive Order 2025-06, signed in September, and is tasked with assessing and recommending strategies to advance Idaho’s role in nuclear energy innovation, deployment, and workforce development. The task force is supported by staff from the Governor’s Office of Energy and Mineral Resources and the Idaho National Laboratory.
The task force is co-chaired by Lt. Gov. Scott Bedke and INL Director John Wagner.
Task force members include:
- Scott Bedke, Lieutenant Governor (Co-Chair)
- John Wagner, Director, Idaho National Laboratory (Co-Chair)
- Lisa Burtenshaw, Mayor, City of Idaho Falls
- Jess Byrne, Director, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
- Thom Carter, Vice President of Government Affairs, PacifiCorp
- Mitch Colburn, Vice President of Planning, Engineering, and Construction, Idaho Power Company
- Dan Coyne, President and CEO, Idaho Environmental Solutions
- Ted Hill, District 14A Representative, Idaho House of Representatives
- Tom Kealey, Director, Idaho Department of Commerce
- Raúl Labrador, Attorney General of the State of Idaho
- M.H. Hootie Langseth, Commissioner, Butte County
- Ed Lodge, Commissioner, Idaho Public Utilities Commission
- Kirt Marlow, Senior Vice President, Hi-Tech Solutions
- Bobbi-Jo Meuleman, CEO, Boise Metro Chamber
- Wendi Secrist, Executive Director, Idaho Workforce Development Council
- Andy Snook, Senior Deputy Counsel, Idaho Governor’s Office
- Jennifer White, Executive Director, Idaho State Board of Education
- Cally Younger, Administrator, Idaho Governor’s Office of Energy and Mineral Resources
The task force’s first meeting is scheduled for February 2 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mountain Time in the Lincoln Auditorium at the Idaho State Capitol. The meeting will be streamed online through Idaho Public Television, with public comment scheduled at the end of the meeting.
