William McElroy
Operations Facilities Advisory Committee
William ‘Will’ McElroy serves as the Deputy Director for Operations at Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, South Dakota, and is responsible for underground/surface operations and engineering. He has over 20 years of experience in project management and is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP).
Before rejoining SURF in 2019, Will served as President of Ainsworth- Benning Construction, A Journey Group company, for four years, the Director for Underground Access and Operations Program Manager at SURF for 7 years, and a contract employee for Science Applications International Corp, Raytheon & Stinger Graffarian Technologies (an aerospace contractor to the U.S. Geological Survey) for 10 years. Will has executive leadership experience with public and private funded projects, and volunteer organizations.
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