Oklo Inc. Announces Changes to Its Board of Directors and Management Team to Support Its Continued Growth
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Published on 04/14/2026 at 05:21 pm EDT
Oklo Inc. announced changes to its Board of Directors and management team designed to enable Oklo to meet its ambitious deployment goals across its integrated power-fuel-isotopes business. Oklo appoints four new directors: Oklo has appointed Dr. Mark Peters, David Christian, Derek Kan, and David Park to its Board of Directors, effective April 10, 2026. This expansion adds a wide range of experienced executives from different industries who have been responsible for completing complicated and highly technical projects in the nuclear, energy, industrial, and infrastructure sectors.
About Oklo?s new directors: Dr. Mark Petersis the president and chief executive officer of MITRE, the global not-for-profit company that manages R&D centers around the world. A recognized expert in nuclear energy and national security, Peters spent more than 25 years leading scientific discovery for federally funded R&D centers. Prior leadership roles include serving as the executive vice president for laboratory management and operations at Battelle Memorial Institute, director of the Idaho National Laboratory, and president of Battelle Energy Alliance LLC, all of which are large R&D centers focused on nuclear energy, national and homeland security, and energy and environmental science and technology.
Peters also served two years as chair of the National Laboratory Directors? Council, an independent body that coordinates initiatives and advises the Department of Energy and other national laboratory stakeholders. Peters was awarded the 2023 Henry DeWolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award, which recognizes individuals for outstanding service in developing and guiding the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, and serves as Vice President and President-Elect of the American Nuclear Society. He also serves on the Idaho Power Board and the National Academies Board on Human-Systems Integration. David Christianis the former executive vice president and chief innovation officer for Dominion Energy.
Christian joined Virginia Power in 1976 and has held a variety of management positions with the company. Before being named CEO-Dominion Generation Group in June 2009, Christian was chief nuclear officer of the company?s Dominion Nuclear business unit. He became chief executive officer of the Energy Infrastructure Group and CEO-Dominion Virginia Power in January 2016 and assumed his post before retiring in January 2017.
Christian is chairman of the National Nuclear Accrediting Board and served on the management committee of the Institute for Electric Innovation at the Edison Electric Institute. He is past chairman of the Board of Directors of Nuclear Energy Insurance Ltd., for which he also served on its executive and governance committees. He served as a board member of the Foundation for Nuclear Studies and board member emeritus of CultureWorks.
Derek Kan is a senior executive whose career bridges the worlds of technology, high-growth startups, public company board governance, and federal policy. Kan currently serves as Vice President of Business Operations at Shopify, where he led company-wide strategy and spearheaded AI implementation and technology cost optimization across its global operations. He joined Shopify following its acquisition of Deliverr, a technology-enabled e-commerce fulfillment platform where he served as Chief Business Officer.
He also served as General Manager for Lyft in Southern California, then the largest ridesharing market in the world. Earlier in his government career, Kan issued the first federal guidance framework for autonomous vehicles and launched a national drone pilot program, positioning him at the intersection of technology policy and emerging innovation. Kan currently serves as Vice Chairman of the United States Postal Service Board of Governors, appointed by President Biden and unanimously confirmed by the Senate in May 2022.
Kan also serves on the Board of Directors of Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL), the nation's leading luxury homebuilder, and Globe Life Inc. (NYSE: GL), a company that offers a range of insurance products. Kan previously served on the board of Amtrak, where he helped guide the railroad from a $300 million annual operating loss to breakeven, and as a Board Observer for Rand Logistics (now Mainstay). Kan has also spent a significant amount of time in public service, serving as Deputy Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, Under Secretary for Policy at the U.S. Department of Transportation, and as Chief Economic Policy Advisor to the then majority leader of the U.S. Senate.
David Parkis the current CEO of Standard Lithium (NYSE: SLI), a publicly-traded commercial lithium company operating multiple facilities across the United States. Park has a strong energy and industrial sector background, with over 28 years of increasing responsibilities at a range of companies, including as President of Koch Strategic Platforms, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development of Georgia-Pacific, LLC, President of TrueNorth Energy, and CFO of Koch?s Canadian exploration and production, pipeline, and energy trading business at Koch Exploration. Park also has nuclear experience: early in his career, he was an International Business Development Specialist at Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. Park has significant board experience and has served previously on the boards of a number of energy, technology, and industrial companies, including Unisource, Guardian Industries, Molex, and Mavenir.
Oklo appoints Michael Thompson as Lead Independent Director: Recognizing the importance of ensuring that its Board of Directors can continue to provide Oklo with a strong and independent perspective, Oklo has appointed Michael Thompson as its Lead Independent Director. Oklo announced plans to transition Chief Technology Officer to technical advisor: As part of its efforts to update its management structure to reflect its focus on building business units tackling powerhouse deployment, fuel fabrication, fuel recycling, and radioisotope production, Oklo and Pat Schweiger, the Company?s Chief Technology Officer, have mutually agreed that Schweiger will transition to a senior technical advisory role over the coming weeks.