Eleni Rojtas is an engineer and a risk manager with over 17 years of experience in engineering analysis and risk management. As the defense programs chief risk advisor for the National Nuclear Security Administration, she is responsible for enterprise-wide risk management strategies focusing on strategic defense programs decision-making through risk informed insights, enhanced communication, and cross-functional collaboration.

Before joining NNSA, she worked as a fire protection engineer in commercial nuclear power plants in the U.S. and abroad for 12 years. Eleni has a passion for risk management and the value it holds to fuel a forward-thinking, integrated approach that not only protects the organization but also helps it thrive in uncertainty, seize opportunities, and build long term success.