Donald R. Hoffman has a Bachelor of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering and Science.  He served in the US Nuclear Submarine Navy as a Senior Reactor Operator and Engineering Officer from 1970 – 1979.  He was the Director in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Licensing and Technical Specifications Department reviewing License Applications and Technical Specifications from 1980 – 1985. 

Donald founded EXCEL Services Corporation in 1985 to provide specialized professional services to nuclear utilities and regulatory authorities in the areas of licensing and regulatory support. In the thirty years since the formation of the company, EXCEL has become globally recognized as the premier supplier of licensing, regulatory, engineering and operations services.

Donald is currently a member of the American Nuclear Society’s Board of Directors and the current Immediate Past President of the American Nuclear Society. He is the current President of Eagle Alliance, a US grassroots organization that represents all facets of Nuclear Science and Technology.  He is on the Board of Directors of the European Nuclear Society; serves on several IAEA Committees and Task Forces for New Nuclear Build and Current Nuclear Fleet Safety and Operational Issues; and is Chair of the Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium Authority (VNECA) working with the Governor of Virginia to promote Virginia as a premiere nuclear state. In 2013, Donald began making presentations to the National Governors Association (NGA) about the benefit of nuclear science and technology to their individual states and the US, collectively.  He is currently the Chair of the ANS Special Committee on Nuclear and the States, working closely with each individual state and all the states collectively on the states meeting the EPA Carbon Rule.  Donald also serves on multiple US and international organizations, and their Boards, in nuclear science and technology.