Steven Bohlen

Steven Bohlen serves as senior director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL’s) Office of Governmental and External Affairs.

In this role, Bohlen partners with the senior management team to develop and manage strong and productive relationships between the Laboratory and various governmental stakeholders. He is responsible for planning and guiding the Laboratory’s governmental relations program and advocacy efforts, as well as building a strategy for engagement with the local community, various boards and councils and partners such as the Livermore Lab Foundation.

Bohlen recently returned from assignment in Sacramento as the acting state geologist and head of the California Geological Survey within the California Department of Conservation (DOC). Previously, he served the DOC as state oil and gas supervisor, laying the foundation for a modern, science-based program to regulate oil and gas under the guiding principle of public and environmental safety. Prior to his assignment with the state of California, Steve served as the program manager for the Lab’s Energy and Homeland Security Program (E-Program) in the Global Security Directorate.

Bohlen holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in geology and geochemistry from the University of Michigan and an A.B. in liberal arts and geology from Dartmouth College.