Bonnie Apodaca, Sandia's new VP of Business Operations and CFO, joined the Labs in 1988 and has held a variety of management positions. (Photo courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories) Click on the thumbnail for a high-resolution image.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Bonnie Apodaca is the new vice president of Business Operations and chief financial officer at Sandia National Laboratories.

“I am confident that her contributions will move Sandia forward, improve our business efficiencies and ensure continued excellence in mission support,” said Kim Sawyer, Sandia’s deputy laboratories director and executive vice president for Mission Support.

Apodaca started at Sandia in 1988 as a contract auditor and in 1991 was promoted to manager of the business office for the Satellite Center and Non-proliferation program. She served from 1998 to 2005 as controller and director of Sandia’s Pension Management Center. She went on to become director of the Supply Chain Management Center and, for the past four years, director of the Business Management Operations Center.

Before joining Sandia, Apodaca was the controller for private companies in Albuquerque and Colorado Springs, Colo. She has a Bachelor of Science in accounting from the University of Colorado and a Master of Business Administration from the University of New Mexico. She became a certified public accountant in 1985.

Apodaca is a member of the Central New Mexico Community College Accounting Advisory Board, an alumna of Leadership New Mexico, a member of the Rio Grande Chapter of Blue Star Mothers, and an adviser to the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce.

Sandia National Laboratories is a multi-program laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin company, for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration. With main facilities in Albuquerque, N.M., and Livermore, Calif., Sandia has major R&D responsibilities in national security, energy and environmental technologies and economic competitiveness.

Sandia news media contact: Nancy Salem, mnsalem@sandia.gov, (505) 844-2739