Leon Baker is a health physicist with ARS, Inc., which supports DOE’s Office of Environmental Management in its cleanup efforts. He was previously employed as a senior radiation protection technician with Spectra Tech Contracting Services, which supports multiple building decontamination and decommissioning projects at DOE facilities. Prior to that he was a logistics coordinator with DOW Chemical. He worked at Oak Ridge Associated Universities in Oak Ridge and also worked at the Savannah River Site for almost 20 years.

Leon received an MBA from Brenau University in Gainesville, Ga.; a master’s in education from South College in Knoxville; a bachelor’s in health care management from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Ill.; and an associate’s in science and mechanical engineering technology from Pellissippi State Community College in Knoxville. He is presently completing his bachelor’s in industrial engineering at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City.

Leon lives in Oak Ridge and is a member of the National Society of Black Engineers, Sigma Alpha Lambda, Phi Kappa Phi, NAACP Oak Ridge Chapter, the National Health Physics Society and its local chapter, Habitat for Humanity Selection Board, and the Oak Ridge Education Board. He is a Knoxville Area Rescue Ministries volunteer and a youth mentor and tutor.