Gary Mignogna is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Framatome Inc., the North America subsidiary of global energy company Framatome SAS.
Mignogna has 44 years of experience in the nuclear industry starting his career with Babcock & Wilcox in 1977 as an engineering student and progressing
through engineering design & analysis, product & project management, power plant site services, product line management, and business unit leadership
positions with the successor companies, BWNT, Framatome Technologies, AREVA, and Framatome.
After leading services and engineering organizations, he was selected to lead the North American operations in June 2014. He has demonstrated a strong commitment to operational excellence by leading development teams for designs & processes for many types of nuclear plant services including component repairs, replacements, and remediations; launching a number of initiatives including an early career rotational & training program to develop future leaders; an engineering training & qualification program to facilitate knowledge transfer specific to the nuclear industry; and, a project management certification program to develop strength in project execution.
He is currently on the Board of Directors of Framatome Inc. and Framatome US Government Solutions LLC, and on the boards of three nuclear infrastructure Joint Ventures servicing nuclear power plants, SGT with AECOM, Framatome‐BHI, and FDZ with Day & Zimmermann. Mignogna is also actively
engaged at the industry level.
He is currently a member of the Nuclear Energy Institute’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee, and Chairman of the Audit Committee. He was formerly the Chairman of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operation’s Supplier Participant Advisory Committee.
He has held numerous positions on community, church, and school non‐profit boards and on university engineering advisory boards. He is currently Board Chairman of the National D‐Day Memorial
Foundation; on the Board of Trustees of the University of Lynchburg; on the Board of Beacon of Hope; and, on the Finance Committee of Centra Health. He is a strong supporter of science, technology,
engineering, and math (STEM) education outreach; and was recognized as one of the top 100 CEO
leaders in STEM by STEMconnector in 2016.
In 2015, he was appointed as an Ambassador for
Minorities in Energy by the US Department of Energy.
Mignogna earned Bachelor and Master degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University, and
received a Master of Business Administration from the University of Lynchburg. In 2015, Mignogna was
also inducted into the Drexel 100, which is the University’s alumni career hall of fame; and in 2016 received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Lynchburg.