Board of Directors

Thomas Hendrix is the Founder of Standard Nuclear and has served as chairman of our board of directors since our incorporation in July 2024. Mr. Hendrix was appointed as our Executive Chairman in June 2026. Mr. Hendrix is the Managing Partner of venture capital firm Decisive Point Group and has been with the firm since 2018. Prior to founding Decisive Point, Mr. Hendrix began his career in the private sector at Blackstone. Mr. Hendrix is a former Green Beret with multiple combat deployments in support of the Global War on Terror and served in the U.S. Army for nearly 10 years as an Infantry and Special Forces Officer. He earned a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School, a Master of Studies in Law in Government Procurement Law from George Washington University Law School, and a Bachelor of Science in American Legal Systems from the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Kurt Terrani has served as our Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our board of directors since January 2025. Prior to joining Standard Nuclear, Mr. Terrani worked at Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation from February 2021 to January 2025, as an Executive Vice President, including as interim CEO from July 2024 to January 2025, where he led the division that was responsible for the development and delivery of nuclear fuel and core structural materials for Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation’s advanced energy systems. Prior to February 2021, Mr. Terrani spent over a decade at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, most recently as a Senior Staff Scientist, earning multiple awards for innovation and leadership in nuclear materials science. Mr. Terrani was previously a National Technical Director for the U.S. DOE Office of Nuclear Energy. Mr. Terrani received his Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from University of California, Berkeley in 2010. His research and technology development focus is on fundamental aspects of nuclear fuel and materials manufacturing, radiation effects, and behavior. Mr. Terrani also earned a Bachelors degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Arizona State University in 2006.

Alexander Matina has served as a member of our board of directors since April 2025. Mr. Matina is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Nu Ride Inc., which is the post-bankruptcy public successor to Lordstown Motors, a position he has held since September 2025 and has served on the board of directors of Nu Ride since March 2024. Mr. Matina is currently the Managing Member of LANECR Consulting LLC, a consultant to family offices on investments and strategy, a position he has held since January 2024. From 2007 through 2023, Mr. Matina served in various leadership roles, including as Portfolio Manager, at MFP Investors LLC, investing across both public and private markets. He has served on the board of directors of Trinity Place Holdings Inc. since 2013, Range Capital Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company, since 2024, and Range Capital Acquisition II, a special purpose acquisition company. He is also a director of SIXGEN, a privately held cyber-security company. Mr. Matina previously served as a director of Crowheart Energy LLC, a private energy company, Madava Financial, a private energy-focused finance company, S&W Seed Company, a public agricultural company and Papa Murphy’s, a public take-and-bake franchisor. Mr. Matina received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, with concentrations in finance and accounting, from Fordham University and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School.

General (Ret.) Austin Scott Miller joined our board of directors on June 29, 2026. Mr. Miller currently serves as an independent director of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (NYSE: SMG) and has held senior advisory roles with Orbis Operations, LLC, SIG Sauer, and Prairie Fire Nevada, and previously served as a director of Workhorse Group Inc. (Nasdaq: WKHS) from 2022 to 2025. He has also been a Senior Fellow at the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point since 2022. Prior to his civilian career, Mr. Miller served nearly 40 years in the United States Army, retiring in 2021 at the rank of four-star General after commanding NATO's Resolute Support Mission and United States Forces–Afghanistan—where he was the longest-serving and final commander of the war—as well as the Joint Special Operations Command. He holds a Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy at West Point and a Master's degree in Military Strategic Studies from the Marine Corps War College.

Donald Moul joined our board of directors July 2026. Mr. Moul served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Tennessee Valley Authority (“TVA”), the nation’s largest public power provider, from April 2025 to July 2026, and prior to that as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of TVA from June 2021 to April 2025, where he was primarily responsible for power generation, transmission, and power supply, while also overseeing safety, major infrastructure projects, grid modernization, and emergency management. Previously, Mr. Moul served as Executive Vice President, Nuclear Division and Chief Nuclear Officer at NextEra Energy, Inc. from January 2020 to May 2021, and as Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer at NextEra Energy, Inc. from May 2019 to December 2019, where he directed the safe and reliable operation of a nuclear fleet spanning seven operating units across five plant sites. Prior to that, Mr. Moul held a range of senior leadership roles over 15 years at FirstEnergy Corporation from 2004 to 2019. Earlier in his career, Mr. Moul held positions at American Electric Power, Public Service Electric & Gas, Duquesne Light Company and GPU Nuclear Corporation. Mr. Moul holds a Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame, and has earned senior reactor operator certifications at multiple nuclear stations.  Mr. Moul brings nearly four decades of leadership experience across all areas of power generation and operations, including deep expertise in nuclear energy and his extensive experience in executive management at major utilities, including serving as CEO of the largest public power provider in the United States.