President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Energy’s multibillion-dollar Office of Environmental Management, is founder of a real estate development business in Golden, Colo.
Tim Walsh founded Confluence Companies in 2006 and the business has 15 developments, including apartment complex, condominiums and hotels, according to the company’s website. Walsh is an Army veteran and West Point graduate who ran an unsuccessful race for the Colorado state senate in 2022.
Trump nominated Walsh on Monday and the nomination was sent to both the Senate Committee on Armed Services and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
The Trump administration nominated Brandon Williams Jan. 20 to head DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration. No committee hearing has been set for Williams yet.
