Michael Nartker, the chief of staff for the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management, will leave the government to join DOE small-business contractor Longenecker & Associates, someone familiar with the move said Tuesday.
Nartker has worked in various communications and external relations roles for DOE’s nuclear-weapons cleanup branch since 2015, capping his seven-year government stint as the chief of staff for the Office of Environmental Management (EM).
Prior to his government career, Nartker was editor in chief of ExchangeMonitor Publications.
Erik Olds, director of communications for EM, will be the office’s acting chief of staff after Nartker leaves on June 24, according to an EM press release.
