Roger Jarrell, a senior adviser at the Department of Energy, was appointed Wednesday to serve as DOE’s principal deputy assistant secretary for Environmental Management.
Jarrell’s appointment to the position, sometimes referred to as EM-2, means he will lead the DOE Office of Environmental Management until whatever point an assistant secretary for Environmental Management (EM-1) is confirmed by the Senate.
Tim Walsh, a real estate developer from Colorado, was nominated last month by President Donald Trump. No hearing date has been set yet for a confirmation hearing.
News of Jarrell’s appointment was announced via a staff memo Wednesday by longtime Environmental Management (EM) executive Dae Chung, who has been serving as EM-2.
“Roger has always been a champion and true partner for the EM program and his leadership will build on the strong success EM has achieved for the past three decades,” Chung said in the staff memo viewed by Exchange Monitor.
“With Roger at the helm, I’m confident that EM will maintain our steady commitment to safe performance and driving down risks,” Chung said. “I look forward to continuing to support him as I return to my permanent position leading EM’s Corporate Services.”
Jarrell, who worked with DOE during the first Trump administration, was previously general counsel at Amentum-led United Cleanup Oak Ridge at the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee.
Jarrell has a law degree from Washington & Lee and a bachelor’s degree from Virginia Military Institute.
