After seven months working for a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, longtime federal hand Candice Robertson is returning to the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management as a senior adviser.
Robertson’s first day back with the nuclear cleanup office will be Monday, July 3, Jeff Avery, DOE’s principal deputy assistant secretary for environmental management, said in a staff email Thursday. A copy of the email was viewed by Exchange Monitor.
“Candice Robertson, who has served as the chief of staff for Commissioner Bradley Crowell at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission since December 2022, is returning to EM as a senior advisor reporting to the front office through me,” Avery said. Robertson “will support EM in achieving key department missions/initiatives focused on clean energy, sustainability, and other areas,” Avery said.
In recent years, DOE’s Cold War and Manhattan Project properties have increasingly explored use of non-carbon power generation and non-emitting technology such as electric vehicles. “We look forward to having Candice return to EM [Environmental Management] to lead this important initiative and to assist with other emergent EM needs as appropriate.”
Robertson has 20 years in government and private sector management roles, Avery said. Her various high-level posts include serving as DOE chief human capital officer, senior adviser to DOE deputy secretaries and for nine months in 2022 she was second-in-command for Environmental Management, the job now held on a permanent basis by Avery.
