The Department of Energy’s nuclear cleanup office on Friday posted its first new organizational chart since April 1, before the June departure of Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management Anne Marie White.
Following Anne White’s May resignation, reportedly due to strained relations with her boss, Undersecretary for Science Paul Dabbar, the Office of Environmental Management is now led by Senior Adviser William (Ike) White.
Ike White came to EM from the National Nuclear Security Administration, where he most recently served as chief of staff and associate principal deputy administrator. Some sources speculate the Energy Department prefers the more open-ended adviser title for Ike White, because naming him acting assistant secretary would have placed a time limit on his tenure because “EM-1” is a Senate-confirmed position.
The new organizational chart also lists former DOE Carlsbad Field Office Manager Todd Shrader as principal deputy assistant secretary for the office, or EM-2. Ike White and Shrader assumed their new roles in June.
There is a vacancy at chief of staff following the recent resignation of Darcey Bolin, who came to EM from contractor CH2M last year as a member of the leadership team for Anne White. Joceline Nahigian remains deputy chief of staff. Nahigian has been with Environmental Management since 2014, moving from the Energy Information Administration, according to her LinkedIn profile.
The second line of the organizational chart now shows federal manager Norbert Doyle as the acting associate principal deputy assistant secretary for corporate services. Doyle was placed in the position on July 12 by Ike White. A U.S. Army veteran, Doyle was chief procurement and logistics officer for the Veterans Health Administration for four years before becoming a DOE manager focused on procurement in October 2015.
Doyle steps in for Paul Bosco, head of corporate services since October 2018, who is returning to his prior post as director of DOE’s Office of Project Management.
