Women in STEM
Women in STEM at BSEE
Reducing Risk Offshore Each Day
At the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, women with STEM backgrounds serve in numerous leadership roles and play an integral part in the bureau's decision-making as subject matter experts. Thanks to the work and dedication of our engineers, scientists, rule-makers, lawyers, and specialists, we're able to reduce risk offshore. We hope the profiles below will inspire other women to pursue careers in offshore safety.
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Margaret Schneider When the Deepwater Horizon tragedy occurred in 2010 I was at the Environmental Protection Agency, working on policy and management issues and coordination with external agencies. As part of the Government's response I was offered a detail to the Department of Interior, to assist in establishing a regulatory and enforcement oriented bureau, which became BSEE. |
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Allyson Anderson I was interested in coming to the Bureau after the BOEMRE split to help with some of the regulations and rulemakings, as well as the opportunity for continued public service. |
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Fung C. Hassenboehler I started at BSEE after graduating from college at the University of New Orleans in May, 2003 with my B.S. Degree in Engineering. |
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Jules Spector I was interested in a job that used science to conserve natural resources and solve environmental problems. |
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Staci King A college classmate of mine, another female petroleum engineer, shared a vacancy announcement with me and encouraged me to apply. |
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Julie Conklin I started at MMS as the IT Project Manager for the offshore cadastral data before Macondo. When we split into two bureaus, BOEM and BSEE, I continued leading the cadastral contract for BOEM. |
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Molly Madden I came to BSEE because of my desire to continue working on marine-related issues, and I thought BSEE was an excellent place to be. This was less than a year after BSEE was formally established, and I wanted to see how I could contribute to its important mission. |
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Amy Wilson I am from a small town in Louisiana and preferred to stay in Louisiana. I was offered an internship by BSEE's predecessor – MMS, in the summer before my last year in college at Louisiana State. |
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Kimberly Bittler I came to BSEE as a Knauss Marine Policy fellow to gain policy experience in marine issues. I enjoyed my fellowship with BSEE, and was able to join BSEE as a full time employee once my fellowship ended. |
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Christy Lan What brought you to BSEE: I previously worked for an oil company, but was drawn toward environmental compliance during one of my rotational assignments. I joined the government in 2005 reviewing new deepwater technologies. |
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Dana Jones What brought you to BSEE: I was interested in environmental and energy policy during college. |
