Associate Under Secretary for Environment, Health, Safety and Security
Mr. Matthew Moury is the Associate Under Secretary for Environment, Health, Safety and Security . The office provides corporate leadership and strategic approaches for protecting DOE’s workers, the public, the environment and national security assets. This is accomplished through developing corporate policies and standards; sharing operating experience, lessons learned, and best practices; and providing assistance and supporting services as DOE’s environment, health, safety and security advocate.
Deputy Associate Under Secretary for Environment, Health, Safety and Security
Mr. Steve Kirchhoff is the Deputy Associate Under Secretary for Environment, Health, Safety and Security. The office provides corporate leadership and strategic approaches for protecting DOE’s workers, the public, the environment and national security assets. This is accomplished through developing corporate policies and standards; sharing operating experience, lessons learned, and best practices; and providing assistance and supporting services as DOE’s environment, health, safety and security advocate.
Deputy Associate Under Secretary for Environment, Health and Safety
Andrew Lawrence is the Deputy Associate Under Secretary for Environment, Health and Safety within the Office of the Associate Under Secretary for Environment, Health, Safety and Security (AU). In this position, Mr. Lawrence supports the Associate Under Secretary in directing and overseeing the management of AU operations, including promoting the improvement of the environmental, health and safety posture of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
Dr. Gerald D. Curry is the Deputy Associate Under Secretary for Security within the Office of the Associate Under Secretary for Environment, Health, Safety and Security (AU). The office provides corporate leadership and strategic approaches for protecting DOE’s workers, the public, the environment and national security assets.
Chief Medical Officer, Office of the Associate Under Secretary for Environment, Health, Safety and Security
Dr. Michael Ardaiz is the DOE Chief Medical Officer within the office of the Associate Under Secretary for Environment, Health, Safety, and Security. Currently, Dr. Ardaiz serves as the chief Occupational Medicine physician for the Department in support of over 50 occupational health facilities which in turn provide health care to the 100,000 current DOE Federal and contractor employees, as well as over 60,000 former DOE employees. He is the principal advisor to senior level DOE officials on matters pertaining to occupational health, the Human Reliability Program, and public health activities.
Director, Office of the Departmental Representative to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Mr. Olencz has approximately 25 years of experience working in both the private and public sectors, with the last 23 years working at both the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. From October 1991 to April 1997, Mr. Olencz worked at the U.S. Department of Energy in the Office of Defense Programs serving as Project Manager for uranium stabilization and disposition efforts at the Fernald, Hanford, Savannah River, Oak Ridge, and Albuquerque Operation Offices.
Acting Director, Office of Environmental Protection and ES&H Reporting
Dr. Michael (Josh) Silverman is the Acting Director of the Office of Environmental Protection and ES&H Reporting, within the Department of Energy’s Office of Environment, Health, Safety and Security (AU). Dr. Silverman leads an innovative organization focused on reducing DOE’s environmental footprint and preparing it for the impacts of climate change.
Robert Lingan is the Director of the Office of Corporate Security Strategy within the Office of the Associate Under Secretary for Environment, Health, Safety and Security (AU). Mr. Lingan is charged with the conduct of specialized security studies and identifying and developing Department-wide solutions to security challenges. He also manages the Department’s Technical Security and Executive Protection Programs. In addition, Mr. Lingan is the Department’s Designated Senior Official for Insider Threat, and Executive Secretary to the DOE Special Access Programs Oversight Committee.
Patricia Worthington is the Director of the Office of Health and Safety, within the Office of Environment, Health, Safety and Security (AU) where she reports directly to the Associate Under Secretary for Environment, Health, Safety and Security and supports him in establishing worker safety and health requirements and expectations related to a diverse set of potential hazard exposures, such as chemical, industrial, biological, and radiological hazards.
Director, Office of Headquarters Security Operations
Mr. Michael Zimmerman is the Director of the Office of Headquarters Security Operations. The office supports DOE Headquarters through a comprehensive safeguards and security program providing protection for personnel, information and facilities at DOE Headquarters buildings. The protection programs within the Office of Headquarters Security Operations include the Protective Force, Personnel Security, Classified Matter Protection and Control, Security Systems, Security Education and Awareness, Operations Security, Foreign Ownership, Control and Influence, Facility Registration, and the Security Survey Programs.
Dr. Andrew Weston-Dawkes is the Director for the Office of Classification within the Office of Environment, Health, Safety and Security. The Office of Classification manages the Government-wide program to classify and declassify nuclear weapons-related technology as authorized under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and implements the requirements of Executive Order 13526 regarding the classification and declassification of information that is vital to national security. The office also establishes policy for Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information and Official Use Only information.