Ines R. Triay

Dr. Ines R. Triay
Born (1958-01-30) 30 January 1958 (age 66)
Havana, Cuba
CitizenshipAmerican
Known forHead of United States Environment Management, Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management (OEM)
AwardsPresidential Rank Award,

DOE Secretary Exceptional Service Award,[1] National Award for Nuclear Science,[2]

Dixie Lee Ray Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers[3]

Inés Ramona Triay (born January 30, 1958)[4] is the executive director of the Applied Research Center (ARC) and the interim Dean at the College of Engineering at Florida International University (FIU).[5][6] Triay was appointed by President Obama as the 7th DOE Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management and sworn into office in May 2009. She played leading role at the Office of Environment Management (EM), which is charged with the safe and complete cleanup of the environmental legacy brought about from five decades of nuclear weapons development and government-sponsored nuclear energy research.[6][7][8][9]

Born in Havana, Triay studied chemistry at the University of Miami from 1976 to 1985. She earned a B.S. degree in 1980 and then completed her Ph.D. degree in 1985.[4]

Triay, widely considered an advocate of a strong Hanford environmental cleanup program and a friend to the Tri-Cities,[citation needed] has served as assistant secretary of environmental management for 2+1⁄2 years.[10] Triay was responsible for kick-starting the plan for some land at Hanford and other DOE sites to be turned into clean energy parks as environmental cleanup is completed.[10] She stepped down from this position in 2011 because of her father's poor health; however, she continues work with DOE.[10]

It was noted by The Washington Post in June 2017, Obama's nominee, Ines Triay, had been confirmed by the Senate when Obama had moved to fill Energy Department post in his respective administrations where as Trump has filled just 15 percent of the government's top science jobs.[11] On March 29, 2018, Anne Marie White was sworn as Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management at the U.S. Department of Energy.[12] In June 2019, William "Ike" White joined as an acting assistant secretary for the Office of Environmental Management[13]

  1. ^ Cary, Annette. "Ex-Hanford manager starts business". Tri-CityHerald. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  2. ^ "National Award of Nuclear Science & History". Nuclear Museum. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Dixy Lee Ray Award".
  4. ^ a b "Biographical and Financial Information Requested of Nominees". Nominations Before the Senate Armed Services Committee, First Session, 111th Congress (PDF). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 2010. pp. 612–614. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Dr. Ines R. Triay – Executive Director". Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  6. ^ a b Waldman, David K. (2 June 2016). "Perma-Fix Environmental Services Joins Florida International University Applied Research Center (FIU ARC) Advisory Board". Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  7. ^ Frank, Joshua (18 October 2011). "Hanford's Nuclear Option". SEETTLE WEEKLY NEWS. Retrieved 5 June 2017.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ Keegan, Michael J. (24 October 2009). "The Business of Government Hour". The IBM Center for the Business of Government. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  9. ^ Brinkerhoff, Noel (1 April 2009). "Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management: Who is Ines Triay?". AllGov : Everything Our Government Really Does. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  10. ^ a b c Cary, Annette (9 July 2011). "Ines Triay leaving DOE cleanup post". Tri-City Herald. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  11. ^ Mooney, Chris (June 6, 2017). "Trump has filled just 15 percent of the government's top science jobs". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  12. ^ "Anne Marie White". Office of Environmental Management. March 30, 2018. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  13. ^ "Assistant Secretaries for Environmental Management". Energy.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-08.