FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:October 12, 1995
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Rick Osborn, 202/586-5806
Jackie Johnson, 202/586-5806
Energy Secretary Names Joan Rohlfing as Director of National Security and Nonproliferation
Secretary of Energy Hazel R. O Leary has named Joan B. Rohlfing as Director of National Security and Nonproliferation.
Joan Rohlfing has been Special Assistant to the Deputy (and formerly Under) Secretary Charles Curtis for defense issues since 1994. She was responsible for coordinating departmental activities for stockpile stewardship and management, and nuclear arms control and nonproliferation. She also directed external coordination on defense issues with Congressional oversight committees, the National Security Council, the Department of Defense and other executive branch agencies. She succeeds Ken Baker, who has served as acting director.
The Director of National Security and Non-Proliferation is critical to U.S. efforts to stem the spread of nuclear weapons and material to rogue nations and terrorists. Joan Rohlfing brings a unique blend of experience on nuclear arms control and policy issues in both the executive and legislative branches of government that will strengthen our effectiveness in achieving U.S. arms control and nonproliferation goals, said Secretary O Leary.
Prior to her current position, Rohlfing served as a member of the professional staff of the House Armed Services Committee from 1991-1994 where she was responsible for advising the Chairman of the Committee on a range of defense policy and legislative issues. Her responsibilities included oversight of major military acquisition programs, and management of the annual development of Atomic Energy Defense Activities legislation for the Defense Authorization Acts.
From 1989-1991 Rohlfing worked in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) as Assistant to the Director for Strategic Forces Policy, where she worked on nuclear force structure policy. Rohlfing began her federal service at the Department of Defense in 1987, where she served in a variety of assignments within the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff during 1987-89. She has also worked as a consultant to the Rand Corporation in California.
Rohlfing holds a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Maryland, a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Illinois, and has completed additional graduate work at Stanford University.
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