Sally Jewell
Sally Jewell | |
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51st United States Secretary of the Interior | |
In office April 12, 2013 – January 20, 2017 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Deputy | David J. Hayes Michael L. Connor |
Preceded by | Ken Salazar |
Succeeded by | Ryan Zinke |
Personal details | |
Born | Sarah Margaret Roffey February 21, 1956 London, England, UK |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Warren Jewell |
Children | 2 |
Education | University of Washington (BS) |
Sarah Margaret "Sally" Roffey Jewell (born February 21, 1956) is an American businessperson who served as the 51st United States secretary of the interior in the Obama administration from 2013 to 2017.
Jewell was born in
Jewell is a lifelong outdoors enthusiast and while at REI became known for her involvement in conservation and environmental protection. These efforts brought her to the attention of the Obama administration, and she was nominated as Secretary of the Interior to succeed Ken Salazar in 2013. Her nomination received substantial bipartisan support and she was handily confirmed by the Senate in April 2013. Jewell is the second woman to hold the position of Secretary of the Interior, after Gale Norton.
Early life and education
Sarah Margaret Roffey was born in
Roffey attended the University of Washington, first planning to become a dental hygienist, then switching to pre-dental at the encouragement of a roommate. After Roffey started dating an engineering student, Warren Jewell, she discovered an aptitude for engineering and switched her major.[6] As an engineering student she worked for General Electric on components for the Alaska Pipeline.[5] In 1978, she received her degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Washington.[7][8] Soon after graduation, Roffey married Jewell, and the couple moved to Oklahoma, both having accepted engineering jobs with Mobil.[3]
Career
Early career
Sally Jewell worked for Mobil oil company on oil fields in
In 1996, Jewell joined the
Civic involvement and awards
While working in the private sector, Jewell became known for her involvement in
In 2009, Jewell received the
Secretary of the Interior
On February 6, 2013, Jewell was nominated by President Barack Obama to succeed Ken Salazar as United States Secretary of the Interior.[15] Her nomination was approved by the United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on March 21, with only three of the committee's 22 members opposed.[22] On April 10, 2013, the Senate confirmed Jewell to be Secretary of the Interior in an 87–11 vote.[23][24] She was sworn in as Secretary of the Interior on April 12, 2013. As Secretary of the Interior she oversaw the Interior Department, which has a budget of $11 billion, employs 70,000 people, and acted as steward for twenty percent of the United States of America's land.[4]
Jewell's first order as secretary, issued in October 2013, established a process for the Department of the Interior to offset large development projects with conservation efforts.[25] The effort was an extension of existing programs that use fees for offshore drilling permits to expand or build parks.[9] At the same time, Jewell publicly pledged to work with President Obama to preserve mountains and rivers, with or without Congressional action. Existing laws, such as the 1906 Antiquities Act, give the president broad authority to preserve land, a power Jewell indicated she and the President were prepared to use as part of a balanced approach between development and conservation.[26]
Expanding access to parks was a feature of many initiatives Jewell undertook as secretary.[27] A 2014 Secretarial Order set benchmarks to increase youth involvement, seeking to create opportunities for young people to play, learn, serve, and work in national parks.[28] Jewell led the kickoff of the Every Kid Every Park program by leading fourth graders on a hike through Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. The Every Kid initiative made every fourth grade student, and their families, eligible for a free one-year pass to every national park.[27][29] Jewell also backed a 2016 initiative to expedite permitting for youth organizations to explore public wildlands on overnight or multi-day trips, particularly in less popular parks.[27]
On August 28, 2015, Jewell used her authority as Secretary to rename the tallest mountain in North America Denali.[30][31][32] The United States federal government had adopted the name Mount McKinley for the peak in 1917 although the Koyukon Athabascan, a group native to Alaska, had traditionally called the peak Denali. President Obama supported Jewell's decision to change the name.[31][32]
As Secretary, Jewell approved the first phase of the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP).[33][34] The DRECP focuses on renewable energy and land conservation in California's desert. At the signing ceremony, held September 16, 2016, at the Santa Rosa & San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Visitor Center, Secretary Jewell stated phase one was intended to streamline approval for solar, wind, and geothermal projects. The DRECP also aimed to preserve 4.2 million acres of land. Conservation groups viewed the initiative more favorably than did wind and solar developers, who criticized the DRECP for removing some public land designated for development.[33]
Jewell was the 51st Secretary of the Interior, and the second woman to hold the position. Unlike many of her predecessors, Jewell never held elected office.[10] Because she acquired her U.S. citizenship by naturalization rather than being a natural-born citizen, Jewell was not eligible to hold a place within the presidential line of succession.[35]
Post-secretaryship
After leaving government, Jewell returned to Seattle and the University of Washington as an advisor to the College of the Environment's EarthLab, which coordinates solutions to climate change and environmental issues.[36][37] She also joined the boards of The Nature Conservancy[38] and Bellevue-based life insurance company Symetra.[39] Jewell served as the interim CEO of The Nature Conservancy from September 3, 2019 to May 18, 2020.[40][41] In January 2020, she joined the board of Costco.[42]
In 2015, Jewell was selected as the ship's sponsor for
Personal life
Jewell is married to Warren Jewell, also an engineer.[3] They have two adult children: a son, who works as a pediatric intensive care nurse, and a daughter, who works as a revenue agent for the federal government.[4][7] Both resided in Seattle as of 2013.[4][7]
In her spare time, Jewell enjoys snowboarding and kayaking. She also enjoys mountain climbing, and has climbed Vinson Massif, the highest mountain in Antarctica,[15] and Mont Blanc, Western Europe's highest mountain, and has scaled Mount Rainier seven times.[10] She is an overall outdoor enthusiast.[5]
See also
References
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- ^ a b "Anne Roffey Obituary: View Anne Roffey's Obituary by The Seattle Times". Legacy.com. August 19, 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Ouchi, Monica Soto (March 23, 2005). "A profile of REI's Sally Jewell: Team player at her peak". Seattle Times. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e Sudermann, Hannelore. "Sally Jewell: Recipient of the 2016 Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award". University of Washington. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
- ^ "Executive Q & A: Sally Jewell, President and CEO of REI | Seattle Business Magazine". Seattle Business Magazine. February 21, 2012. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "Biographical information for Sally Jewell". SFGate. Associated Press. Archived from the original on February 7, 2013. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
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- ^ a b c d e Wieners, Bradford (July 3, 2014). "Sally Jewell: Obama's Pro-Fracking Climate Czar". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
- ^ ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- ^ a b Gross, Daniel (February 7, 2013). "REI CEO Sally Jewell Nominated for Interior Secretary Post". The Daily Beast. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
- ^ Executive of the Year 2006, CEO Sally Jewell, Puget Sound Business Journal, December 24, 2006
- ^ a b c d Malcolm, Hadley (February 6, 2013). "Sally Jewell is environmentalist, business exec". USA Today. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- ^ a b "President Obama has nominated Sally Jewell as Secretary of the Interior". VOICE of the Valley Online News. February 7, 2013. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
- ^ a b c Ros Krasny (February 6, 2013). "interior secretary: Obama nominates REI chief Sally Jewell". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on January 1, 2014. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
- ^ "Greenway Founders — Mountains to Sound Greenway". mtsgreenway.org. Archived from the original on January 5, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
- ^ Elderkin, Sue (February 6, 2013). "Sally Jewell Nominated to Head Interior — Washington Trails Association". www.wta.org. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
- ^ "Audubon Women In Conservation". web4.audubon.org. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
- ^ "WomenInConservation.org". Audubon.org. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
- ^ "Greenway awards — Mountains to Sound Greenway". mtsgreenway.org. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
- ^ Associated Press (April 24, 2017). "Ex-Secretary Sally Jewell to be honored by Wyoming nonprofit". The Billings Gazette. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
- ^ Broder, John M. (March 21, 2013). "Senate Panel Approves Sally Jewell for Interior Dept. Post". The New York Times.
- ^ "Roll Call Vote". Senate.gov. August 12, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
- ^ Eilperin, Juliet (April 10, 2013). "REI's Sally Jewell wins confirmation as Interior secretary". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
- ^ Bernstein, Leonard (October 31, 2013). "Interior Secretary Sally Jewell lays out conservation strategy". Washington Post. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
- ^ Rucker, Patrick (October 31, 2013). "Obama will use executive powers to conserve lands: Interior secretary". Reuters. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
- ^ a b c Arnold, Katie (March 18, 2016). "How Sally Jewell Is Opening Wild Lands to Underprivileged Kids". Outside Online. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
- ^ "Secretary Jewell Announces Order to Implement Youth Initiative Connecting Millions of Young People to America's Great Outdoors" (Press release). Department of the Interior. March 20, 2014. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
- ^ "News (U.S. National Park Service)". National Park Service. September 1, 2015. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
- ^ Jewell, Sally (August 28, 2015). "Order No. 3337" (PDF). Retrieved October 2, 2015.
- ^ a b "Secretary Jewell Announces Nation's Highest Peak Will Now Officially Bear Native Name". August 30, 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
- ^ a b Danelski, David. "Here's how Interior Secretary Sally Jewell made desert environmentalists happy and upset energy developers". Press Enterprise. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
- ^ Wilson, Dana (September 14, 2016). "Secretary Jewell, State of California Announce Landmark Renewable Energy, Conservation Plan for 10 Million Acres of California Desert" (PDF). U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
- ^ Kamen, Al. "Sally Jewell can't be president". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
- ^ "Former Interior Secretary Sally Jewell will guide UW's new climate initiative". The Seattle Times. October 18, 2018. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
- ^ "Former Interior Secretary Sally Jewell brings leadership to UW community, new EarthLab initiative". UW News. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
- ^ "Sally Jewell Biography". www.nature.org. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
- ^ "Former REI CEO Sally Jewell has a new gig in Bellevue". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
- ^ "The Nature Conservancy Announces Jennifer Morris as CEO". nature.org. Nature Conservancy. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
- ^ Connelly, Joel; SeattlePI (June 11, 2019). "Ex-Interior Sec. Jewell will head troubled Nature Conservancy". seattlepi.com. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
- ^ "Board of Directors - Costco Wholesale Corporation". Retrieved January 13, 2021.
- ^ KECI Staff (September 12, 2020). "Virtual USS Montana submarine christening ceremony held". KECI. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
External links
- Sally Jewell on Twitter
- About Secretary Sally Jewell at the United States Department of the Interior
- Profile at Seattle Business
- Board of Regents profile at the University of Washington
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Jewell Nomination: Hearing before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, First Session, to Consider the Nomination of Sally Jewell to be the Secretary of the Interior, March 7, 2013
- Rachel Carson Award Honorees