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Leadership

Elizabeth S. Biser

Secretary for Environment

Tim Watkins

Chief Deputy Secretary

Sushma Masemore

Assistant Secretary for Environment

Bill Lane

Deputy Secretary for Policy & Legal Affairs/ General Counsel

Sharon Martin

Deputy Secretary for Public Affairs

CJ Jordan

Chief of Staff

Kathleen Tardif

Human Resources Director

DP Singla

DP Singla

Chief Financial Officer

Shrikar Nunna Special Assistant to the Secretary

Shrikar Nunna

Director of Legislative Affairs

David Lambert Project Liaison

David Lambert

Project Liaison

Adrienne Eikinas Executive Assistant to the Secretary

Adrienne Eikinas

Executive Assistant to the Secretary

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Mike Abraczinskas

Division of Air Quality Director

Bill Crowell

Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership Director

Braxton Davis

Division of Coastal Management Director

Doug Ansel

Division of Energy, Mineral & Land Resources Director (Interim)

Jamie Ragan

Division of Environmental Assistance and Customer Service Director

Mike Ware

Chief Information Officer

Tabitha Mbaka

Office of Internal Audit Director

Kathy Rawls

Division of Marine Fisheries Director

Marc Recktenwald

Division of Mitigation Services Director

Michael Scott

Division of Waste Management Director

Shadi Eskaf

Division of Water Infrastructure Director

Richard Rogers

Division of Water Resources Director

Eric Turon

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Julie Woosley

State Energy Office Director

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