President Bush has appointed Edwin Piñero to serve as the Federal Environmental Executive (FEE) the White House announced on September 23. Mr. Piñero had served as Deputy FEE since January 2003, and had assumed the role of Acting Federal Environmental Executive in June 2004 upon the departure of John Howard.

"I am honored and privileged for the opportunity to serve as Federal Environmental Executive, and look forward to continuing on our mission of promoting sustainable environmental stewardship across the Federal government" said Piñero.

Previously, Mr. Piñero was owner of Piñero Consulting, an environmental management consulting firm in Pennsylvania. From 1998 to 2001, he worked in the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection as Director of the Bureau of Environmental Sustainability as well as the State Energy Director in the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

Over his 22-year career, Mr. Piñero has worked for various environmental consulting firms, taught graduate courses in environmental management for Duquesne University, and was a geologist with Mobil Oil Corporation. He has a Bachelors Degree in Geology from the State University of New York, and a Masters Degree in Geology from Texas A&M University.

10/1/2004