The Department of Environmental Protection named Aneca Atkinson as Acting Deputy Secretary for Water Program to replace Tim Schaeffer who moved to the Fish and Boat Commission as Executive Director.

Atkinson has been with DEP since June 2007 as an environmental engineer for several water permitting programs, including stormwater construction permitting.

Aneca began working at DEP more than 10 years ago in the Southeast Regional Office as a permit reviewer in the Waterways and Wetlands Program, and was chief of the Stormwater Construction Section in the Bureau of Clean Water before taking on Program Integration.

She most recently served as Director of the Bureau of Program Integration which is responsible for evaluating statewide program implementation and maintenance for consistency, effectiveness and efficiency.

Prior to joining DEP, Aneca worked for Boucher & James, Inc., an engineering firm in Southeast Pennsylvania

She has a Masters Degree in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering from Villanova University and a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from Smith College.

[Posted: Jan. 10, 2019]

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