The bureau is headed by the Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs. Acting Assistant Secretary Jonathan Moore has led the bureau since April 2020. Melissa J. Kehoe has served as the bureau's Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary since August 2020. President Donald J. Trump nominated Andrew Lawler to be Assistant Secretary of the bureau of September 8. If confirmed, he would be the bureau's first Assistant Secretary since Kerri-Ann Jones resigned in April 2014.
The bureau is headed by the Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs. There has been no Senate-confirmed Assistant Secretary since Kerri-Ann Jones resigned in April 2014. Ambassador Marcia Bernicat currently performs the non-exclusive duties of the office as Senior Bureau Official. President Donald J. Trump nominated Andrew Lawler to be Assistant Secretary of the bureau of September 8. , but the Senate returned the nomination to the President at the close of the 116th Congress and he was not re-nominated. President Joe Biden has nominated Monica Medina for the role; if confirmed she would be the first Assistant Secretary since Kerri-Ann Jones resigned in April 2014.
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Acting Assistant Secretary Jonathan Moore has led the bureau since April 2020. Melissa J. Kehoe has served as the bureau's Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary since August 2020.
There has been no Senate-confirmed Assistant Secretary since Kerri-Ann Jones resigned in April 2014. Ambassador Marcia Bernicat currently performs the non-exclusive duties of the office as Senior Bureau Official.
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