Deputy Director, Office of Legacy Management
Lara Beasley began as the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management’s deputy director on Dec. 1, 2025.
Beasley, a Chicago-area native, has previous federal service experience with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).
At NNSA, Beasley was the principal deputy associate administrator for Environment, Safety, and Health (NA-ESH-2), providing executive leadership and management for the agency’s environmental stewardship and safety responsibilities.
Beasley spent nearly 20 years with USACE and was chief of environmental programs and oversaw the technical management, design, and execution of about $2.9 billion annually in environmental cleanup, compliance, pollution prevention, and natural and cultural resources management for the U.S. Department of War (formerly U.S. Department of Defense) and other interagency partners.
Beasley also led USACE’s Environmental Community of Practice for more than 4,000 USACE environmental professionals.
At USACE, Beasley worked closely with LM on sites managed under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP). LM and USACE are partner agencies in the remediation and long-term surveillance and maintenance of FUSRAP sites.
Beasley did her undergraduate studies at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and started her professional career in Albuquerque. She attended Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, and spent the summer of 2024 in Sacramento, California, on detail for USACE in its South Pacific Division.