Jeffrey Avery serves as NNSA's Acting Associate Administrator for Management and Budget.
Previously, he served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) in the Office of Environmental Management (EM). In this role Avery worked to enable the safe and successful execution of the EM mission, while providing management oversight of activities, operations, and program integration across Department of Energy (DOE) field sites.
Prior to joining EM, Avery served at Naval Reactors (NR) for over 26 years in various program management, policy, and technical roles. Most recently, he worked as the Director of Regulatory and Security Affairs, responsible for NR program regulatory and policy matters, security programs, environmental affairs and associated stakeholder engagement, oversight of work at the Idaho National Laboratory, and nuclear facility lifecycle management.
In a prior role at NR, Avery was responsible for global nuclear powered ship port entry, nuclear propulsion technology exchange programs with the United Kingdom, nonproliferation and export control policy, and strategic communications. Earlier in his career he served in several engineering and quality assurance roles supporting the Navy’s fleet of nuclear powered ships.
Avery has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University, holds master’s degrees in Engineering Management from Old Dominion University and Business Administration from Indiana University, and is a graduate of the Bettis Reactor Engineering School. He also completed the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Seminar XXI fellowship program in national security policy and international relations.