Congratulations to Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Dae Chung who started on Friday (2/28) as the new leader for the $8 billion DOE Environmental Management (EM) Program. Many of you have worked with Dae as the leader of the EM contracting program (Corporate Services) and the EM field operations. He has significant experience with the EM program and has spoken at ECA
meetings for several years.
The message below was sent out by Candice Robertson on Friday:
EM Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce that Dae Chung
has agreed to serve as the acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) in charge of EM, effective March 1, 2025.
Dae is a leader uniquely equipped for this moment in the EM mission. He has over four decades of broad experience in U.S. government programs and operations, global engineering and construction businesses and safety management and operations oversight. Dae is also well-versed in the commercial
nuclear power industry, which will be an asset to EM as the program works to support Energy Secretary Wright’s goal of unleashing a golden era of American energy, including the advancement of commercial nuclear power.
Dae’s previous roles have included serving as EM PDAS, EM Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (APDAS) of Field
Operations and EM APDAS of Corporate Services. He also previously served as Senior Executive Vice President and Head of Global Business Operations at Samsung Construction & Trade Corporation with a large portfolio (annual revenue of $13 billion) in South Korea.
I have had the privilege of working closely with Dae over the years and know that his leadership extends beyond his
impressive professional qualifications. Dae’s passion for the EM mission, and the people at the heart of it, runs deep. He has always been eager to roll up his sleeves and help EM tackle its challenges, ranging from in-depth strategic planning so that we are prepared for the long-term to engaging in problem-solving to help address technical issues at our sites.
Dae understands
why the EM mission and the work we do to reduce environmental risks are so important to the communities, states and Tribal nations we engage with every day. He also appreciates the significant contribution EM can make to our entire nation by broadly helping to enable U.S. energy and U.S. security.
Dae will have a strong leadership team at headquarters,
including senior advisor Roger Jarrell, and the field to assist him as he assumes responsibility for the EM mission. Please join me in welcoming Dae to his new role and in supporting him as EM moves forward.
Candice Robertson
