Catherine Haney

Catherine Haney serves as the Assistant for Operations, Office of the Executive Director for Operations.

Ms. Haney joined the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in 1981 as a Health Physicist Intern in the former Office of Inspection and Enforcement.  After a break in Federal service, she rejoined the NRC in 1989 and served in a number of positions in Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS), including: Quality Assurance Specialist, Senior Health Physicist, and Section Chief in the Medical, Academic, and Commercial Safety Branch and in the Rulemaking and Guidance Branch.  Since joining the Senior Executive Service (SES) in 2001, Ms. Haney has served in a number of senior management positions, including: Chief, Safety and Safeguards Support Branch, NMSS; Deputy Director, Division of Nuclear Security, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response; Program Director, Policy and Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR); Deputy Director, Division of Licensing Project Management, NRR; Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, NRR; Deputy Director, NMSS; Director, NMSS; and her most recent position as Regional Administrator, Region II.//Ms. Haney received a Bachelor’s Degree in Radiological Technology from the University of Maryland and a Master’s Degree in Radiological Science from Emory University.  She is a graduate of the SES Candidate Development Program. Catherine Haney serves as the Assistant for Operations, Office of the Executive Director for Operations.

Ms. Haney joined the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in 1981 as a Health Physicist Intern in the former Office of Inspection and Enforcement.  After a break in Federal service, she rejoined the NRC in 1989 and served in a number of positions in Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS), including: Quality Assurance Specialist, Senior Health Physicist, and Section Chief in the Medical, Academic, and Commercial Safety Branch and in the Rulemaking and Guidance Branch.  Since joining the Senior Executive Service (SES) in 2001, Ms. Haney has served in a number of senior management positions, including: Chief, Safety and Safeguards Support Branch, NMSS; Deputy Director, Division of Nuclear Security, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response; Program Director, Policy and Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR); Deputy Director, Division of Licensing Project Management, NRR; Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, NRR; Deputy Director, NMSS; Director, NMSS; and her most recent position as Regional Administrator, Region II.//Ms. Haney received a Bachelor’s Degree in Radiological Technology from the University of Maryland and a Master’s Degree in Radiological Science from Emory University.  She is a graduate of the SES Candidate Development Program.

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