Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment)

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Assistant Secretary of the Navy for
Energy, Installations and Environment
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Incumbent
Elmer Román
Acting  
since July 22, 2025 [1]
Style Mrs. Secretary
The Honorable
(formal address in writing)
Reports to Secretary of the Navy
Under Secretary of the Navy
Seat The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, United States
NominatorThe president with Senate advice and consent
Term length No fixed term
Constituting instrument 10. U.S.C. § 8016
Formation1990
First holder Jacqueline E. Schafer
Succession 18th in SecDef succession by seniority of appointment
Salary Executive Schedule, Level IV [2]
Website Official website

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment) (abbreviated ASN(EI&E)) is a civilian office in the United States Navy established in 1990. The assistant secretary of the navy (energy, installations and environment) reports to the under secretary of the navy, who in turn reports to the secretary.

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The assistant secretary of the navy (energy, installations and environment) is responsible for greater energy security, acquiring and disposing of the navy's real property; constructing and maintaining all US naval installations; overseeing occupational health and safety issues for all navy personnel (military and civilian); overseeing the navy's environmental protection, planning, and restoration efforts; and overseeing the navy's efforts to conserve cultural and natural resources. [3]

List of deputy assistant secretaries reporting to the assistant secretary of the navy (energy, installations and environment)

Assistant secretaries of the navy (energy, installations & environment), 1990—present

NameAssumed officeLeft office President appointed by Secretary served under
Assistant Secretaries of the Navy (Installations & Environment)
Jacqueline E. Schafer 19901992 George H. W. Bush Henry L. Garrett III
Frederick S. Sterns (acting)19931994 Bill Clinton J. Daniel Howard (acting)
Frank Kelso (acting)
Robert B. Pirie Jr. March 1994October 12, 2000 John Howard Dalton
Richard Danzig
Duncan Holaday (acting)January 20, 2001August 7, 2001 George W. Bush Gordon R. England
Hansford T. Johnson August 7, 2001March 1, 2005 Gordon R. England
B. J. Penn March 1, 2005March 13, 2009 Gordon R. England
Donald C. Winter
Roger M. Natsuhara (acting)August 2009March 5, 2010 Barack Obama Ray Mabus
Assistant Secretaries of the Navy (Energy, Installations & Environment)
Jackalyne Pfannenstiel March 5, 2010July 2012 Barack Obama Ray Mabus
Dennis V. McGinn September 3, 2013January 20, 2017
Steve Iselin (acting)January 20, 20172018 Donald Trump Sean Stackley (acting)
Richard V. Spencer
Phyllis L. Bayer 2018March 2019 Richard V. Spencer
Todd C. Mellon (acting)March 2019June 26, 2019
Lucian Niemeyer (acting)June 26, 2019April 24, 2020 Richard V. Spencer
Thomas Modly (acting)
Charles A. Williams April 24, 2020January 20, 2021 Thomas Modly (acting)
James McPherson (acting)
Kenneth Braithwaite
Todd L. Schafer (acting)January 20, 2021August 5, 2021 Joe Biden Thomas Harker (acting)
Meredith Berger August 5, 2021January 20, 2025 Carlos Del Toro
Peter S. Lynch (acting)January 20, 2025March 31, 2025 Donald Trump Terence G. Emmert (acting)
John Phelan
Brenda M. Johnson-Turner (acting)March 31, 2025July 22, 2025 Donald Trump John Phelan
Elmer Román (acting)July 22, 2025Incumbent Donald Trump John Phelan

References

  1. "Elmer L. Roman Performing the Duties of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations, and Environment)" (PDF). www.secnav.navy.mil.
  2. 5 U.S.C.   § 5315
  3. "ASN (EI&E) Website". secnav.navy.mil. Retrieved March 21, 2021.