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Message From: Sent: To: Subject: Bennett, Tate [/0=EXCHANGELABS/OU=EXCHANGE ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/CN=RECI PI ENTS/CN=1FA92542F7CA4D01973B18B2F11B9141-BEN NETT, EL] 9/12/2017 8:48:05 PM Don Parrish [donp@fb.org] FW: Office of Pesticide Programs Announcement From: Beck, Nancy Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 4:46 PM To: OCSPP ALL <OCSPP_ALL@epa.gov> Cc: Wise, Louise <Wise.Louise@epa.gov> Subject: Office of Pesticide Programs Announcement I am pleased to announce the selection of Rick Keigwin as the new Director of the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP). Rick has more than 24 years of management and technical experience in the Office of Pesticide Programs and has been serving as the Acting Director since February when Jack Housenger retired. Since January 2016, Rick has been OPP's Deputy Director for Programs. Fie previously led the Pesticide Reevaluation Division (PRD), integrating science, policy and regulatory perspectives in making risk management decisions in leading OPP's re-evaluation program for conventional pesticides. During his time as the PRD Director, Rick co-led the development of the "National Strategy to Promote the Health of Honey Bees and Other Pollinators." Prior to working in PRD, Rick served as the Acting Director and then Director of the Biological and Economic Analysis Division in OPP. He was the Senior Advisor to the Deputy Director for Management in OPP, where he led the agency's implementation of the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act. He previously held positions as the Acting Associate Director of the Special Review and Re-registration Division, Chief of the Registration Division's Fungicide Branch and Registration Support Branch, Product Manager for the Insecticide-Rodenticide Branch, and Special Assistant to the Director of the Registration Division. Rick has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Government from Colby College and a Masters of Public Management Degree from the University of Maryland, College Park. Rick and his team will have no shortage of exciting opportunities to keep themselves busy. In addition to all the "basic activities" within OPP, by October 1, 2022, the program will also be completing registration reviews for over 1,100 pesticide active ingredients. Please join Louise and me in welcoming Rick as the new Director of the Office of Pesticide Programs. Nancy Nancy B. Beck, Ph.D., DABT Deputy Assistant Administrator Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention P: 202-564-1273 M: i EEx.6 1 L_________________________________ beck.nancy@epa.gov Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 3/4 ED 002061 00076095-00001 Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 3/4 ED 002061 00076095-00002