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No. 07-038
March 23, 2007
JANICE DUNN LEE APPOINTED DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE OECD/NEA;
MARGARET DOANE APPOINTED OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
DIRECTOR
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced the appointment of Janice Dunn Lee as the
Deputy Director General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development/Nuclear
Energy Agency (OECD/NEA) in Paris. Margaret M. Doane become the Director of NRC’s Office of
International Programs position in mid-July upon Dunn Lee’s departure.
“Ms. Dunn Lee’s appointment,” said Chairman Dale Klein, “will greatly enhance NRC’s
relationship with the OECD/NEA and confirms our commitment for cooperation with the international
nuclear regulatory community.”
Dunn Lee began her federal career in 1975 as an intern with the NRC and has held a number of
progressively responsible positions in the international field. She served as Special Assistant for
International Policy to former Chairmen Lando Zech, Kenneth Carr, Ivan Selin, and Shirley Ann
Jackson. Since 1999, she has served as the Director of the Office of International Programs.
Dunn Lee received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from the University of California
at Berkeley and a Master of Arts degree in International Relations from The Fletcher School of Law
and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
The OECD is an intergovernmental organization of industrialized countries based in Paris,
France. Through the NEA it assists member nations in maintaining and further developing, through
international cooperation, the scientific, technological and legal bases required for the safe,
environmentally friendly and economical use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
“I am looking forward to contributing to the critical role that the NEA will have in enhancing
safe nuclear power during the potential nuclear renaissance gathering speed around the world,” said
Dunn Lee.
Upon Dunn Lee’s departure, Doane will become Director of the Office of International
Programs. She has served as the Deputy Director of that office since 2004.
Doane began her career at the NRC in 1991 as a Special Assistant in the Office of the Secretary
and then served as an attorney in the Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication through 1998. She
then served as Commissioner Jeffrey S. Merrifield’s Legal Counsel and Chief of Staff from 1998 to
2004. Before joining the NRC, Doane served for three years as an attorney advisor for the
Department of Veterans Affairs, Board of Veterans Appeals.
Doane received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Loyola College in Baltimore and
law degree from the University of Maryland.
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