President Obama will nominate Recreational Equipment Inc. Chief Executive Sally Jewell to lead the
Interior Department in his second term, a
White House official said. The president will make the announcement Wednesday afternoon at the White House, the official said. Jewell
has served as the outdoor retailer's CEO since 2005. She started her
career as a petroleum engineer working in the oil fields of Oklahoma and
Colorado for Mobil Oil Corp. She then moved to the banking industry,
before joining the REI board in 1996 and becoming chief operations
officer four years later. She has been credited with expanding
the Washington state-based retailer's Internet operations and
contributing company resources to environmental stewardship...
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