Interior Department

J. Steven Griles
Deputy Secretary (designate)
202-208-6291
Griles, nominated as Interior's second in command, returns to the department after 11 years of working for petroleum and mining interests. At Interior from 1981-89, Griles was assistant secretary for lands and minerals, deputy secretary for land and water, and deputy director of the Office of Surface Mining. Griles, 53, says he's excited about working in an Administration committed to multiple use of public land. "I feel strongly that there are certain lands in this country where there should be oil and gas development," he says. "But that should only take place if we can also protect the land. I think we can do both." Griles spent six years as senior vice president of the United Co., a mining and gas firm in Bristol, Va., and five years as president of his own lobbying firm. A native of Virginia, Griles has a bachelor's degree from the University of Richmond. He is an enthusiastic hunter, fisherman, skier, hiker, and golfer. Griles said that he hikes a portion of Appalachian Trail every year. And last winter-just before Norton called and asked him to serve as her deputy-he took a vacation in the West and went snowmobiling. "If I didn't have to work," he says, "I'd be outside all the time."

P. Lynn Scarlett
Assistant Secretary (designate) for Policy, Management, and Budget
202-208-4203
Scarlett, the president of the Los Angeles-based Reason Foundation, is one of the nation's leading proponents of "market-oriented" solutions to environmental problems. For more than a decade, she has been writing about and helping to develop initiatives aimed at encouraging private-property owners and corporations to work voluntarily with government agencies. "My heart is with collaboration and partnership and open dialogue-not with conflict," says Scarlett, 52. In her new role, she will be responsible for providing policy guidance and fiscal and administrative oversight of the department's divisions of personnel, budget, and policy. A native of western Pennsylvania, Scarlett enjoys birding, canoeing, and hiking. She is also an artist who enjoys pen-and-ink drawing. Scarlett earned bachelor's and master's degrees in political science at the University of California (Santa Barbara), where she also completed coursework and exams for a Ph.D. Scarlett has worked at the Reason Foundation since 1979. She served as special-project editor and vice president for research, and created and managed the foundation's think tank before she was named president in January. She is married and has a daughter.

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