Steven Griles
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James Steven Griles (born December 13, 1947) was the Deputy Secretary for the U.S. Department of Interior from July 2001 to January 2005. Born in Clover, Virginia, Griles earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Richmond in 1970.
Griles was formerly a principal with National Environmental Strategies, Inc. (NES), a consulting firm providing advice to companies, trade associations and others with regard to policy, regulatory, environmental and energy issues at the Federal and State government level.
Prior to joining NES, Steve was Senior Vice President for Public, Environmental and Marketing Activities for the United Company. Located in Bristol, Virginia, the United Company was a diversified natural resources company with select diversification in non-energy areas, with operations in coal, oil and gas, cogeneration, gold mining, manufacturing, real estate, hotels, and golf operations with both domestic and foreign interests.
During his term, environmental groups say, Griles continued lobbying for his oil, gas and coal industry clients. A Freedom of Information Act request in September 2002 turned up evidence that Griles had met with former clients in the fossil fuel industries, despite having signed a written agreement stating he would recuse himself from "any particular matter involving specific parties in which any of [his] former clients is or represents a party."
Since leaving office, Griles has joined with two other political veterans (former White House national energy policy director Andrew Lundquist and former House member George Nethercutt) to form the political lobbying firm of Lundquist, Nethercutt & Griles, LLC.
External links
- Lundquist, Nethercutt & Griles LLC website (http://www.lngassociates.com)
- Department of the Interior official biography (http://www.doi.gov/secretary/griles.html)
- The Campaign to Remove J. Steven Griles (http://www.firegriles.com/)