Interim Associate Laboratory Director, Energy and Environment
Interim Associate Laboratory Director, Energy and Environment

Biography

In her cross-cutting role as Director of PNNL's Energy and Environment Directorate (EED) Program Development Office, Angela Becker-Dippmann evaluates emerging national, regional, and state energy and environmental priorities, policies, and programs to make sure EED’s strategy is focused on the most impactful outcomes.

She rejoined PNNL in April 2019 after previously serving as an EED senior policy analyst from 2011–2015. In the meantime, she served as Staff Director at the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, with jurisdiction over the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, applied research and development programs, the Bonneville Power Administration, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the Department of the Interior. 

With the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, she managed 20 policy professionals, legislative counsels, federal agency detailees, and science fellows to execute the energy, infrastructure, environmental, and public lands agenda of Ranking Member Maria Cantwell.