Darina Castillo is the team lead for the Environment, Safety, Health, and Quality, or ESH&Q, team. Castillo was formerly the program manager of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program, known as FUSRAP.
Castillo joined DOE in 2014 after being awarded a Presidential Management Fellowship, which is a federal leadership development program that trains fellows for the highest levels of public service careers. DOE hired Castillo as a site manager for FUSRAP. As a site manager, her daily responsibilities included institutional control inspections, groundwater monitoring, regulatory reporting, and stakeholder management. Castillo conducted a five-month detail with DOE Office of Environmental Management and a one-month stint with the DOE undersecretary for science and innovation.
As a site manager, Castillo led several interdisciplinary teams in regulatory compliance, project management, and contract management, which required collaboration with the Safety and Health; Records Management; Environmental Compliance; Quality Assurance; Education, Communication, History, and Outreach; and Asset Management teams to ensure the protection of remediation remedies. In 2022, Castillo became the FUSRAP program manager and held that position until she took on her current role.
Before joining DOE, Castillo served in several environmental science and engineering roles, including as a water quality researcher and geographic information system, or GIS, technician.
Castillo holds a Master of Science and Ph.D. in environmental engineering sciences from the University of Florida and a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from California State University, Sacramento.