Erik Olds is the Deputy Manager for the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. In this role, he oversees the daily operations needed to perform the organization’s environmental cleanup and stewardship, decontamination and decommissioning activities, waste processing and management, surveillance and maintenance programs, and procurement and contract functions.
Before his assignment as OREM Deputy Manager, Olds served as Communications Director for DOE’s Office of Environmental Management headquarters (EM-HQ), and previously as acting Chief of Staff for EM-HQ.
Prior to his headquarters assignment, he was the Direct‐Feed Low‐Activity Waste deputy project integration manager for the Office of River Protection (ORP) at the Hanford Site in Washington. Olds has worked for DOE for more than 31 years, including more than 20 years in the EM program. Prior to his project integration manager role, Olds served as the Chief of Staff for both the Richland Operations Office and ORP at Hanford, as well as the ORP Director of Communications. Prior to working at Hanford, Olds worked in public affairs at the Yucca Mountain Project in Nevada.
Olds holds a bachelor’s degree in public relations and a master’s degree in communications studies from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada.
