Sarah Margaret "Sally" Roffey Jewell was born on February 21,1956 and is a British-American businessperson who served as the 51st United States secretary of the interior in the Obama administration from 2013 to 2017.
32 Facts About Sally Jewell
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Sally Jewell grew up in the State of Washington and attended the University of Washington.
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Sally Jewell is a lifelong outdoors enthusiast and while at REI became known for her involvement in conservation and environmental protection.
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Sally Jewell's nomination received substantial bipartisan support and she was handily confirmed by the Senate in April 2013.
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Sally Jewell is the second woman to hold the position of Secretary of the Interior, after Gale Norton.
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Sally Jewell moved to the United States at age three in 1959, when her father, an anesthesiologist, took up a fellowship at the University of Washington.
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Sally Jewell's mother was a nurse practitioner whose specialty was women's health.
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Sally Jewell attended Seattle Country Day School during her elementary years, and in 1973 graduated from Renton High School.
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Sally Jewell worked for Mobil oil company on oil fields in Oklahoma from 1978 through 1981, when she joined Rainier Bank and returned to the Pacific Northwest.
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Sally Jewell's background was attractive to Rainier Bank, which was considering gas and oil investments and wanted engineers like Sally Jewell to help evaluate possible assets.
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Sally Jewell advised against investments in oil and gas, a move which proved beneficial for Rainier Bank.
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Sally Jewell stayed with Security Pacific after it acquired Rainier Bank, until 1992.
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Sally Jewell then worked for WestOne Bank from 1992 through 1995, and for Washington Mutual from 1995 through 2000.
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In 1996, Sally Jewell joined the board of Recreational Equipment Inc and in 2000 was named chief operating officer.
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Sally Jewell was named the Puget Sound Business Journal CEO of the Year in 2006.
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Sally Jewell remained CEO of REI until she was named Secretary of the Interior in 2013.
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Sally Jewell has sat on the boards of Premera, the National Parks Conservation Association, the University of Washington Board of Regents, and the Retail Industry Leaders Association.
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Sally Jewell helped found the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust and served as a board member and president of the group.
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Sally Jewell started making campaign contributions in 2008, giving almost "solely to Democratic candidates" according to USA Today.
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In 2009, Sally Jewell received the National Audubon Society's Rachel Carson Award for her leadership in, and dedication to, conservation.
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Sally Jewell was named a 2012 Woman of Distinction from the Girl Scouts of Western Washington, and that same year was awarded the Woodrow Wilson Center's Award for Public Service.
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On February 6,2013, Sally Jewell was nominated by President Barack Obama to succeed Ken Salazar as United States Secretary of the Interior.
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Sally Jewell was sworn in as Secretary of the Interior on April 12,2013.
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Sally Jewell led the kickoff of the Every Kid Every Park program by leading fourth graders on a hike through Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.
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Sally Jewell backed a 2016 initiative to expedite permitting for youth organizations to explore public wildlands on overnight or multi-day trips, particularly in less popular parks.
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Sally Jewell was the 51st Secretary of the Interior, and the second woman to hold the position.
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Unlike many of her predecessors, Sally Jewell never held elected office.
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Sally Jewell joined the boards of The Nature Conservancy and Bellevue-based life insurance company Symetra.
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Sally Jewell served as the interim CEO of The Nature Conservancy from September 3,2019 to May 18,2020.
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In 2015, Sally Jewell was selected as the ship's sponsor for USS Montana.
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Sally Jewell christened the vessel 12 September 2020 at Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding amid a virtual ceremony because of restrictions due to COVID.
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Sally Jewell enjoys mountain climbing, and has climbed Vinson Massif, the highest mountain in Antarctica, and Mont Blanc, Western Europe's highest mountain, and has scaled Mount Rainier seven times.