has served as the Deputy Executive Director for Operations for Materials, Waste, Research, State, Tribal, and Compliance Programs of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) since May 2010. He strategically leads NRC staff in developing and implementing Commission policy decisions and regulatory programs. Prior to this position, he served as the Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) beginning in 2007. He represents the United States on the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Commission on Safety Standards. In 2014, he led the NRC’s Project Aim 2020 strategic transformation project. In addition, he served as Deputy Team Leader of the Integrated Regulatory Review Service Follow-up Mission to the Republic of Korea in 2014.

Mr. Weber joined the NRC in 1982 as a hydrogeologist in NMSS. He held a number of progressively more responsible positions including: Chief, Regulatory Issues Section; Chief, Low-Level Waste and Decommissioning Projects Branch; Chief, Fuel Cycle Licensing Branch; Deputy Director, Division of Waste Management; Deputy Director and Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards. In 2002, he was appointed as the Deputy Director of the newly established Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response (NSIR) following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. In 2006, Mr. Weber was appointed as the Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

Mr. Weber served as a Technical Assistant to former Chairman Ken Carr and as the Executive Assistant and Director of the Chairman’s Office for former Chairman Shirley Ann Jackson. Mr. Weber is a graduate of the Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program and the Office of Personnel Management’s Executive Potential Program for Mid-Level Employees. He received the prestigious rank awards for Meritorious Executive from Presidents Clinton (2000) and Bush (2006). In 1996, he received the William A. Jump Meritorious Award for exemplary service in public administration. He also received NRC’s Meritorious Service Award in 1993 for scientific excellence in protecting the environment. Mr. Weber earned a BS degree in Geosciences from the Pennsylvania State University.