Sally Jewell

Sally Jewell ( born February 21, 1956 in London) is the Minister of the Interior of the United States. She was sworn in on 10 April 2013 as the successor to Ken Salazar. Previously, she was an entrepreneur and director of the organized as Konsumgenossenschaft outdoor products trading company, Recreational Equipment, Inc. ( REI) with 11.6 million comrades, an annual turnover of $ 1.8 billion and over 11,000 employees (as of 2011 ).

Life

Sally Jewell, born Roffey, is the daughter of a British anesthetist, who in 1959 took to the United States because he had obtained a position as a fellow at the University of Washington. She completed until 1973, the State High School in Renton. With 19 years Jewell received U.S. citizenship. In 1978, she achieved a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering at the University of Washington, shortly after she married an engineer. Subsequently, she worked as her husband, for Mobil Oil in oil fields, among others in Oklahoma. In 1981, she moved to Rainier Bank, as these industry experts searched for the credit business with the oil industry; The bank was later acquired by Security Pacific. From 1992 to 1995 she worked for the Westone bank until 2000 when Washington Mutual.

Since 1996 Jewell is on the board of the company REI, 2000, she was appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO ), 2005 Chief Executive Officer ( CEO).

Jewell was a member of the board of the Health Insurance Premera Blue Cross, the National Parks Conservation Association and the Board of Regents of the University of Washington and participated in the founding of the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust in the past. The Puget Sound Business Journal magazine named 2006 CEO of the Year. In 2009, the National Audubon Society Jewell stood out for their contributions to nature conservation with the Rachel Carson Award. In February 2013, U.S. President Barack Obama nominated her for the post of Minister of the Interior.

Jewell is married to an engineer and has two adult children. In her spare time she operates Outdoor sports, such as snowboarding, kayaking, and mountaineering; among other things, it has the highest mountain of Antarctica, the four-thousand- Mount Vinson climbed.