The Ombuds Blog: U.S. Department of Energy Names Associate Ombuds

February 16, 2016

U.S. Department of Energy Names Associate Ombuds

The DOE Office of the Ombudsman has appointed Patrick Holman as an Associate Ombudsman. Holman was an internal hire and had previously been the Chief Business Operations Officer and Undersecretary for Science and Energy. Holman joins Associate Ombudsman Felicia Bunns and reports to Director Rita R. Franklin. The DOE Office of the Ombudsman is an independent, neutral, confidential and informal resource available to all Department employees.

Holman has worked at the DOE in a variety of position since 2001, except for a stint as a Congressional Fellow in 2012. He graduated from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette; earned a Master of Public Administration and PhD in Political Science/Public Policy from Northern Arizona University. (DOE Ombuds; LinkedIn.)

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February 16, 2016

U.S. Department of Energy Names Associate Ombuds

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