The Ombuds Blog: Ombuds Moves from UCSF to Department of Energy

March 12, 2020

Ombuds Moves from UCSF to Department of Energy

Jeff Anderson, previously an Associate Ombuds at the University of California San Francisco, has moved to a similar post at the DOE. He fills a position recently vacated by Bill Mauer, who moved the the Census Bureau. This is Anderson's third Ombuds position; prior to UCSF, Anderson was an Associate Ombuds at the Department of State.

Anderson has also worked as ADR Specialist for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and an Attorney ADR Advisor with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He graduated from Cal Poly Pomona, earned a JD from Chapman University School of Law, and completed a Master of Dispute Resolution from Pepperdine School of Law. (LinkedIn.)

Related posts: ACUS Finalizes Recommendation on Use of Ombuds in Federal Agencies; U.S. Secretary of Energy Endorses Ombuds; University of California San Francisco Adds an Ombuds; Job Posting (DOE); Job Posting (UCSF).

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March 12, 2020

Ombuds Moves from UCSF to Department of Energy

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