Carmelo Melendez

Affiliation

US DOE

Biography

Carmelo Melendez is DOE’s Office of Legacy Management program director and leads the department in fulfilling post-closure responsibilities at former defense nuclear sites to protect future human health and the environment. Throughout his career, Melendez has delivered products and services for planning, engineering, maintenance, construction, housing, community plans and liaison, natural and cultural resources, environmental planning and restoration, contracting, budgeting, and real estate. He served in the Defense, Energy, and State departments, as a Commander in the Navy's Civil Engineer Corps, and is a career member of the Senior Executive Service. Melendez became LM’s third director in 2016.