Lauren Smith

Executive Staff Assistant
Office of the Principal Deputy Director
SC-2/Germantown Building, Room H-208
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20585-1290

Email: lauren.smith@science.doe.gov
Phone: 301-903-5316
Fax: 301-903-7780
Primary work location: Germantown, MD

Lauren Smith is the Executive Staff Assistant to the Principal Deputy Director. She first joined the Office of Science in the Office of the Deputy Director for Science Programs as a Program Support Specialist in February 2011 after supporting the Office as a contractor since May 2010. Her responsibilities include managing the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) program for the science program offices; processing and tracking relevant Executive and Congressional correspondence; maintaining various information archives; and providing administrative and programmatic support for the Office of the Principal Deputy Director. She holds a Bachelors of Arts degree in Business Administration with a minor in English from Trinity College in Washington DC. Ms. Smith previously held a high-level administrative management position with a real estate appraisal, acquisition, and property management company in Virginia, where she was employed for more than ten years. She has also served in the private sector as a licensed realtor for the states of Maryland and Virginia, a real estate appraiser, a recruiter, an employee specialist, and a research analyst. Ms. Smith has received several awards for outstanding customer service during her career.