Jeffrey S. Merrifield

Senior Vice President, Shaw Power Group

Jeffrey Merrifield joined The Shaw Group in August 2007 as Senior Vice President of the Power Group.

As a Member of the Power Group’s executive team, Mr. Merrifield is focused on enhancing the Group’s external relationships, including business development, marketing and communications, government and regulatory affairs, customer relations, and strategic planning. Mr. Merrifield has been particularly involved in supporting the group’s nuclear-related efforts.

Mr. Merrifield served two terms from 1998-2007 as a U.S. Senate-confirmed Commissioner of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Appointed by President Bill Clinton and reappointed by President George W. Bush, Mr. Merrifield served as one of five individuals overseeing this independent Commission that regulates the safety and security of the 104 operating nuclear power plants in the U.S.

During his tenure, Mr. Merrifield led a number of high-level U.S. Government delegations that included meetings in 30 of the 31 countries that operate nuclear power plants and visits to more than half of the world’s 440 operating nuclear units.

Before he was appointed to the NRC, Mr. Merrifield served as the Staff Director for the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk Assessment from January 1995 to October 1998.

From September 1992 to January 1995, Mr. Merrifield served as an associate of the Washington, D.C.-based law firm of McKenna and Cuneo. From January 1987 to July of 1992, Mr. Merrifield served as a Legislative Assistant for two New Hampshire Senators.

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  Timothy C. Draper

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  Eng. Mohamed H. Al-Mady

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  William Daley