LINCOLN- The deputy director of the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy has been promoted to lead the department. Gov. Jim Pillen announced his appointment of Kara Valentine to the NDEE director post on Thursday, noting she had served as the department’s deputy director for the past eight years, overseeing two divisions: inspection and compliance, as well as planning and aid.

Before helping to lead NDEE, Valentine had worked as an environmental attorney with the Missouri Attorney General’s Office and served as general counsel for the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Valentine replaces acting Interim Director Than Fineran, who is leaving Nebraska for an out-of-state post after a promotion to the rank of brigadier general in the U.S. Army.

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