LEK KADELI
Lek Kadeli is the Associate Chief Financial Officer in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Chief Financial Officer (OCFO). He has over 30 years of management experience in both government and international organizations, with broad experience in leading organizational change, program development and implementation, resource management, and information management and technology.
Mr. Kadeli began his EPA career in 1990 as a budget analyst in the Office of the Comptroller, and also served as the Senior Budget Officer in EPA's Office of International Activities. He moved to ORD in 1993 to serve as Chief of Resource Planning and Program Coordination, and in 1998 served as the Acting Deputy Director of ORD's National Exposure Research Laboratory in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. He was the director of ORD's Office of Resources Management and Administration from 2001 to 2005 before becoming the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Management. He also served as the Acting Assistant Administrator for the Office of Research and Development for over 3 years during President’s Obama’s administration. In 2016, he started a two-year assignment to the World Bank as the co-program director for the global Pollution Management and Environmental Health (PMEH) program. Upon completion of his World Bank assignment, he became the Deputy Administrator for Management in the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. He joined the OCFO in June of 2020 and currently serves as EPA’s Associate Chief Financial Officer.
Mr. Kadeli received two of the Agency's highest awards for exemplary service: a Gold Medal for Distinguished Service, and the Lee Thomas Award for Excellence in Management
