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Mary Penny Kelley

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Mary Penny Kelley

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Acting North Carolina Secretary of Environmental Quality
Tenure

2024 - Present

Years in position

1

Predecessor

Compensation

Base salary

$159,131

Elections and appointments
Appointed

September 17, 2024

Mary Penny Kelley is the acting North Carolina Secretary of Environmental Quality. She assumed office on September 17, 2024.

Governor Roy Cooper (D) appointed Kelley as the acting North Carolina Secretary of Environmental Quality on September 17, 2024, to replace Elizabeth Biser.[1]

Biography

Before she was appointed as secretary of environmental quality, Biser was an attorney in North Carolina Attorney General’s Office and general counsel at the Department, then known as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.[2]

Kelley received a bachelor’s degree from NC State University and J.D. from Tulane University Law School.[2]

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Political offices
Preceded by
Elizabeth Biser
North Carolina Secretary of Environmental Quality
2024-Present
Succeeded by
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