James E. Woolford is the Director of the Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation (OSRTI) in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response. He has been OSRTI’s Director since December 2006. Prior to his current position, he was the Director of the Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office for 12 years. In 2008, Woolford received a “Meritorious Executive Service” Award for his accomplishments in the Federal Facilities Program. He also served as the Director of the Program Operations Division in the Office of Federal Facilities Enforcement, and as a Branch Chief and a Section Chief in the Superfund Enforcement Division in the Office of Waste Programs Enforcement. Woolford earned an M.A. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1980 and he conducted Ph.D. work at Rutgers University in New Jersey. His undergraduate degree is in Political Science from Virginia Tech.