Sarah Margaret Roffey Jewell (born February 21, 1956) is an American businesswoman and the 51st
United States Secretary of the Interior, serving in the administration of President
Barack Obama. She is the second woman to hold the position, after
Gale Norton (under the administration of George W. Bush). The former president and
CEO of
REI, a Seattle-based retailer of outdoor gear, she studied as an engineer, and previously worked in the oil and banking industries.