The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced several new senior leadership appointments.
The new leaders will direct policy at the DOE, coordinate across the administration and enact U.S. President Joe Biden’s vision for bold action on the climate crisis and on safeguarding the Americans most affected by it, the DOE noted.
Tarak Shah will serve as the organization’s new Chief of Staff, becoming the first Indian-American and first openly LGBTQ person to hold the position at the DOE. David G. Huizenga will serve as the Acting Secretary of Energy. He was most recently Associate Principal Deputy Administrator for the National Nuclear Security Administration and has been a career employee at the DOE since 1987. Other appointments can be seen below:
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE's) new leadership team is a diverse group of individuals with a wide range of experience across the power sector and
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Caption: The 2020 U.S. C3E Award recipients (left to right): Kathy Hannun of Dandelion Energy; Cristina Garcia of the Building Electrification Initiative; Britta von Oesen of CohnReznick Capital; Lindsay Dubbs of the Coastal Studies Institute and UNC Chapel Hill; Bobi Garrett of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Elizabeth Kaiga of DNV GL; María Hilda Rivera of Power Africa; Natalie Meyero of the City of Bozeman, Montana; and Simona Onori of Stanford University. Credits: Photo courtesy of the U.S. C3E Initiative.
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