Daniel Poneman

Daniel Poneman
Acting United States Secretary of Energy
In office
April 22, 2013 – May 21, 2013
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded bySteven Chu
Succeeded byErnest Moniz
17th United States Deputy Secretary of Energy
In office
May 18, 2009 – October 5, 2014
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byClay Sell
Succeeded byElizabeth Sherwood-Randall
Personal details
Born
Daniel Bruce Poneman

(1956-03-12) March 12, 1956 (age 68)
Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseSusan Danoff Poneman
EducationHarvard University (BA, JD)
Lincoln College, Oxford (MLitt)
WebsiteGovernment website

Daniel Bruce Poneman (born March 12, 1956)[1] is an American lawyer and businessman. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Centrus Energy, a publicly traded energy company, (LEU) from 2015 to 2023. Prior to joining Centrus Energy, he served as United States Deputy Secretary of Energy from 2009 to 2014. He is also a Distinguished Fellow at the Paulson Institute at the University of Chicago and a Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School.[2] Poneman was Acting Secretary of Energy in 2013 following the resignation of Steven Chu until Ernest Moniz was confirmed and sworn in.

  1. ^ Marquis Who's Who on the Web
  2. ^ "Paulson Institute welcomes former United States Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman as Distinguished Fellow". Paulson Institute. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.