Daniel Poneman | |
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Acting United States Secretary of Energy | |
In office April 22, 2013 – May 21, 2013 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Steven Chu |
Succeeded by | Ernest Moniz |
17th United States Deputy Secretary of Energy | |
In office May 18, 2009 – October 5, 2014 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Clay Sell |
Succeeded by | Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall |
Personal details | |
Born | Daniel Bruce Poneman March 12, 1956 Toledo, Ohio, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Susan Danoff Poneman |
Education | Harvard University (BA, JD) Lincoln College, Oxford (MLitt) |
Website | Government 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.