Daniel B. Poneman
Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy and Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Department of Energy
Daniel B. Poneman served as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy and chief operating officer of the Department from 2009 through 2014. Subsequently, he served for eight years as president and chief executive officer of Centrus Energy Corp., the only U.S.-based producer of enriched uranium.
Earlier, Poneman served as director of defense policy and arms control on the National Security Council staff under President George H.W. Bush. Under President Bill Clinton, he served as special assistant to the president and senior director for nonproliferation and export controls at the National Security Council.
Poneman has published and spoken widely on energy and national security. His four books include Going Critical: The First North Korean Nuclear Crisis, recipient of the Douglas Dillon Award for Distinguished Writing on American Diplomacy.
Poneman is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and a distinguished fellow at the Atlantic Council. He is a member of the Aspen Strategy Group and the International Council of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School.
Poneman advises businesses and serves on public and private boards. He has been awarded the Secretary of Energy Exceptional Service Award, the Order of the Rising Sun from the Government of Japan, and the Bronze Tower Order of Industrial Service Merit from the Republic of Korea. Poneman received his AB and JD with honors from Harvard University and an MLitt from Oxford University.
