Biography:
David Garman
Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy

Assistant Secretary Garman previously served in a variety of positions on the staff of two U.S. Senators and two Senate Committees during a career spanning nearly 21 years. Most recently, Mr. Garman served as Chief of Staff to Alaska Senator Frank H. Murkowski. Mr. Garman also served on the professional staff of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

Throughout his career, Mr. Garman's work has focused mainly on energy and the environment. For example, while serving on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Mr. Garman worked in the newly emerging area of "environmental intelligence and security," working on issues such as global climate change, transboundary pollution, and regional environmental threats from the Former Soviet Union. While on the staff of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Mr. Garman's portfolio included energy research and development, science and technology, and global climate change.

Mr. Garman also served as a U.S. Senate observer at virtually all of the major negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change from 1995-2000.