On April, 2, 2008, President George W. Bush nominated Jeffrey F. Kupfer as Deputy Secretary of Energy. Mr. Kupfer currently serves as the Department’s Acting Deputy Secretary. As the Department’s Chief Operating Officer, he assists Secretary Samuel W. Bodman with policy and programmatic oversight over the 115,000 employee, $24 billion agency.

Mr. Kupfer also served as Chief of Staff to Secretary Bodman managing the day to day operations of the Department and of the Office of the Secretary.

Prior to his appointment as Chief of Staff, he served as a Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy at the White House.  He also served as Executive Director of the President’s Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform.  From 2001 through 2005, Mr. Kupfer was Deputy Chief of Staff and Executive Secretary at the Department of the Treasury.  In 2003, Mr. Kupfer handled a temporary assignment as a Special Assistant to President Bush’s Chief of Staff.

Before joining the Bush Administration, Mr. Kupfer served as counsel for the U.S. Senate Finance Committee; a counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs; and a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice.  Mr. Kupfer also clerked for Chief Judge Thomas P. Griesa in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

A native of Pittsburgh, PA, Mr. Kupfer graduated from Yale College and Harvard Law School.

Last Reviewed: 9/4/2008