David Pumphrey
Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Energy Cooperation
U.S. Department of Energy
Mr. Pumphrey is Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Energy Cooperation. In this position, he is responsible for the development and implementation of strategies that will strengthen U.S. energy security, improve environmental quality and create investment and trade opportunities for U.S. energy companies. In this capacity, he manages the Department’s bilateral and multilateral relations with countries in Asia, Europe, and the Americas as well as the Department’s international science and technology programs.
Mr. Pumphrey has an extensive background in international energy issues. His work with the Department’s Policy & International Affairs Office has included a wide range of major projects including negotiation of energy provisions for the North American Free Trade Agreement and several other trade agreements, creation of the Hemispheric Energy Initiative to implement commitments made in the Summit of the Americas, design and management of energy cooperation programs with Russia, South Africa, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela, and analysis of developments in international oil and gas markets.
Mr. Pumphrey also served with the Department’s Office of Oil and Gas and with the Federal Energy Administration, with responsibilities for programs to accelerate the development of domestic tar sand resources and commercialization of enhanced oil recovery technologies. Before that, he served with the Bureau of Land Management in the Department of Interior with responsibility for analysis supporting the development of oil and natural gas on the Federal outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
Mr. Pumphrey received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Duke University and a Masters degree in economics from George Mason University.