Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall

Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall
United States Deputy Secretary of Energy
Incumbent
Assumed office October 10, 2014
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Daniel Poneman
Personal details
Born	Elizabeth Sherwood 1959 (age 56–57)
Spouse(s)	Jeffrey Randall
Alma mater	Harvard University Balliol College, Oxford
Website	Government website

Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall (born 1959)^[1] has been serving as the United States Deputy Secretary of Energy since October 2014. Previously, she was Coordinator for Defense Policy, Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Arms Control and, before that, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European Affairs since January 2009.^[2]

Among her duties was leading the U.S. response to destroy the Syrian stockpiles of chemical weapons during the Syrian Civil War.^[3][4]

From 1997 to 2008, she was Founding Senior Advisor of the Prevent Defense Project at Stanford University. In the Clinton administration, from 1994 to 1996, Sherwood-Randall served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia.^[5]

Education

Sherwood-Randall received a bachelor's degree from Harvard University, and a doctorate in international relations^[6] from Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar^[7] at Balliol College.

Her Harvard roommate was future United States Secretary of Commerce, Penny Pritzker.^[8]

Deputy Secretary of Energy

Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall was nominated by President Barack Obama to be Deputy Secretary of Energy on July 8, 2014, and was confirmed by the United States Senate on 18 September 2014.^[9]

Publications

She has published widely on national security issues, mainly on U.S alliances and nuclear proliferation.^[10] In 2006, she wrote Alliances and American National Security, which makes the case for modernizing U.S. alliances as a means to reach the nation's security goals.^[11]

References

1. Marquis Who's Who on the Web
2. "White House Announces New Coordinator for Defense Policy, Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Arms Control". Retrieved 7 September 2015.
3. Post, Karen DeYoung for the Washington. "Rivals united in operation to destroy Assad's chemical arsenal". the Guardian. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
4. Sherwood-Randall, Elizabeth (July 24, 2014). "Opening Statement Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee". Retrieved 7 September 2015.
5. "Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall - Strategic Studies Institute". www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
6. "FSI | CISAC - Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall". cisac.fsi.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
7. "Rhodes Scholars: complete list, 1903-2015". The Rhodes Scholarships. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
8. Sanger, David E. (2014-07-08). "Obama to Pick Defense Aide for Energy Post". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
9. "Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, a Top White House National Security Council Official, Confirmed as Deputy Secretary of Department of Energy". Energy.gov. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
10. "Dr. Elizabeth D. Sherwood-Randall - Harvard - Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs". belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
11. "Alliances and American National Security - Harvard - Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs". belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2015-09-07.

External links

• Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall Deputy Secretary of Energy on Energy.gov
• Senate hearing for Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall's nomination for Deputy Secretary of Energy on energy.senate.gov.