David Rodgers

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
U.S. Department of Energy

David E. Rodgers is Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency in the Office of Technology Development within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the U.S. Department of Energy. Mr. Rodgers supports the Assistant Secretary in day to day management of the EERE energy efficiency portfolio and jointly manages the Office of Technology Development with the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Renewable Energy.

Mr. Rodgers has been with the U.S. Department of Energy for 17 years and has served in the Department's energy efficiency programs for buildings, industry, and transportation. Prior to being designated Deputy Assistant Secretary in April 2007, Mr. Rodgers was Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary. From July 2005 through July 2006, Mr. Rodgers served as the Program Manager for the Building Technologies Program. From December 2004 through June 2005, Mr. Rodgers served as Acting Program Manager for the Industrial Technologies Program. Mr. Rodgers served for three years as Senior Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technology Development in EERE. From 1996 through 2002, Mr. Rodgers served as the Director of the Office of Technology Utilization within the Office of Transportation Technologies.

During his career at the Department of Energy, Mr. Rodgers has experience with regulatory development, R&D management, deployment activities, partnership development, business systems, and planning and analysis. Mr. Rodgers has received degrees in chemical engineering and computer science from Washington University in St. Louis, and a Masters in public management from the University of Maryland. He is a former Presidential Management Fellow. In the private sector, Mr. Rodgers has experience in the chemical, petroleum, and computer industries.

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