Tommy Beaudreau

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Tommy Beaudreau
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9th United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior
Assumed office
June 23, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
SecretaryDeb Haaland
Preceded byKatharine MacGregor
1st Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
In office
June 2010 – May 2014
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byAbigail Ross Hopper
Personal details
BornColorado, U.S.
EducationYale University (BA)
Georgetown University (JD)
Occupation
  • Attorney
  • government official

Tommy P. Beaudreau is an American attorney who has served as the deputy secretary of the Interior since 2021. He served as the first director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management from 2011 to 2014 and as chief of staff of the United States Department of the Interior from 2014 until the end of the Obama administration.

Early life and education[]

Beaudreau was born in Colorado and raised in the Bear Valley neighborhood of Anchorage, Alaska. He graduated from Service High School.[1] Beaudreau then earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Yale University and a Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center.[2]

Career[]

After graduating from law school, Beaudreau worked as an associate at Fried Frank in Washington, DC. In 2000 and 2001, he was a law clerk for Judge Jerome B. Friedman of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Beaudreau then returned to Fried Frank, where he worked as an associate and later partner. In 2010, he became a senior advisor in the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation and Enforcement.[3] In 2011, Beaudreau became the first director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.[4] He served until 2014 and was succeeded by Abigail Ross Hopper. From 2014 until the end of the Obama administration, Beaudreau served as chief of staff of the United States Department of the Interior.[5] In January 2017, he became a partner at Latham & Watkins.

After Elizabeth Klein's nomination for United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior was withdrawn by the Biden administration in March 2021, it was reported that Beaudreau was selected as the nominee.[6][7] On April 15, 2021, his nomination was sent to the Senate.[8] On May 13, 2021, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 18–1 vote.[9] On June 17, 2021, his nomination was confirmed in the United States Senate by a 88-9 vote.[10][11] On June 23, 2021, he was sworn into office by Secretary Deb Haaland.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ Hobson, Margaret Kriz; E; Thursday, E. reporterPublished; August 15; 2013. "NEWSMAKER: Alaska boy Beaudreau finds his way home at Interior". www.eenews.net. Retrieved 2021-03-23.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Latham & Watkins LLP - Global Directory - Tommy P. Beaudreau". www.lw.com. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  3. ^ "Columbia | SIPA Center on Global Energy Policy | Tommy Beaudreau". www.energypolicy.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  4. ^ "Secretary Salazar Names Michael R. Bromwich and Tommy P. Beaudreau to Lead New DOI Bureaus". www.doi.gov. 2011-09-16. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  5. ^ Goode, Darren. "Former drilling enforcer defends role". POLITICO. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  6. ^ Lefebvre, Ben. "White House yanks Interior nominee after Murkowski opposition". POLITICO. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  7. ^ Eilperin, Juliet; Partlow, Joshua. "White House pulls nominee for Interior's No. 2 post after opposition from centrists". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  8. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, April 15, 2021
  9. ^ Doyle, Michael. "Beaudreau moves forward with bipartisan panel support". Greenwire. E&E News. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  10. ^ "Senate GOP hails new Interior deputy as 'voice of reason'". AP NEWS. 2021-06-17. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  11. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Tommy P. Beaudreau, of Alaska, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior)" United States Senate, June 17, 2021
  12. ^ "Tommy Beaudreau Sworn In as Interior Department Deputy Secretary" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: United States Department of the Interior. June 23, 2021. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
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