Following his service in the United States Army, Brouillette was U.S. representative Billy Tauzin's legislative director from 1989 to 1997.[5] From 1997 to 2000, he was Senior Vice President of R. Duffy Wall & Associates,[6] a DC-based lobbying firm.[7] Brouillette was Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs in the U.S. Department of Energy from 2001 to 2003 under President George W. Bush.[8]
He was chief of staff under Rep. Billy Tauzin and was also staff director for the House Energy and Commerce Committee from 2003 to 2004, when Tauzin chaired the committee.[9][10] Brouillette was involved in crafting provisions included in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, specifically with respect to the Department of Energy loan guarantee program and federal authorization of importation and exportation of liquid natural gas.[9]
From 2004 to 2006, Brouillette was a vice president at Ford Motor Company and sat on Ford's North American Operating Committee.[9] In 2006, Brouillette became head of public policy and senior vice president at United Services Automobile Association.[11]
[edit]Dan Brouillette being sworn in on December 11, 2019.
On October 18, 2019, President Trump announced he would nominate Brouillette as United States Secretary of Energy to replace Rick Perry, who had announced he would step down by the end of the year.[16] On November 7, 2019, President Trump sent his nomination to the Senate.[17]
Perry formally resigned as Energy Secretary on December 1, 2019, making Brouillette the acting secretary as his nomination was still pending before the U.S. Senate. On December 2, 2019, the Senate confirmed his nomination by a vote of 70–15.[18] Brouillette was formally sworn in on December 11, 2019.[19] Then-Under Secretary of Energy Mark Menezes served as Acting Deputy Secretary of Energy until he was confirmed as Deputy Secretary on August 4, 2020.[20]
Secretary Brouillette speaks at a farewell event at the Department of Energy Headquarters in Washington D.C. in January 2021.
In December 2020, as part of the recently signed Abraham-Accords, Brouillette convened a "first-of-its kind" meeting between the energy minister of Israel and counterparts from several Arab nations.[21]
Brouillette was named the president of Sempra Infrastructure in July 2021 and started with the company in November of that year.[23] During his time with Sempra, Brouillette oversaw the Port Arthur LNG project in Texas[24] and a heads of agreement deal with TotalEnergies, Mitsui, Mitsubishi and NYK for Cameron LNG Phase 2.[25]
Brouillette and his wife, Adrienne, are U.S. Army veterans and the parents of nine children, all of whom the couple homeschooled.[27] They reside in Maryland.[8] He served in the Army from 1982 to 1987 as a tank commander in Germany in the "Fulda Gap" and as a Drill Sergeant in the Army Reserve in South Carolina.
^"President Donald J. Trump Presides Over Swearing In Of Dan Brouillette As 15th Secretary Of Energy" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Energy. December 11, 2019. Archived from the original on December 12, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2019. On Wednesday, December 11, 2019, President Donald J. Trump presided over the swearing in of Dan Brouillette to serve as the 15th U.S. Secretary of Energy. Vice President Mike Pence administered the oath of office.
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