Carolyn Snyder is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Innovation, Affordability and Consumer Choice at the U.S. Department of Energy. The office helps American families, businesses, and governments save on their energy bills, protects consumer choice, and strengthens global competitiveness to grow American industry. In this role, she leads investments that drive innovation and affordability across America’s buildings and industrial base through technology development, commercialization, and accelerated adoption; consumer-first regulatory reform; and strategic partnerships with governments, communities, and businesses.
She previously served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Buildings & Industry at U.S. DOE, the Director of U.S. EPA's Partnerships Division, a consultant at McKinsey & Company, a White House Fellow in the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, and Director of Delaware's Division of Energy. She earned a Ph.D. in Environment and Resources from Stanford University, Master’s Degrees as a Marshall Scholar from Oxford and Cambridge, and a B.A. from Amherst College. Her scientific research has been published in Nature and other peer-reviewed publications.