Sheila Moynihan is the former Chief Operating Officer of the Loan Programs Office (LPO) at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). She has over a decade of experience working in the U.S. Department of Energy advancing domestic and international clean energy goals. Most recently, she served as the Operations Supervisor in the Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO). In this capacity, she lead SETO’s budget and finance, strategic support, and operations support teams.
Previously, Ms. Moynihan served as the Deputy Director of the Office of American Affairs within DOE’s Office of International Affairs, where she provided strategic vision and direction to advance energy objectives in the Americas through bilateral and multilateral engagements. From 2009 to 2017, she worked in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), including on the international and stakeholder engagement teams of the Strategic Programs Office, as an Advisor to the EERE acting Assistant Secretary, and as Presidential Management Fellow in the Bioenergy Technologies Office. Prior to joining DOE, she worked for a small consulting firm that specialized in geopolitical risk in the energy sector.
Ms. Moynihan received a BA in Political Science from Villanova University and a Masters in International Policy from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies.