Bridget Bartol is the Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the Secretary, for the U.S. Department of Energy. Bartol was previously the Deputy Director for the Office of Public Affairs for the DOE. Prior to that, she was a Vice President of Public Affairs at SKDK, specializing in strategic communications, stakeholder engagement, and media relations for a range of corporate, nonprofit, advocacy, and crisis clients. Previously, she led media and messaging strategy for Securing America’s Future Energy and served as Deputy Press Secretary at the U.S. Department of Energy during the Obama Administration. Prior to that appointment, she was a Senior Associate at Dewey Square Group in Boston and worked at The Smith-Free Group in Washington D.C. A South Florida native, Bartol graduated from the University of Florida.