Jeremiah Baumann serves as Senior Advisor, Director of Policy and Implementation in the Office of the Secretary for the U.S. Department of Energy. Prior to that he served as the Chief of Staff for the Office of the Under Secretary for Infrastructure at DOE. He also previously served as DOE Deputy Chief of Staff. Prior to DOE, he was Director of Federal Policy at Energy Innovation, where he worked to build an equitable and just clean energy economy. He previously led efforts focused on state clean energy policies at Bloomberg Philanthropies and served as Legislative Director for Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), where he supported the Senator on the creation of the Rural Energy Savings Program and worked with Oregon and California tribes, farmers, and ranchers on water and energy management in the Klamath River Basin. Originally from Montana and a member of the LGBTQ+ community, Baumann holds a B.A. from Yale University.