Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall
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| United States Deputy Secretary of Energy | |
| Assumed office October 10, 2014 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Daniel Poneman |
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| Born | Elizabeth Sherwood 1959 (age 64–65) |
| Spouse(s) | Jeffrey Randall |
| Alma mater | Harvard University Balliol College, Oxford |
| Website | Government website |
Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall (born 1959)[1] has been serving as the United States Deputy Secretary of Energy since October 2014. Previously, she was Coordinator for Defense Policy, Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Arms Control and, before that, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European Affairs since January 2009.[2]
Among her duties was leading the U.S. response to destroy the Syrian stockpiles of chemical weapons during the Syrian Civil War.[3][4]
From 1997 to 2008, she was Founding Senior Advisor of the Prevent Defense Project at Stanford University. In the Clinton administration, from 1994 to 1996, Sherwood-Randall served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia.[5]
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Early life and education
Sherwood-Randall's father, Richard E. Sherwood, was a partner in a Los Angeles law firm[6][7] and long time leader of the American Jewish Committee.[8] She has one brother, Ben Sherwood.[9] She received a bachelor's degree from Harvard University, and a doctorate in international relations[10] from Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar[11] at Balliol College. She and her brother, Ben Sherwood, were the first brother sister team of Rhodes scholars.[9]
Her Harvard roommate was future United States Secretary of Commerce, Penny Pritzker.[12]
Deputy Secretary of Energy
Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall was nominated by President Barack Obama to be Deputy Secretary of Energy on July 8, 2014, and was confirmed by the United States Senate on 18 September 2014.[13]
Publications
She has published widely on national security issues, mainly on U.S alliances and nuclear proliferation.[14] In 2006, she wrote Alliances and American National Security, which makes the case for modernizing U.S. alliances as a means to reach the nation's security goals.[15]
Personal life
She is married to neurosurgeon Jeffrey Randall.[16] They live in the Spring Valley neighborhood of Washington, D.C.[16] and have two sons, Richard and William.[17]
References
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- ↑ 16.0 16.1 The Washingtonian Magazine: "Luxury Home Sales: Big Money, Big Houses" February 21, 2014
- ↑ Department of Energy: "Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall Opening Statement Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee" July 24, 2014
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall. |
- Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall Deputy Secretary of Energy on Energy.gov
- Senate hearing for Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall's nomination for Deputy Secretary of Energy on energy.senate.gov.
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| Preceded by | United States Deputy Secretary of Energy 2014–present |
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