Tommy Beaudreau sworn in at Interior

Petroleum News

Tommy Beaudreau was sworn in as deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland June 23.

Beaudreau, born in Colorado, was raised in Alaska and currently resides in Washington, D.C., with his wife and two children.

“I am honored to be back at the Department of the Interior as deputy secretary at this critical time for our country,” said Beaudreau in a statement from Interior following his swearing in. “The Interior Department plays a key role in President Biden’s economic, environmental, and racial justice agenda, and I am thrilled to join Secretary Haaland’s team to delivery for the American people.”

Beaudreau returns to Interior after serving for nearly seven years at the department during the Obama-Biden administration, including as the first director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, acting assistant secretary for Land and Minerals Management and chief of staff to Secretary Sally Jewell.

An attorney, Beaudreau graduated from Service High School in Anchorage, earned a Bachelor of Arts in history from Yale and a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center. He was as associate and later a partner with the Fried Frank law firm in Washington, D.C. After serving in the Obama administration he became a partner at Latham & Watkins.

His nomination as deputy secretary was confirmed June 17 by an 88-9 vote in the U.S. Senate.

- Petroleum News