Daniel Poneman

Poneman received A.B. and J.D. degrees with honors from Harvard University, and an M.Litt. in politics from Oxford University, where he was a student at Lincoln College. ==Career==

Poneman first joined the Department of Energy as a White House Fellow in 1989. In 1990, he joined the National Security Council as the Director of Defense Policy and Arms Control. Between 1993 and 1996, Poneman served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Nonproliferation and Export Controls at the NSC. In 2013, Poneman served as Acting Secretary of Energy following the resignation of Secretary Chu until his successor, Ernest Moniz was confirmed by the Senate and was sworn in. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Centrus Energy, a publicly traded energy company, (LEU) from 2015 to 2023. Poneman currently sits on the Atlantic Council's Board of Directors. Poneman is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations. ==Publications==

Poneman has published widely on national security issues and is the author of Nuclear Power in the Developing World, Argentina: Democracy on Trial and Double Jeopardy: Combating Nuclear Terror and Climate Change. His third book, Going Critical: The First North Korean Nuclear Crisis (coauthored with Joel Wit and Robert Gallucci), received the 2005 Douglas Dillon Award for Distinguished Writing on American Diplomacy. == Personal life ==

Poneman is married and has three children. ==Honors==

• Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd Class, Gold and Silver Star (2020) • Bronze Tower Order of Industrial Service Merit Award ==References==