Dan Utech: White House Director for Energy & Climate Change

Dan Utech

Dan Utech will become President Obama's top adviser on energy and climate change.  Utech is currently, the Deputy Director for Climate Change at the White House.  He joined the administration in 2010 and will replace current energy and climate czar Heather Zichal.

Prior to joining the White House, Dan served as a Senior Advisor to Energy Secretary Steven Chu. He joined the Administration after 10 years in the Senate, where he worked on a wide range of energy and environmental policy issues.

Prior to joining the administration, Utech worked on the Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee and spent five years as then-Senator Hillary Clinton's (D-N.Y) top adviser on energy and environment issues. (Business Forward biography, The Hill, 11/8/2013)