David Pumphrey
David Pumphrey
Energy and National Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Mr David Pumphrey’s work focuses on energy policies and strategies that will address US security and climate change challenges. He has extensive public-sector experience in domestic and international energy security issues.
Mr Pumphrey has recently written on the economic and geopolitical implications of unconventional oil and gas developments in the United States. He has spent more than 35 years working in the U.S. government on a wide range of domestic and international energy policy issues. In his last position he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Energy Cooperation at the Department of Energy. During his career Mr Pumphrey led the development and implementation of energy policy initiatives with individual countries as well as multilateral energy organizations. He was responsible for policy engagement with numerous key energy producing and consuming countries including China, India, Canada, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia and the European Union. Mr Pumphrey represented the US Government in various committees of the International Energy Agency and the Energy Working Group of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation. Mr Pumphrey also represented the Department of Energy in the negotiations of the energy related sections of the U.S-Canada Free Trade Agreement and the North American Free Trade Agreement. Mr Pumphrey received a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Duke University and a Master’s Degree in Economics George Mason University. He speaks extensively on energy issues including testifying before Congress.
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