Richard Kauffman joined the U.S. Department of Energy in September as a senior advisor to Secretary Steven Chu. He is working with the secretary to expand the department's efforts to support the game-changing technologies we need to create the jobs of tomorrow, invest in the clean energy economy and help ensure America remains competitive in the global marketplace. One of the country's leading experts on private-sector investment in clean energy, he was CEO of Good Energies Inc., an investor in renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. With more than two decades of experience in the financial sector, Kauffman was managing director and chaired the Global Financing Group at Goldman Sachs. He previously served as vice chairman of Morgan Stanley's Institutional Securities business and co-head of its Banking Department. Kauffman has also served as chairman of Levi Strauss & Co. and on the boards of several nonprofit organizations, including the Brookings Institution.

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