Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall

Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall
United States Deputy Secretary of Energy
Assumed office
October 10, 2014
President Barack Obama
Preceded by Daniel Poneman
Personal details
Born Elizabeth Sherwood
1959 (age 56–57)
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Jeffrey Randall
Alma mater Harvard University
Balliol College, Oxford
Website Government website

Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall (born 1959)[1] has been serving as the United States Deputy Secretary of Energy since October 2014. Previously, she was White House Coordinator for Defense Policy, Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Arms Control and, before that, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European Affairs since January 2009.[2]

Among her duties as White House Coordinator was leading the U.S. response to destroy the declared Syrian stockpiles of chemical weapons during the Syrian Civil War.[3][4] As Senior Director for European Affairs, she focused on revitalizing America’s unique network of alliance relationships and strengthening cooperation with Europe to advance the Obama agenda.[5]

From 1997 to 2008, she was Founding Senior Advisor of the Prevent Defense Project at Stanford University. In the Clinton administration, from 1994 to 1996, Sherwood-Randall served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia.[6]

Early life and education

Sherwood-Randall's father, Richard E. Sherwood, was a senior partner in a Los Angeles law firm,[7][8] a long-standing patron of the arts in Los Angeles,[9] a prominent member of international affairs organizations like the Asia Society and the Rand-UCLA Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies,[10] and long time leader of the American Jewish Committee.[11] She has one brother, Ben Sherwood.[12] She received a bachelor's degree from Harvard University, and a doctorate in international relations[13] from Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar[14] at Balliol College. She and her brother, Ben Sherwood, were the first brother sister team of Rhodes scholars.[12]

Her Harvard roommate was future United States Secretary of Commerce, Penny Pritzker.[15]

Deputy Secretary of Energy

Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall was nominated by President Barack Obama to be Deputy Secretary of Energy on July 8, 2014, and was confirmed by the United States Senate on 18 September 2014.[16]

Publications

She has published widely on national security issues, mainly on U.S alliances and nuclear proliferation.[17] Her first book, Allies in Crisis: Meeting Global Challenges to Western Security, looked at the history of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and described how it handled crises outside of Europe without weakening the organization.[18] In 2006, she wrote Alliances and American National Security, which makes the case for modernizing U.S. alliances as a means to reach the nation's security goals.[19]

Personal life

She is married to neurosurgeon Jeffrey Randall.[20] They have two sons, Richard and William.[21]

References

  1. ↑ Marquis Who's Who on the Web
  2. ↑ "White House Announces New Coordinator for Defense Policy, Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Arms Control". Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Post, Karen DeYoung for the Washington. "Rivals united in operation to destroy Assad's chemical arsenal". the Guardian. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  4. ↑ Sherwood-Randall, Elizabeth (July 24, 2014). "Opening Statement Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee". Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Bio from Testimony of the Honorable Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall to the House Armed Services Committee" (PDF). docs.house.gov. U.S. House of Representatives. June 25, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall - Strategic Studies Institute". www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  7. ↑ "Richard Sherwood, 64, Lawyer and Museum Chief". The New York Times. 1999-04-09. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
  8. ↑ "Weddings/Celebrations; Karen Kehela, Ben Sherwood". The New York Times. 2003-03-30. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
  9. ↑ OLIVER, MYRNA (1993-04-09). "Richard Sherwood, Noted Arts Patron, Dies". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  10. ↑ Pace, Eric (1993-04-09). "Richard Sherwood, 64, Lawyer and Museum Chief". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  11. ↑ Jewish Journal: "Obama's Jewish war" by Rob Eshman July 11, 2012.
  12. 1 2 "How to Succeed in Television: The rise and rise and rise of ABC's Ben Sherwood". New York Magazine. 2015-01-13. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
  13. ↑ "FSI | CISAC - Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall". cisac.fsi.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  14. ↑ "Rhodes Scholars: complete list, 1903-2015". The Rhodes Scholarships. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  15. ↑ Sanger, David E. (2014-07-08). "Obama to Pick Defense Aide for Energy Post". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  16. ↑ "Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, a Top White House National Security Council Official, Confirmed as Deputy Secretary of Department of Energy". Energy.gov. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  17. ↑ "Dr. Elizabeth D. Sherwood-Randall - Harvard - Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs". belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  18. ↑ Sherwood, Ms Elizabeth D. (1990-09-10). Allies in Crisis: Meeting Global Challenges to Western Security (First Printing ed.). Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300041705.
  19. ↑ "Alliances and American National Security - Harvard - Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs". belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  20. ↑ The Washingtonian Magazine: "Luxury Home Sales: Big Money, Big Houses" February 21, 2014
  21. ↑ Department of Energy: "Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall Opening Statement Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee" July 24, 2014
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