David Turk

Turk was born in Quito, Ecuador and raised in Rock Falls, Illinois.{{Cite web|title=David M. Turk|url=https://www.energy.gov/person/david-m-turk|access-date=2021-05-30|website=Energy.gov|language=en}} Turk attended Rock Falls High School before he earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1999.{{Cite web|title=David Turk Appointed as IEA Deputy Executive Director - News|url=https://www.iea.org/news/david-turk-appointed-as-iea-deputy-executive-director|access-date=2021-02-11|website=IEA|language=en-GB}}{{cite news |url=https://issuu.com/uvalawschool/docs/_uvalawyer_fall_issuu_lores/93 |title=Class Notes |date=Fall 2016 |page=91 |magazine=UVA Lawyer |access-date=2021-02-11}}

From 2001 to 2007, Turk worked in the United States Senate offices of Joe Biden and Kent Conrad. He was also the staff director of the United States House Oversight Subcommittee on National Security. During the Obama administration, he served as a special assistant to the president and senior director of the United States National Security Council. He then moved to the United States Department of State, where he worked as a deputy special envoy for climate change and helped coordinate efforts to limit the proliferation of nuclear weapons between Russia and the United States.{{Cite web |last=Dillon |first=Jeremy |date=2021-02-10 |title=Biden names Obama alum as DOE deputy secretary |url=https://www.eenews.net/articles/biden-names-obama-alum-as-doe-deputy-secretary/ |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=E&E News |language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2021-02-10|title=President Biden Announces Additional Members of His Energy and Jobs Team|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/02/10/president-biden-announces-additional-members-of-his-energy-and-jobs-team/|access-date=2021-02-11|website=The White House|language=en-US}} Turk later served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Climate and Technology. He joined the International Energy Agency in October 2016, where he helped promote clean energy around the world.

On February 13, 2021, his nomination by President Joe Biden to be Deputy Secretary of Energy was formally submitted to the Senate for confirmation.{{cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/118 |title=PN118 — David Turk — Department of Energy |website=U.S. Congress |access-date=2021-02-14}}The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources favorably reported the nomination by a 20–0 vote, and the full United States Senate confirmed Turk by a 98–2 vote on March 24, 2021, with only Senators Josh Hawley and Rand Paul in opposition.{{Cite news|first=Zack|last=Budryk|date=March 24, 2021|title=Senate confirms David Turk as Deputy Energy Secretary|language=en|work=The Hill|url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/544808-senate-confirms-david-turk-as-deputy-energy-secretary|access-date=March 24, 2021}} He was sworn in on March 25, 2021, by Secretary Jennifer Granholm.{{Cite press release |title=David M. Turk Sworn In as Deputy Secretary of Energy |date=March 25, 2021 |publisher=United States Department of Energy |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.energy.gov/articles/david-m-turk-sworn-deputy-secretary-energy |access-date=March 25, 2021}}

Republicans criticized Turk for his role in pausing U.S. liquified natural gas export approvals for environmental review in early 2024.{{Cite web |title=Rodgers and Barrasso: International Energy Agency has Abandoned its Energy Security Mission |url=https://energycommerce.house.gov/posts/rodgers-and-barrasso-international-energy-agency-has-abandoned-its-energy-security-mission |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=House Committee on Energy and Commerce |language=en}}

Turk and his wife, Emily, have three children. Emily is a sustainability expert and architect.

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