Henry Kelly
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
Dr. Henry Kelly is the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. In his prior post, Dr. Kelly served as the President of the Federation of American Scientists where he led a team that conducted analysis and advocacy on science, technology and public policy, including global security issues, energy policy, and learning technology.
Dr. Kelly has served in a variety of government positions. For seven years he worked in the Clinton White House as the Assistant Director for Technology for the Office of Science and Technology Policy. There he helped negotiate and implement administration research partnerships in energy and the environment, information technology, and learning technology. These partnerships included new automobile and truck technology, housing technology, bioprocessing technology, and information technology.
Before his tenure at the White House, he was a senior associate at the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment; assistant director for the Solar Energy Research Institute; and worked on the staff of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
Dr. Kelly is returning to EERE, where he worked as a Special Assistant and Senior Scientist early in his career. He was also the Assistant Director at the Solar Energy Research Institute (the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's predecessor).
Dr. Kelly is an elected fellow of the American Physical Society, 2002 winner of the APS's Leo Szilard Lectureship Award for "promoting the use of physics for the benefit of society," and was named the biannual "Champion of Energy Efficiency" in 2000 by the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy. He is the author of numerous books and articles on issues in science and technology policy.
Dr. Kelly has a Ph.D. in Physics from Harvard University and a Bachelors of Science in Physics from Cornell University.
