Daniel Poneman served as President and CEO of Centrus Energy Corp. (2015-2023), restoring the company to profitability and deploying the first U.S.-technology uranium enrichment facility to begin production since 1954. From 2009 through 2014, Mr. Poneman served as Deputy Secretary of Energy. As Chief Operating Officer of the Department, his responsibilities spanned all energy and related security issues. He led 2009 negotiations to address Iran’s nuclear program, played an instrumental role in the Department’s response to crises from Fukushima to the Libyan civil war to Superstorm Sandy, and led efforts to strengthen emergency response and cybersecurity across the energy sector. He served at the National Security Council under Presidents George H.W. Bush and as Special Assistant to President Bill Clinton for nonproliferation and export controls. is the author of Double Jeopardy: Combating Nuclear Terror and Climate Change, Argentina: Democracy on Trial, and Nuclear Power in the Developing World. His third book, Going Critical: The First North Korean Nuclear Crisis (co-authored with Wit and Gallucci), received the 2005 Douglas Dillon Award for Distinguished Writing on American Diplomacy. In 2020, he was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun by the Japanese government. He was educated at Harvard and Oxford University.