CESER Appoints Director Committed to Strengthening and Securing the U.S. Energy Sector (McLure '08)
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the appointment of Andrew McClure as Director of the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER). In this role, he is responsible for hardening critical infrastructure, enhancing preparedness and response capabilities, and fostering partnerships across federal, state, local, and private-sector stakeholders to protect America’s energy systems against evolving cyber and physical threats. McClure is committed to supporting President Donald J. Trump and U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright’s bold and ambitious mission to safeguard the nation’s energy infrastructure and restore America’s energy dominance.
Earlier in his career, McClure served as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Marine Corps where he led cross-functional teams specializing in signal intelligence and cyber operations in Afghanistan, the Middle East, East Africa, and Australia. He remains active in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve.
McClure holds a Master of Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, a Master of Business Administration from the MIT Sloan School of Management, a Master of Strategic Studies from the Australian National University, and a Bachelor of Science in Astrophysics from the U.S. Naval Academy.
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