Senior Executive Biographies

Tristan Abbey Print-friendly PDF Administrator Address: U.S. Energy Information Administration 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, DC 20585

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Tristan Abbey was sworn in on September 25, 2025, as the 11th administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Prior to joining the U.S. Department of Energy as a senior advisor in June 2025, Mr. Abbey served as a Distinguished Fellow at the Energy Policy Research Foundation, Inc., and a Senior Fellow at the National Center for Energy Analytics.

Mr. Abbey previously served on staff at the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, the National Security Council, the National Economic Council, and the U.S. Department of Energy.

Prior to government service, Mr. Abbey worked as an associate at Clarium Capital Management LLC, a global macro hedge fund, and as a summer associate at the venture capital firm Founders Fund.

Mr. Abbey holds degrees from Stanford University and Georgetown University. He lives with his family in Virginia.