Nick Montoni (they/them) is the deputy chief of staff for the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Nick brings over a decade of experience in federal, legislative, nonprofit, state, national laboratory, and academic clean energy policy and science. They previously worked on the House Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee, handling DOE’s science and innovation accounts totaling more than $15 billion. Nick also previously worked for Congressman David Price of North Carolina, working on legislation to protect science and scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency and mitigate the environmental impacts of agricultural waste. Nick has also worked as a policy advisor for Third Way’s Climate and Energy Program, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and the Washington State Academy of Sciences. Nick has a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, with a concentration in data science and machine learning.