1. Richard L Kauffman was born on February 10,1955 and is the first New York State "energy czar," officially referred to as the Chairman of Energy and Finance for New York in the administration of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
13 Facts About Richard Kauffman
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Richard Kauffman attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts and earned a bachelor's degree in African History at Stanford University.
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Richard Kauffman earned a master's degree in international relations from Yale University, and a master's in public and private management from the Yale School of Management.
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In 1993, Richard Kauffman joined Morgan Stanley where he became vice chairman of the firm's Institutional Securities Group, which provides institutions with services such as capital raising and financial advisory services including mergers and acquisitions advisory, restructurings, real estate and project finance, and corporate lending.
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Richard Kauffman served co-head of Morgan Stanley's Banking Department, and vice chairman and a member of the European Executive Committee of Morgan Stanley International.
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In 2004, Richard Kauffman became a partner at Goldman Sachs where he chaired the firm's Global Financing Group, and was a member of the Partnership Committee, Commitments Committee, and Investment Banking Division Operating Committee.
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In 2006, Richard Kauffman assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer for Good Energies, Inc.
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In 2011, Richard Kauffman joined the US Department of Energy to serve as Senior Advisor to Secretary Steven Chu, bringing private sector capital markets experience to the Department's efforts to address climate change and drive adoption of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.
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Richard Kauffman was responsible for overseeing the DOE Loan Programs Office from the Office of the Secretary at a time when the DOE Loan Program was receiving criticism for several troubled loans that had been made prior to Kauffman's involvement.
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Governor Cuomo and Richard Kauffman announced the NY-Sun solar program in April 2014, intended to expand deployment of solar capacity throughout the state.
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In 2014, Richard Kauffman was listed as one of Fortune Magazine's World's Top 25 Eco-Innovators alongside notable figures including Elon Musk and Bill McKibben.
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Richard Kauffman has served on the Yale School of Management Board of Advisors, and is currently Co-Chair of the Yale Center for Business and the Environment Advisory Board where he teaches.
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Richard Kauffman serves on the board of the Wallace Foundation and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.