David J. Hayes

David Hayes
2nd and 5th United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior
In office May 22, 2009 – June 30, 2013
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Lynn Scarlett
Succeeded by	Michael L. Connor
In office January 3, 1999 – January 20, 2001
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	John Garamendi
Succeeded by	J. Steven Griles
Personal details
Born	1953 (age 70–71) Rochester, New York, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	University of Notre Dame (BA) Stanford University (JD)

David J. Hayes (born 1953) is an American attorney and legal scholar who serves in the Biden Administration as Special Assistant to the President for Climate Policy. Hayes has led White House work on clean energy deployment issues (including offshore wind, onshore renewable energy, and transmission siting and permitting), climate resilience (including establishing new interagency structures, funding, data and mapping tools to address cross-cutting resilience issues) and greenhouse gas emission reduction and carbon sequestration initiatives. Hayes also has assisted in developing and implementing the climate-related provisions included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act.

Hayes served as Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior during the Obama and Clinton administrations.