Mr. Moorer is the Associate Under Secretary for Energy, he has had a distinguished 32-year career with the Federal government, serving in various key managerial, planning and analytical roles.  As Associate Under Secretary, he counsels the Under Secretary on management and coordination of critical national scientific, technical and environmental issues.   He directs a senior staff of scientific, management, and technical experts in providing oversight and direction to Program Secretarial Officers and implementing the Strategic Management System.  He also manages the Energy Management Council, Field Managers’ Council, and co-manages the Science and Technology Council.

Previously, Mr. Moorer served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technology Development for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the Department of Energy.  Mr. Moorer was the first Deputy Assistant Secretary to hold this position. In this position, he had responsibility for the entire energy efficiency and renewable energy portfolio, which included eleven major RD&D program areas.

Prior to this position, Mr. Moorer was the Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Technologies.  He was responsible for the Department of Energy's strategic planning, analysis and budget development on efficient automotive systems and alternative fuels and for the development and implementation of the alternative fuel vehicle provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 1992.  Mr. Moorer also served as the head of the Department’s Bioenergy Task Force.

Formerly, he was the Director of the Biofuels Systems Division (BSD) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Conservation and Renewable Energy Program's Office of Transportation Technologies.  He was responsible for the management and oversight of the Department's Biofuels Systems programs.  These programs focus on the research and development of innovative and economical processes that produce and convert biomass feedstocks to alcohol fuels, biomass-based gasoline and bio-diesel fuel. In this position he developed the DOE Renewable Energy Transportation Fuels Initiative.  In addition, he was instrumental in developing the transportation technology section of the National Energy Strategy.

Mr. Moorer spent 12 years working on advanced conversion processes to produce alcohol fuels for the transportation sector.  During this time, he conducted several feasibility studies on biomass alcohol production and focused the efforts of the Department's research and development efforts on the most promising conversion technologies.  Mr. Moorer also served as Program Manager for the biochemical conversion technology program with the Biofuels and Municipal Waste Technology (BMWT) Division.

Mr. Moorer's previous government experience included a position with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for 3 years.  During that time, Mr. Moorer was involved with the registration of pesticides and the study of the energy and environmental impacts of agriculture.  In addition, Mr. Moorer conducted research on the environmental effects of heavy metals on marine life with the National Marine Water Quality Laboratory in Narragansett, Rhode Island.

Mr. Moorer obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology from Duke University in 1974 and his MBA from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1990.  He and his wife Kathleen reside in Bethesda, Maryland.