Chris Drake

Subject Matter Expert

Chris Drake brings more than a decade of legal and policy experience, in both the public sector and the private sector, to his role and work at Enegis. He currently advises the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Global Energy Security within its Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office (HGEO) (previously the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management), on matters of administrative/regulatory law, policy direction, and project management.

Immediately before joining Enegis, Chris served as an attorney-adviser for six and a half years in the Department of Energy’s Office of General Counsel, under the direction of the Assistant General Counsel for Energy Delivery and Resilience and the Deputy General Counsel for Energy Policy. He served in that role through three different Presidential Administrations and advised several programs within the Department, including others within what is now HGEO, as well as within the Office of Electricity and the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response. His responsibilities included developing and maintaining regulatory programs and improving the efficiency of existing program functions within the boundaries of federal law and policy. He worked closely and simultaneously with legal teams, policy advisors, and program staff across the Department.

Before joining the U.S. Department of Energy, Chris was a practicing attorney at two large international law firms, where he gained experience advising private-sector clients throughout the energy industry.

Chris’ academic training includes a J.D. from Harvard Law School, a Master of Science in Managerial Sciences and Applied Economics from the Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania), a J. William Fulbright Fellowship in connection with the Université de Paris II (Panthéon-Assas), and a BA in International Relations (minor in Management Science & Engineering) from Stanford University.

Outside of his work, Chris is a voracious reader, voracious creative writer, and all-terrain hiker. He also enjoys playing and composing music, traveling when circumstances allow, and studying non-English languages.