The Honorable Spencer Abraham Spencer Abraham is Chairman and CEO of The Abraham Group, an international strategic consulting firm based in Washington, DC. After being nominated by President-elect George W. Bush, Spencer Abraham was sworn in as the tenth Secretary of Energy in United States history on January 20, 2001.  He began his tenure in the midst of a severe energy crisis that included the California blackouts, declining domestic energy supplies and insufficient international energy trade opportunities.  According to the Presidential Management Agenda scorecard, the Department of Energy went from “worst to first” of well-run agencies under Secretary Abraham’s leadership.  When he announced his resignation at the end of President's first term, The Washington Times sang Abraham's praises, writing that he "inherited a large and unwieldy agency in post-Cold War drift. He bequeaths [his successor] something much better. Mr. Abraham led his agency with distinction and high integrity." He created new safeguarding plans that the Washington Post called "great gifts to the nation from Abraham."  Prior to being named Secretary of Energy, Abraham served as U.S. Senator from Michigan for six years, where he was the author of 22 pieces of legislation signed into law - an unprecedented accomplishment for a freshman senator. He also chaired two subcommittees: Manufacturing and Competitiveness and Immigration. Before his election to the Senate, Abraham served as co-chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) from 1991 to 1993.  Abraham served as Deputy Chief of Staff to Vice President Dan Quayle from 1990 to 1991.  He holds a law degree from Harvard University, where he co-founded the Federalist Society, and is a native of East Lansing, Michigan. Spencer Abraham and his wife, Jane, are the parents of three children. Return to Committee List