Our Leadership

Erin Taylor was appointed Acting Secretary of the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department in December 2025. She previously served as Deputy Cabinet Secretary, beginning in April 2025.

Taylor began her service at EMNRD in the Mining and Minerals Division before moving to the Energy Conservation and Management Division. As ECAM Deputy Division Director, she led the deployment of federal energy investments and oversaw complex regulatory and compliance matters.

She later joined the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of State and Community Energy Programs, where she helped lead the State Energy Program. In this role, she directed large-scale technical assistance initiatives and special projects supporting all 56 states, territories, and the District of Columbia, including implementation of the new requirement for State Energy Offices to conduct transmission and distribution planning support activities.

During this period, Taylor simultaneously served as the state liaison to the federal Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities and Economic Revitalization. In this capacity, she coordinated with state governments to advance community revitalization, economic development, and energy transition efforts in energy-impacted regions.

Taylor holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Pennsylvania State University, a postgraduate diploma in sustainable rural development from the University of Aberdeen, and a master’s degree in environmental policy and management from the University of Denver.