David Hayes | |
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| 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.