Martin Schoenbauer is the executive director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) office in China. The office serves all U.S. Department of Energy Program offices and interfaces with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) government, industry officials, and other agencies at the U.S. Embassy to the PRC. Schoenbauer assumed this post on March 1, 2009 and is based in Beijing.

Most recently, he served as the principal assistant deputy administrator for operations at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), where he assisted the Deputy Administrator (DA) for Defense Programs in directing the Stockpile Stewardship Program (SSP). The SSP, an estimated $5.2 billion program, is responsible for maintaining the safety, security, and reliability of the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile. Schoenbauer has more than 30 years of government service in leadership positions.

His career at the Department of Energy started in 1993, when he became a weapons dismantlement program manager. In May 2000, he was appointed as a member of the Senior Executive Service and assumed the duties of director at the Office of Nuclear Weapons Surety and Quality. In July 2002, he became director at the Office of Nuclear Weapons Stockpile. In July 2004, he was named as acting ADAMASO and was appointed as ADAMASO in December 2004. In this role, he also served as the vice chairman of the Nuclear Weapons Council Standing and Safety Committee and a co-chair of the Stockpile Transformation Coordinating Committee with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense. Schoenbauer graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1975 and completed his M.B.A. at George Washington University in 1982.

 
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