David Fleischaker

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David Fleischaker (born 1944) is the Secretary of Energy for the State of Oklahoma appointed in 2003 by Governor Brad Henry. Fleischaker is also the President and CEO of [Jolen Operating Company, a privately held independent oil and gas exploration and production company.

Fleischaker began his career in 1973 as a trial attorney for the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice. He entered private practice in 1974 in Washington D.C. representing national environmental groups and local governments in environmental litigation and regulatory proceedings. In 1981 he returned to his home state, where he entered his family's oil and gas company.

As Secretary of Energy, Fleischaker has focused his office on developing renewable and sustainable energy resources for the state, including establishing the Oklahoma Bioenergy Center to promote the development of a biofuels industry in Oklahoma, the development and expansion of wind power and the promotion of demand side management policies at the state electric utility regulatory agency, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.

Fleischaker's wife Pam, is a noted journalist and author. They have a son Joey (30) and daughter Emily (24). His parents, Richard H. Fleischaker and Adeline J. Fleischaker, were noted for their philanthropy in the Oklahoma community and the national Jewish community.

Fleischaker received his B.A. in 1966 from Brandeis University and his LLM in 1971 from the University of Texas. Fleischaker was a member of the United States Air Force Reserve.

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