Daniel I. Werfel | |
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Commissioner of Internal Revenue Acting |
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In office May 15, 2013 – December 23, 2013 |
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Preceded by | Steven T. Miller |
Succeeded by | John Koskinen |
Personal details | |
Born | 1970/1971 (age 45–46) United States of America |
Nationality | American |
Spouse(s) | Beth Werfel |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater |
Cornell University Duke University UNC School of Law J.D. |
Daniel I. Werfel is a director at Boston Consulting Group. He works on the public-sector team in Washington, D.C. He formerly served as principal deputy commissioner and deputy commissioner for services and enforcement (and the former Acting Commissioner of the United States Internal Revenue Service).
Daniel Werfel graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in Plainview on Long Island in 1989. He holds a bachelor's degree from Cornell University, a J.D. from the University of North Carolina School of Law, and a master's degree in public policy from Duke University.
Werfel worked as a trial attorney in the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. After the Department of Justice, he worked as the deputy controller, chief of the Financial Integrity and Analysis Branch, budget examiner in the Education Branch, and policy analyst in the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, under both the Obama and George W. Bush administrations. He was appointed as of Controller of the Office of Management and Budget in 2009, by President Obama. While in that role, managed the federal government's operational response to a potential shutdown in 2011, by determining which essential services would continue to operate.
On May 15, 2013, he was appointed Acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue by President Obama, after the resignation of the previous Acting Commissioner, Steven T. Miller.