Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Wednesday assigned his senior adviser Gregory Zerzan the temporary responsibility of acting solicitor, a key post with which he is already familiar.
Zerzan previously served in the first Trump administration as Interior’s principal deputy solicitor, where he focused attention on “energy development, access to public lands, environmental reform, and tribal relations,” according to an online 2022 biography posted by enCore Energy.
The Texas-based company hired Zerzan as chief administrative officer and general counsel. The biography noted he had also served as deputy assistant secretary of the Treasury Department as well as counsel to three different congressional committees.
Last year, Zerzan joined the firm Fisher Phillips as a senior adviser of government relations and communications.
