As the Department’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration, Jeremy Pelter concurrently serves as the Acting Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Administration (CFO/ASA).

As the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration, Mr. Pelter is the principal deputy to the CFO/ASA, overseeing management and administrative service functions for the Department.

Prior to this role, Mr. Pelter served throughout the Department of Commerce in several additional senior roles, including Acting Secretary of Commerce, Acting Deputy Secretary of Commerce, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security, Deputy Under Secretary for Industry and Security, and as Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary of Commerce. Mr. Pelter entered the career senior executive service as the Chief Financial Officer and Director of Administration for the former Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA).

Before the Department of Commerce, Mr. Pelter served at the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in several financial and operational positions. Additionally, Mr. Pelter was an inaugural Fellow of the White House Leadership Development Program, supporting trade policy. Prior to his federal career, Mr. Pelter worked in the non-profit sector in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

Mr. Pelter earned his BA in Political Science from Indiana University and his MS in Management from the University of Maryland, University College. He holds certificates in Public Leadership and Program Management from the Brookings Institution and American University, respectively.