David Lebryk | |
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 Official portrait, 2014 | |
| ActingUnited States Secretary of the Treasury | |
| In office January 20, 2025 – January 28, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Janet Yellen |
| Succeeded by | Scott Bessent |
| ActingUnited States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury | |
| In office January 20, 2025 – January 31, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Wally Adeyemo |
| Succeeded by | Dan Katz (acting) |
| Fiscal Assistant Secretary of the Treasury | |
| In office July 1, 2014 – January 31, 2025 | |
| President | Barack Obama Donald Trump Joe Biden Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Richard L. Gregg |
| Succeeded by | Matthew Barber (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | David Allen Lebryk Indiana, U.S. |
| Education | Harvard University (BA,MPA) |
David Allen Lebryk is an American former government official who served asFiscal Assistant Secretary of the Treasury between 2014 and 2025. For 11 days in January 2025, he served as ActingSecretary of the Treasury andDeputy Secretary of the Treasury.
Lebryk was born September 27, 1961, in Indiana. He graduated fromValparaiso High School, inValparaiso, Indiana. He studied at theUniversity of Colombo inSri Lanka.[1] He received his B.A. and M.P.A. fromHarvard University.[2]
In 1989, Lebryk began his career in theU.S. Department of the Treasury as aPresidential Management Intern.[3] He served as an advisor to two deputy secretaries and threeUnder Secretaries of the Treasury for Domestic Finance.[2]
Lebryk played a role in establishing the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and served as its first Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary.[2] Between 2002 and 2007, he held leadership roles at theUnited States Mint, serving as Deputy Director and later as Acting Director.[2]
In December 2007, Lebryk joined theFinancial Management Service (FMS).[2] Following a consolidation effort he co-led, which merged theBureau of the Public Debt (BPD) and FMS, he was appointed as the first Commissioner of the Bureau of the Fiscal Service in 2012.[2]
On June 30, 2014, he was appointedFiscal Assistant Secretary, the Department of the Treasury's most seniorcareer position.[2][4] In this role, he was responsible for developing policy and overseeing the financial infrastructure of the federal government, including payments, collections, debt financing, cash management, reporting and accounting, delinquent debt collection, and shared services.[2]
In 2014, Lebryk received American University's Roger W. Jones Award for Executive Leadership.[5] TheAssociation of Government Accountants presented him with the Elmer Staats Award in 2018 for outstanding leadership, high ethical standards, and innovation, followed by the Frank Greathouse Distinguished Leadership Award in 2020. Lebryk has also been honored with three Presidential Rank Awards.[6] In 2023, he was named among Federal Computer Week's (FCW) list of 100 outstanding individuals.[7] Additionally, he is a recipient of the Alexander Hamilton Award, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's highest honor.
Lebryk was ActingSecretary of the Treasury during January 20–28, 2025,[8][9] and performed the duties of theDeputy Secretary of the Treasury during January 20–31, 2025.[10]
He had a dispute withElon Musk and his surrogates from theDepartment of Government Efficiency who were seeking to access theBureau of the Fiscal Service payment systems, leading him to resign on January 31, 2025.[3][11]
In January, 2025, he was awarded theFederal Employee of the Year Award by thePartnership for Public Service, an annual award honoring distinguished service and accomplishments of Federal government workers.[12]
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| Preceded by | United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Acting 2025 | Succeeded by Dan Katz Acting |
| Preceded by | United States Secretary of the Treasury Acting 2025 | Succeeded by |