Alan Yu is the  Director for Asian Affairs at the Office of International Affairs.  Mr. Yu leads a team of creative and committed professionals whose mandate is to coordinate the efforts and resources of the full range of DOE's senior leadership, technical offices, national labs, and other DOE assets to assure a unified voice and strategy in our energy policy and technical engagement with countries in East, Southeast, and South Asia.

Prior to DOE, Mr. Yu served for 25 years as a Foreign Service Officer at the State Department, with postings in Washington, China, Japan, and Afghanistan.  Alan Yu worked on a wide range of regional and foreign policy matters at the State Department, with a focus on East Asia and international environmental issues.  Much earlier in life, he taught middle school students in the Central African Republic as a Peace Corps volunteer. 

Mr. Yu received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and a Masters in Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley.