Atty. Sharon S. Garin

Atty. Sharon S. Garin is a Certified Public Accountant and lawyer. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, a Juris Doctor degree, and an MBA from ESADE in Spain.

She served as Undersecretary of the Department of Energy from 2022 to 2025, overseeing the Legal Services and Financial Services clusters, acting as Legislative Liaison Officer, and chairing the Nuclear Energy Program Inter-Agency Committee.

In May 2025, she was appointed Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the DOE following a cabinet reshuffle. She was later appointed as Ad Interim Secretary of Energy on July 10, 2025, and was subsequently confirmed by the Commission on Appointments (CA) on October 1, 2025.

Before her executive service, she represented the AAMBIS-Owa Party List in the House of Representatives from 2010 to 2022. During her legislative tenure, she held leadership positions (including Deputy Speaker) and chaired the Committee on Economic Affairs. She was instrumental in the passage of key laws, including the New Public Service Act, the Foreign Investments Act, the CREATE Law, TRAIN, and the Retail Trade Liberalization Act.

As DOE Secretary, she leads the direction and supervision of the Department and its attached agencies—including NPC, TRANSCO, PSALM, and PNOC—and continues to push for reforms in energy policy, infrastructure, and innovative technologies, such as nuclear and renewable energy development.