Daniel Sieger

Head of Development

Daniel is the Head of Development for Community Offshore Wind. He leads the development work stream overseeing permitting, marine affairs, and stakeholder relations.  

Daniel is currently a Project Development Director with RWE Offshore America where he is responsible for overseeing development work, including permitting and marine affairs, across RWE’s projects in the New York Bight and the Gulf of Maine. 

Daniel has over 13 years of experience in permitting, public policy, and environmental affairs, serving as the Massachusetts Undersecretary of Environmental Affairs until 2020. As Undersecretary, Dan led Massachusetts’ four environmental policy and regulatory agencies, with a broad portfolio of environmental protection, parks and recreation, and fisheries and wildlife. Daniel was responsible for overseeing permitting and environmental review of all large-scale Massachusetts energy projects, including the first grid scale offshore wind project in the United States. He also worked as an environmental consultant leading permitting for the first US-based offshore wind supply chain project. 

Daniel has a BA in Political Science from the University of Massachusetts Boston.