Daniel I. Werfel is a Managing Director and Partner at Boston Consulting Group. He leads BCG's Public Sector Practice in North America. He formerly served as Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service of the United States. He served as the Acting Controller of the Office of Management Budget during the Administration of George W. Bush. In August 2009, President Obama nominated him to be the OMB Controller. The U.S. Senate confirmed him for the position of OMB Controller on October 13, 2009. In January 2011, while retaining the responsibilities of OMB Controller, he also took on the responsibilities of the OMB Deputy Director for Management. He worked as the Controller and Acting Deputy Director for Management until May 2013 at which time he was appointed as the Acting IRS Commissioner.
Werfel began his career at OMB in 1997 as a policy analyst in the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Following that, he worked as a trial attorney in the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. After the Department of Justice, he returned to OMB where he was a budget examiner in the Education Branch, then was promoted to the Senior Executive Service in 2003 and worked as Chief of the Financial Integrity and Analysis Branch within the Office of Federal Financial Management. He was then promoted to the position of Deputy Controller at OMB in 2005 and Acting Controller in 2007. He was appointed as of Controller of the Office of Management and Budget in 2009, by President Obama. While in that role, he served as OMB's point person on implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the federal government's operational response to a potential shutdown in 2011, by determining which essential services would continue to operate, and the federal government's preparation for the budget sequester. On May 15, 2013, he was appointed Acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue by President Obama, after the resignation of the previous Acting Commissioner, Steven T. Miller.
Private sector
In 2014, Werfel joined Boston Consulting Group as a Director in the firm's Public Sector Practice, based in Washington D.C. He was elected Managing Director and Partner in July 2017. In 2018, he was selected by BCG's CEO to lead BCG's Public Sector Practice in North America.
Personal Information
Werfel is married to his wife Beth, with whom he has two children, Sean and Molly.
