David Lebryk

David Allen Lebryk is an American former government official who served as Fiscal Assistant Secretary of the Treasury between 2014 and 2025. For 11 days in January 2025, he served as Acting Secretary of the Treasury and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury.

Early life and education Lebryk was born September 27, 1961, in Indiana. He graduated from Valparaiso High School, in Valparaiso, Indiana. He studied at the University of Colombo in Sri Lanka. He received his B.A. and M.P.A. from Harvard University.

Early career In 1989, Lebryk began his career in the U.S. Department of the Treasury as a Presidential Management Intern. 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. The Association 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. In 2023, he was named among Federal Computer Week's (FCW) list of 100 outstanding individuals. Additionally, he is a recipient of the Alexander Hamilton Award, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's highest honor.

Lebryk was Acting Secretary of the Treasury during January 20–28, 2025, and performed the duties of the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury during January 20–31, 2025.

He had a dispute with Elon Musk and his surrogates from the Department of Government Efficiency who were seeking to access the Bureau of the Fiscal Service payment systems, leading him to resign on January 31, 2025.

In January, 2025, he was awarded the Federal Employee of the Year Award by the Partnership for Public Service, an annual award honoring distinguished service and accomplishments of Federal government workers.