Pedro Allende

At a glance

Pedro Allende is an attorney and public administrator whose government career spans infrastructure resilience, cybersecurity policy and state management services. Florida's appointment biography documents earlier work at Homeland Security, Energy and Labor and his University of Florida education.

Summary sources: [1]

Career and documented accomplishments

• Florida appointed Allende secretary of its Department of Management Services in June 2022; the announcement also records his service on the state's Cybersecurity Advisory Council since September 2021. [1]
• At Homeland Security, he served as deputy assistant secretary for Infrastructure, Risk, and Resilience Policy, with responsibility for policy protecting critical infrastructure and improving preparedness and recovery. [1]
• His earlier federal posts included senior adviser and director of Strategic Initiatives at Energy, and counselor to the secretary and White House liaison at Labor. [1]
• He earned an economics bachelor's degree, a master's degree in decision and information science, and a law degree from the University of Florida. [1]

Role and nomination context

• The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee's July 24, 2025 hearing identifies his nomination to lead Homeland Security's Science and Technology directorate as under secretary. [2]

Sources and review date

Career and role sources reviewed Oct 14, 2026. These sources may describe developments beyond the nomination snapshot; each nomination entry retains its recorded date and outcome.

1. Governor appoints Pedro Allende as secretary of Florida Management Services, June 28, 2022

   Executive Office of the Governor of Florida. Reviewed Oct 14, 2026.

2. July 24, 2025 nominations hearing

   U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Reviewed Oct 14, 2026.