The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a United States–based 501(c)(3) non-profit international environmental advocacy group,with its headquarters in New York City and offices in Washington,D.C.,San Francisco,Los Angeles,Chicago,Bozeman,India,and Beijing. The group was founded in 1970 in opposition to a hydroelectric power plant in New York.
The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is a division of the Executive Office of the President that coordinates federal environmental efforts in the United States and works closely with agencies and other White House offices on the development of environmental and energy policies and initiatives.
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is a United States environmental law designed to promote the enhancement of the environment. It created new laws requiring U.S. federal government agencies to evaluate the environmental impacts of their actions and decisions,and it established the President's Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). The Act was passed by the U.S. Congress in December 1969 and signed into law by President Richard Nixon on January 1,1970. To date,more than 100 nations around the world have enacted national environmental policies modeled after NEPA.
Carol Martha Browner is an American lawyer,environmentalist,and businesswoman,who served as director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2011. Browner previously served as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during the Clinton administration from 1993 to 2001. She currently works as a Senior Counselor at Albright Stonebridge Group,a global business strategy firm.
Defenders of Wildlife is a 501(c)(3) non-profit conservation organization based in the United States. It works to protect all native animals and plants throughout North America in their natural communities.
Austan Dean Goolsbee is an American economist and writer. He is the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Goolsbee formerly served as the Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. He was the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers from 2010 to 2011 and a member of President Barack Obama's cabinet. He served as a member of the Chicago Board of Education from 2018 to 2019.
The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) is a council,chartered in each administration with a broad mandate to advise the president of the United States on science and technology. The current PCAST was established by Executive Order 13226 on September 30,2001,by George W. Bush,was re-chartered by Barack Obama's April 21,2010,Executive Order 13539,by Donald Trump's October 22,2019,Executive Order 13895,and by Joe Biden's February 1,2021,Executive Order 14007.
Robert Wolf is the former Chairman and CEO of UBS Americas as well as the president and chief operating officer of UBS Investment Bank.
Sonal R. Shah is an American economist and public official. She is the CEO of The Texas Tribune,a politics and public policy-specific nonprofit news organization headquartered in Austin,Texas. Shah served as the National Policy Director for Mayor Pete Buttigieg's run in the 2020 United States presidential election. From April 2009 to August 2011,she served as the Director of the Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation in the White House.
Patrick Hubert Gaspard is an American former diplomat who serves as president of Center for American Progress,a liberal think tank.
Mona K. Sutphen was the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2011. She is currently a partner and Head of Investment Strategies at The Vistria Group,a Chicago-based private equity firm founded by Marty Nesbitt and Kip Kirkpatrick. From 2013 to 2019,she was a partner in Macro Advisory Partners LLP and from 2011 to 2013 was a managing director at UBS AG,covering geopolitical risk,macro-policy trends and their impact on the global economy. She held a diplomatic position in the National Security Council during the Clinton Administration.
Nancy Helen Sutley led the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) for five years during the administration of Barack Obama. She was unanimously confirmed for that post by the United States Senate on January 22,2009. The CEQ coordinates federal environmental efforts and works with agencies other than White House offices in the development of environmental policies and initiatives;the chair serves as the principal environmental policy advisor to the president.
The White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy was a government entity in the United States created in 2008 by President Barack Obama by Executive Order. It existed for over two years and was combined with another presidential office in April 2011. The office was created to coordinate administration policy on energy and global warming. Under the Biden administration,it has been succeeded by both the Office of Domestic Climate Policy and the Office on Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation.
Heather Renée Zichal(last name pronounced with long 'i') is an American executive,consultant,and political advisor who specializes in climate change and environmental policy.
The National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) is a United States government advisory council,which advises the President of the United States on the security of information systems in banking,finance,transportation,energy,manufacturing,and emergency government services. The George W. Bush Administration's executive order 13231 of October 16,2001 created the NIAC,and its functioning was last extended until September 30,2023 by executive order 14048 of the Biden Administration.
Frances G. Beinecke is an environmental activist. She served as the former president of the Natural Resources Defense Council from 2006 to 2015.
Jamie Rappaport Clark is an American conservationist and former government official formerly working as the president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife. She joined the organization as executive vice president in 2004. In 2024,Andrew Bowman was appointed as the new president of Defenders of Wildlife.
Cecilia Martinez is the senior director for environmental justice at the Council on Environmental Quality and co-founder and executive director of the Center for Earth,Energy,and Democracy. In 2020,she was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People,nominated by New Jersey Senator Cory Booker for her work in environmental justice and climate policy. On September 5,2020,she was announced as a member of the Advisory Board of United States President-elect Joe Biden.
Louisa Terrell is an American lawyer and former government official. From 2021 to 2023,Terrell served as director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs under President Joe Biden. Prior to this,Terrell served in a variety of government and private sector positions,including as a member of Biden's Senate staff and as a public policy director at Facebook.
Brenda Mallory is an American lawyer specializing in environmental law who is the current chair of the Council on Environmental Quality in the Biden administration. She previously served as director of regulatory policy at the Southern Environmental Law Center,and helped lead the Climate 21 Project.
