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Sherri Lynn Wasserman Goodman (born April 9, 1959)[1] is an American security executive and lawyer. She is a senior fellow with the Polar Institute and the Environmental Change and Security Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center, as well as serving as the senior strategist at the Center for Climate and Security.[2] Goodman also serves as the secretary general of the International Military Council on Climate and Security.[3] Previously, she served as president and CEO of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership. Furthermore, in 2024, Goodman authored a book titled Threat Multiplier: Climate, Military Leadership, and the Fight for Global Security.[4]
Goodman served as senior vice president and general counsel of the Center for Naval Analysis (CNA). There, she was also the founder and executive director of the CNA Military Advisory Board. Reports from the board include *National Security and the Threat of Climate Change* (2007), *National Security and the Accelerating Risks of Climate Change* (2014), *The Role of Water Stress in Instability and Conflict* (2017), and *Advanced Energy and US National Security* (2017).[11] She appeared as herself in the 2010 film Carbon Nation. The 2016 film The Age of Consequences, directed by Jared P. Scott, which features Goodman, is based on the work of the CNA Military Advisory Board.[citation needed]
Goodman was the first Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Environmental Security) from 1993 to 2001.[11] In this role, she served as the United States Department of Defense's chief environment, safety, and occupational health officer, overseeing an annual budget exceeding $5 billion. Additionally, she established performance metrics for environmental, safety, and health programs within the Department and led energy, environmental, and natural resource conservation programs. Overseeing the President's plan for revitalizing base closure communities, she ensured the base property was available for transfer and reuse. Furthermore, she developed and led the Arctic Military Environmental Cooperation Program, which addressed hazardous liquid waste streams from decommissioned Russian nuclear submarines in the 1990s.[12][13][citation needed]
In early October 1997, Goodman supported protecting "military readiness" in the Kyoto Protocol through a proposed exemption for military operations. The Kyoto Protocol did not enter into force due to the Byrd-Hagel Resolution. Moreover, Goodman also developed the DoD's first strategy on climate change and clean energy, supporting military efforts to understand climate risks and maintain readiness during the energy transition.[14]
Goodman serves on the boards of the Atlantic Council,[15] the EXIM Bank's Climate Council, the Joint Ocean Commission Leadership Council,[16] the Marshall Legacy Institute, Sandia National Laboratory's Energy and Homeland Security External Advisory Board, the Secretary of State's International Security Advisory Board, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). She is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, served on its Arctic Task Force in 2016, and serves on the Board of its Center for Preventive Action.[citation needed] She also serves on the board of Scientista, a nonprofit organization that supports women in STEM fields.[17]
She is the author of "Threat Multiplier: Climate, Military Leadership, and the Fight for Global Security," published by Island Press in 2024.[21][22][5]
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