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 hydro-electric power power plant in New York.
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government that oversees U.S. national energy policy and energy production,as well as manages the research and development of nuclear power,the military's nuclear weapons program,nuclear reactor production for the United States Navy,energy-related research,and energy conservation.
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) is an independent agency within the executive branch of the United States government,established by Congress in 2004 to advise the President and other senior executive branch officials to ensure that concerns with respect to privacy and civil liberties in the United States are appropriately considered in the development and implementation of all laws,regulations,and executive branch policies related to terrorism.
The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR),established on July 1,1995,is the agency in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania responsible for maintaining and preserving the state's 124 state parks and 20 state forests;providing information on the state's natural resources;and working with communities to benefit local recreation and natural areas. The agency has its headquarters in the Rachel Carson State Office Building in Harrisburg.
J. Clay Sell is the CEO of X-energy,a U.S. based,privately owned company that develops small modular nuclear reactors and advanced fuel technology for clean energy generation. Sell previously served as United States Deputy Secretary of Energy in the George W. Bush administration from March 21,2005,until he resigned,effective February 29,2008.
Mark Eugene Amodei is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Nevada's 2nd congressional district since 2011. The only Republican in Nevada's congressional delegation since 2019,Amodei served in the Nevada Assembly from 1997 to 1999 and in the Nevada Senate,representing the Capital District,from 1999 to 2011. Amodei is generally considered a moderate Republican,supporting programs such as DACA throughout his tenure.
Douglas William Domenech is an American government official who served as the Assistant United States Secretary of the Interior for Insular Areas in the Trump administration from 2017 to 2021. He is a former a George W. Bush administration political appointee who served in roles of Deputy Chief of Staff of the United States Department of the Interior,and Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Interior,as well as held a position on the White House Working Group on the Political Status of Puerto Rico.
David J. Hayes is an American attorney and legal scholar who serves in the Biden Administration as Special Assistant to the President for Climate Policy. Hayes has led White House work on clean energy deployment issues,climate resilience and greenhouse gas emission reduction and carbon sequestration initiatives. Hayes also has assisted in developing and implementing the climate-related provisions included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act.
Peter Bruce Lyons was confirmed by the US Senate as the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy on April 14,2011. He was appointed to his previous role as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Office of Nuclear Energy in September,2009. As Assistant Secretary,Dr. Lyons was responsible for all programs and activities of the Office of Nuclear Energy. He retired from the Department of Energy on June 30,2015.
Robert Lamson Crowell was an American attorney and politician who served as the mayor of Carson City,Nevada,from 2009 to 2020. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Aaron Darnell Ford is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 34th Attorney General of Nevada,since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served as a Nevada State Senator for the 11th district from 2013 to 2018,which encompasses parts of the Las Vegas Valley including portions of the communities of Spring Valley and Enterprise.
Bernard L. McNamee is a government official who served as Commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from 2018 to 2020. McNamee was confirmed to the position by the United States Senate on December 6,2018. He previously served in various state and federal legal and policy positions and practiced energy law in the private sector.
Theodore J. Garrish is an American politician and attorney,who served as the Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs. He was nominated to the position by President Donald Trump and confirmed by the United States Senate in April 2018.
Rhea Suh is a former government official who served as Assistant Secretary for Policy,Management and Budget of the United States Department of the Interior from 2009 to 2014 and president of the Natural Resources Defense Council from 2015 to 2019.
Tanya Marie Trujillo is an American attorney and political advisor who previously served as the assistant secretary of the United States Department of the Interior for water and science.
Frank A. Rose is an American foreign policy advisor who currently serves as the Principal Deputy Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration at the Department of Energy. Previously he served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Verification,Compliance,and Implementation from December 16,2014,to January 20,2017. Since 2018,Rose has been the co-director of the Center for Security,Strategy,and Technology in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution.
M. Camille Calimlim Touton is a Filipino-American water policy advisor who serves as the commissioner of the United States Bureau of Reclamation in the Biden administration.
Paul M. Rosen is an American attorney and government official who is the current Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Investment Security.
Douglas J. McKalip is an American agricultural policy advisor who has served as chief agricultural negotiator in the Office of the United States Trade Representative since January 2023.
