President Barack Obama Name Nancy Sutley Preceded by James Connaughton Party Democratic Party | Succeeded by Michael Boots Appointed by Barack Obama Political party Democratic Party | |
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Born April 20, 1962 (age 62)
New York City, New York, United States ( 1962-04-20 ) Alma mater Cornell University
Harvard University Education John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cornell University, Harvard University Similar People Barack Obama, Lisa P Jackson, Ken Salazar, Steven Chu, Shaun Donovan | ||
Nancy sutley reacts to the citizen s briefing book
Nancy Helen Sutley led the White House Council on Environmental Quality. She was confirmed by the United States Senate through unanimous consent January 22, 2009. In her role as chair, she served as the principal environmental policy advisor to the president. The Council on Environmental Quality coordinates federal environmental efforts and works with agencies other than White House offices in the development of environmental policies and initiatives.
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- Nancy sutley reacts to the citizen s briefing book
- Van jones in cville 7 nancy sutley
- Education and early career
- Previous work
- Major accomplishments
- References
Prior to being confirmed by the Senate to lead the CEQ, Sutley served as deputy mayor for Energy and Environment in Los Angeles, California, and as Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's appointment to the board of directors for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Mayor Villaraigosa turned to her to achieve his goal of transforming L.A. into one of the greenest big cities in America. As a result, Sutley retrofitted 500 of the city's oldest buildings to make them more energy efficient and imposed environmental standards on new large communities.
Sutley has committed more than 20 years to protecting public health and the environment and to energy and climate change issues. She has also devoted much of her career to public service.
Sutley announced that she would step down as Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality in February, 2014.
In July, 2014, she was appointed as Chief Sustainability and Economic Development Officer for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.
Van jones in cville 7 nancy sutley
Education and early career
Sutley was born April 20, 1962 in New York and was raised in Queens, New York. Her parents came to the United States from Argentina in search of a better life, something that shaped her values of hard work and the importance to giving back to the community. She holds a master of public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and an undergraduate B.A. degree in government from Cornell University. During the Clinton Administration, she was an Environmental Protection Agency official, and served as special assistant to the EPA administrator in Washington, D.C. Sutley was the first prominent gay person named to a senior role in the Obama administration.
Previous work
Sutley served as a member of Hillary Clinton's Southern California Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender steering committee. She was also a prominent supporter of Senator Clinton's primary campaign. In addition, she supported a requirement for Los Angeles to produce 20 percent of its power from renewable sources. From 1999 to 2003, she worked as deputy secretary for policy and intergovernmental relations at the California Environmental Protection Agency. She furthered her environmental career as a member of the California State Water Resources Control Board and as the top energy advisor to former Governor Gray Davis.
Major accomplishments
Sutley is a member of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Water District board of directors. She has promoted measures to conserve energy in the White House, which include installing low-flush toilets, adding sensors that automatically turn off lights in unused areas, and introducing the use of recycling bins. The CEQ chair defines her mission as translating Obama's green agenda across government agencies, preserving natural heritage sites such as the Chesapeake Bay, the Everglades, and the Great Lakes, and putting science at the heart of decision-making. As part of the Department of Energy's demonstration project showing that American solar technologies are available, she has led plans to install solar panels and a solar hot water heater on the roof of the White House.