23 Facts About Eileen Claussen

Eileen B Claussen was born on 1945 and is an American climate and energy policy administrator, diplomat, and lobbyist.

Eileen Claussen held senior posts at the US Department of State, National Security Council, and Environmental Protection Agency before founding the Pew Center on Global Climate Change in 1998.

Eileen Claussen then launched the center's successor organization, the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, in 2011, and retired as president of C2ES in 2014.

Eileen Claussen received her Bachelor of Arts from George Washington University, and her Master of Arts in English from the University of Virginia.

Eileen Claussen began her career with positions at Booz Allen Hamilton, Boise Cascade, and the United States Department of Defense.

Eileen Claussen then joined the Environmental Protection Agency, where she served as the Director of the office of Solid Waste Characterization and Assessment Division and the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.

Between 1987 and 1993, Eileen Claussen was Director of the Office of Atmospheric Programs for the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

Eileen Claussen was responsible for activities related to the depletion of the ozone layer; Title IV of the Clean Air Act; and the EPA's energy efficiency programs, including the Green Lights program and the Energy Star program.

Eileen Claussen was instrumental in negotiating and implementing the Montreal Protocol which curbed the production of CFCs and other toxic chemicals.

Eileen Claussen was credited as being an outstanding representative of the United States in international negotiations.

Liz Cook of Friends of the Earth argued that Eileen Claussen was a good representative for the United States because she was seen as less "arrogant" in negotiations than other US representatives.

Between 1993 and 1996, Eileen Claussen served as a Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Global Environmental Affairs at the National Security Council.

From 1996 to 1998, Eileen Claussen served as Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.

Eileen Claussen coordinated US policy on the global environment on such issues as global warming, biodiversity, forest management, oceans, desertification, and trade and the environment, as well as on the environmental and sustainable development efforts of the multilateral banks and the United Nations.

Eileen Claussen served as an adviser to the President and the Secretary of State, and represented the Department of State in international negotiations.

In 1998, Eileen Claussen founded the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing credible information and developing innovative solutions in the effort to address global climate change.

Eileen Claussen regularly testifies before the United States Congress and meets with other key stakeholders to share ideas for addressing climate change.

Eileen Claussen established the Pew Center's Business Environmental Leadership Council, which became the largest US-based association of companies committed to advancing both policy and business solutions to climate change.

In November 2011, Eileen Claussen launched the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, the successor to the Pew Center on Global Climate Change.

In 2015, Eileen Claussen was named Executive-in-Residence at the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business at Elon University.

Eileen Claussen is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Singapore Energy Advisory Committee, the Ecomagination Advisory Board, the Natural Gas Council, the Harvard Environmental Economics Program Advisory Panel, and the US Commodity Future Trading Commission's Advisory Committee.

Eileen Claussen is the recipient of the Department of State's Career Achievement Award and the Distinguished Executive Award for Sustained Extraordinary Accomplishment.

Eileen Claussen served as the Timothy Atkeson Scholar in Residence at Yale University.