10 Facts About Nancy Sutley

Nancy Helen Sutley led the White House Council on Environmental Quality for five years during the administration of Barack Obama.

Nancy Sutley was unanimously confirmed for that post by the United States Senate on January 22,2009.

Nancy Sutley retrofitted 500 of the city's oldest buildings to make them more energy efficient and imposed environmental standards on new large communities.

Nancy Sutley announced that she would step down as Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality in February, 2014.

Nancy Sutley was born April 20,1962, in New York and was raised in Queens, New York.

Nancy Sutley's parents came to the United States from Argentina.

From 1999 to 2003, Nancy Sutley served at the California Environmental Protection Agency as deputy secretary for policy and intergovernmental relations.

Nancy Sutley was a member of the California State Water Resources Control Board, and a member of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Water District board of directors.

Nancy Sutley was a prominent supporter of Senator Clinton's primary campaign.

Nancy Sutley promoted measures to conserve energy in the White House, such as installing low-flush toilets, adding sensors that automatically turn off lights in unused areas, and introducing the use of recycling bins.