Global Warming
Meet Our Experts
Scott Anderson - Senior Policy Advisor
Carol L. Andress - Manager for House Outreach, National Climate Campaign
Millie Chu Baird - Project Manager
Cherelle Blazer - Clean Air and Clean Energy Specialist
Mark Brownstein - Managing Director of Business Partnerships
Melissa Carey - Climate Change Policy Specialist
Serves as EDF's technical expert on market-based environmental protections.
Steve Cochran - Director, National Climate Campaign
Daniel J. Dudek - Chief Economist
Leads EDF's China office, where he designs carbon demonstration projects and develops market mechanisms to address large-scale environmental problems.
Erica Fick - Clean Energy Fellow, Los Angeles
James Fine - Economist
Karen L. Florini - Director of Strategic Alliances, National Climate Campaign program
Jason Funk - Conservation Analyst
Works with communities, coalitions, partners and consultants to improve the cost-effectiveness of federal farm conservation programs, to expand coastal wetlands restoration using carbon-market finance, to explore the impacts of agricultural markets on U.S. land use and, at the international level, to develop policy strategies for rewarding better land-use practices through carbon markets.
Peter Goldmark - Program Director
Directs the Climate and Air program for EDF.
Alexander Golub - Senior Research Fellow
Specializes in climate economics and environmental finance, particularly the application of analytical instruments designed for financial economics.
Britt Groosman - Senior Economic Policy Analyst
Amy Hardberger - Attorney
Jennifer A. Haverkamp - Managing Director for International Policy and Negotiations
Ms. Haverkamp is a former U.S. trade negotiator and an expert in international environmental and trade law.
Nathaniel Keohane - Director of Economic Policy and Analysis
Oversees EDF's analytical work on the economics of climate policy, and helps to develop and advocate the organization's policy positions on global warming.
Oleg Lugovoy - High Meadows Fellow
Supports EDF's team with economic research and studies analysis, and specializes in Russian green house gas emissions reductions, carbon created through trade and consumption, and assessment models for climate policy.
Mark MacLeod - Director, Special Projects
James D. Marston - Director of the Texas Regional Office, Director of State Climate Initiatives, Senior Attorney
Leads our efforts on environmental policy in Texas. Sets agenda for Texas office on issues including air pollution, water quality, and energy.
John Mimikakis - Senior Policy Manager
Works to develop global warming solutions within transportation, power-generation and agricultural sectors, by raising support on Capitol Hill for effective greenhouse gas emissions reduction policies.
Lisa Moore - Scientist
Communicates the latest climate change science to policymakers and the public, and analyzes the environmental consequences of national and international climate legislation.
Lauren Navarro - Attorney
Timothy O'Connor - Attorney/Climate Change Policy Analyst
Vickie Patton - Deputy General Counsel
Annie Petsonk - International Counsel
Ms. Petsonk coordinates EDF’s advocacy efforts on international environmental law, international agreements and institutions and works to develop international laws that provide economic incentives for environmental protection.
Jackie Prince Roberts - Director, Sustainable Technologies
Gustavo Silva-Chávez - International Climate Change Policy Analyst
Mr. Silva-Chávez performs research, analysis and advocacy around climate change policy issues in the United Nations Framework Convention negotiations and in U.S. legislation.
Isabelle Bodmer Silverman - Legal Fellow
Works on clean air, diesel and climate change issues as an attorney with the Living Cities program.
Elizabeth Thompson - Legislative Director
Gernot Wagner - Economist
Specializes on global greenhouse gas emission reduction pathways and works on developing and applying economically sound climate policy in the U.S. and internationally.
Derek Walker - Director, California Climate Initiative; Deputy Director, States Climate Program
Helps manage state-based programs designed to pass and implement regulations addressing global warming, energy efficiency, renewable energy and alternative fuels.
James Wang - Scientist
Educates policymakers and the public on scientific and policy aspects of global warming, air quality and anthropogenic perturbation of the nitrogen cycle. He specializes in climate change physics and their impacts on society and ecosystems.
Lei Wang - China Program Coordinator
Lei Wang is responsible for communicating of our work in China to the English-speaking world, and provides day-to-day liaison between the Beijing office, supporters and management.
