About Us

Mark MacLeod

Director of Special Projects, National Climate Campaign

Climate & Air Program

Washington, DC Office

Work

Mark MacLeod is the Director for Special Projects in the Environmental Defense Fund's Climate and Air program working out of the DC office.

The Climate and Air program's goals are to reduce harmful air emissions and stabilize the concentration of greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere. Mark works on a range of issues before Congress and the EPA.

Background

Before moving to EDF, Mark was the Policy Director for the Texas Senate Interim Committee on Electric Utility Restructuring.

Prior to that position, Mark was an Assistant Director in the Office of Policy Development at the Texas Public Utility Commission where he led the Commission’s investigation of electric utility restructuring.

Mark has received three Master's degrees in Natural Resources, Public Policy, and Economics from Ohio State University and the University of Wyoming.

Mark serves on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air Act Advisory Committee.