Natural Resources Defense Council

Leadership & Staff

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Claire Bernard President - Mariposa Foundation, New York City

• Trustee ('13→?)

Kate Sinding Daly Executive Director of NorthLight Foundation

• Senior Attorney

Jennifer Sass Biden Nominee for Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

• Senior Scientist

Carl Zichella Director of Western Transmission, Land & Wildlife Program, NRDC

• Director of Western Transmission, Land & Wildlife Program

Christopher Paine Senior Policy Adviser, Nuclear Program, Natural Resources Defense Council

• Senior Nuclear Policy Adviser (Mar '13→?)

Lisa Speer Director, International Oceans Program, Natural Resources Defense Council

• Director, International Oceans Program

David Doniger Policy Director, Climate & Clean Air Program, Natural Resources Defense Council

• Senior Attorney, Policy Director, Climate & Clean Air Program,

Jake Schmidt International Climate Policy Director, Natural Resources Defense Council

• Director, International Program

Peter Lehner Executive Director, Natural Resources Defense Council

• Executive Director

Yerina Mugica

• Associate Director, Center for Market Innovation

Board Members

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Cruz Reynoso Former California Supreme Court justice

• honorary trustee

Wendy Kelman Neu Chairman and CEO, Hugo Neu (NYC-based)

• Board Member

George M Woodwell Founder, Woods Hole Research Center

• Board Member

Burks Bingham Chair, Concern, Inc.

• honorary trustee

David Sive Partner, Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. (retired)

• honorary trustee

Charles E Koob Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP

• honorary trustee

Hamilton F Kean Attorney; Conservationist

• honorary trustee

Dean E Abrahamson Professor Emeritus, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota

• honorary trustee

Philip Ruegger III chairman, executive committee, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP

• Board Member

Shelly B Malkin Landscape painter; Conservationist

• Board Member

Donors

Heising-Simons Foundation

• Donation/Grant · 3,150,000 USD

MacArthur Foundation Major private grant-making foundation; based in Chicago

• Grant · 3,000,000 USD ('15)

Walton Family Foundation Inc Philanthropic foundation affiliated with family that owns Walmart

• Donation/Grant · 260,000 USD ('15→'16)

Debbie Rachleff

• Annual Gift · 10,000 USD (Jun '08)

David Teiger Managment consultant

• Annual Gift · 10,000 USD (Jun '08)

Susan Crown Exchange Digital Learning Investments

• Donation/Grant

Geraldine R Dodge Foundation

• Donation/Grant

Energy Foundation Partnership of major foundations interested in sustainable energy

• Donation/Grant

Donations

Building Equity and Alignment for Impact

• Donation/Grant

Andrew Goodman Foundation

• Donation/Grant

Open Space Institute 501(c)3 conservation organization focused on land acquisition.

• Donation/Grant

Holdings

GiveGreen Fundraising and voter engagement platform supporting environmentally progressive politicians

• Owner ('14→?)*

Child Organizations

Natural Resources Defense Council Action Fund 501(c)(4) arm of NRDC

• 501(c)(4) affiliate

Memberships

CCUS/Hydrogen Stakeholder Group Group started by Team PA to work on deploying false solutions

• Member

Alliance for Community Transit-Los Angeles

• Member

Transform Finance Investor Network

• Member

Clean Fuels NY Coalition coalition pushing for a low-carbon fuel standard (including CNG)

• Member (Jan 6 '20→?)

Southeast Climate and Energy Network

• Member

Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies

• Supporting Affiliate

Services & Transactions

Advanced Resources International provides services related to unconventional gas, enhanced oil recovery, and CO2 sequestration

• Consulting firm

Sive, Paget, & Riesel New York firm specializing in environmental law

• Counsel

Francis J Murray Jr President and CEO of NYSERDA

• Service/Transaction

Miscellaneous Relationships

The Alliance Center

• Affiliation

Alliance for Affordable Energy

• Affiliation

E4TheFuture

• Partner

350.org Building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis

• Affiliation

Institute for Sustainable Communities

• Affiliation

Women’s March on Washington

• Affiliation