James L. Connaughton
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James L. Connaughton is the current Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
Connaughton is also a former lobbyist for utilities, mining, and chemical companies. Connaughton was also a lobbyist for General Electric and ARCO.[1]
Connaughton was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate on June 14 and appointed by President Bush on June 18, 2001 to serve as the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). In this capacity, he serves as the senior environmental and natural resources advisor to the President as well as Director of the White House Office of Environmental Policy, which oversees the development of environmental policy, coordinates interagency implementation of environmental programs, and mediates key policy disagreements among Federal agencies, state, tribal and local governments and private citizens.
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| Preceded by Ben Bernanke |
United States order of precedence as of 2006 |
Succeeded by James H. Lambright |
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