Nancy Sutley

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Nancy Sutley

Chairperson of the Council on Environmental Quality
Incumbent
Assumed office January 22, 2009
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	James Connaughton
Personal details
Born	(1962-04-20) April 20, 1962 New York City, New York, United States
Political party	Democratic Party
Alma mater	Cornell University Harvard University

Nancy Helen Sutley^[1] leads the White House Council on Environmental Quality.^[2] She was confirmed by the United States Senate through unanimous consent January 22, 2009.^[1] In her role as chair, she serves as the principal environmental policy advisor to the president. The Council on Environmental Quality coordinates federal environmental efforts and works with agencies other than White House offices in the development of environmental policies and initiatives.

Prior to being confirmed by the Senate to lead the CEQ, Sutley served as deputy mayor for Energy and Environment in Los Angeles, California, and as Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's appointment to the board of directors for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.^[3] Mayor Villaraigosa turned to her to achieve his goal of transforming L.A. into one of the greenest big cities in America. As a result, Sutley retrofitted 500 of the city's oldest buildings to make them more energy efficient and imposed environmental standards on new large communities.

Sutley has committed more than 20 years to protecting public health and the environment and to energy and climate change issues. She has also devoted much of her career to public service.

Sutley has announced that she will step down as Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality in February, 2014. ^[4]

Education and early career

Sutley was born April 20, 1962 in New York and was raised in Queens, New York.^[5] Her parents came to the United States from Argentina in search of a better life, something that shaped her values of hard work and the importance to giving back to the community. She holds a master of public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and an undergraduate B.A. degree in government from Cornell University.^[3] During the Clinton Administration, she was an Environmental Protection Agency official, and served as special assistant to the EPA administrator in Washington, D.C. Sutley was the first prominent gay person named to a senior role in the Obama administration.^[1]

Previous work

Sutley served as a member of Hillary Clinton's Southern California Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender steering committee.^[5] She was also a prominent supporter of Senator Clinton's primary campaign. In addition, she supported a requirement for Los Angeles to produce 20 percent of its power from renewable sources. From 1999 to 2003, she worked as deputy secretary for policy and intergovernmental relations at the California Environmental Protection Agency. She furthered her environmental career as a member of the California State Water Resources Control Board and as the top energy advisor to former Governor Gray Davis.^[6]

Major accomplishments

Sutley is a member of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Water District board of directors. She has promoted measures to conserve energy in the White House, which include installing low-flush toilets, adding sensors that automatically turn off lights in unused areas, and introducing the use of recycling bins. The CEQ chair defines her mission as translating Obama's green agenda across government agencies, preserving natural heritage sites such as the Chesapeake Bay, the Everglades, and the Great Lakes, and putting science at the heart of decision-making.^[7] As part of the Department of Energy's demonstration project showing that American solar technologies are available, she has led plans to install solar panels and a solar hot water heater on the roof of the White House.^[7]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Phillips, Kate (2009-01-22). "More Obama Cabinet Nominees Confirmed". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
↑ Sidoti, Liz (2008-12-10). "Dem source: Obama to name environmental figure". Associated Press. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
↑ 3.0 3.1 Nancy Sutley
↑ White House Enviro Council Chairwoman Sutley Stepping Down (National Journal article)
↑ 5.0 5.1 No author listed. "The New Team: Nancy Sutley". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
↑ No author listed (2008-12-13). "Nancy Sutley". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
↑ 7.0 7.1 Goldenberg, Suzanne (2009-06-02). "Profile: Nancy Sutley". London: The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-02-22.

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Political offices
Preceded by James Connaughton	Chairperson of the Council on Environmental Quality 2009–present	Incumbent

Barack Obama's Executive Office of the President

Office	Name	Term	Office	Name	Term
White House Chief of Staff White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy	Rahm Emanuel Pete Rouse William M. Daley Jacob Lew Mona Sutphen Nancy-Ann DeParle Rob Nabors	2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012- 2009-11 2011-2013 2013-	National Security Advisor Deputy National Security Advisor	Jim Jones Thomas E. Donilon Susan Rice Thomas E. Donilon Denis McDonough Tony Blinken	2009-10 2010-13 2013- 2009–10 2010-13 2013-
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Planning Senior Advisor to the President Counselor to the President	Jim Messina Alyssa Mastromonaco Mark B. Childress David Axelrod David Plouffe Pete Rouse	2009-11 2011- 2012- 2009–11 2011- 2009-	Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications	Douglas Lute^† Ben Rhodes	2009– 2009–
Senior Advisor to the President and Assistant to the President for Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs	Valerie Jarrett	2009–	Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security	John O. Brennan	2009–
Director of Public Engagement	Christina Tchen Jon Carson	2009–11 2011--	Deputy National Security Advisor and NSC Chief of Staff	Denis McDonough Brooke Anderson	2009-10 2011-
Director of Intergovernmental Affairs	Cecilia Muñoz	2009–	White House Communications Director	Daniel Pfeiffer Jennifer Palmieri	2009-13 2013–
Director, National Economic Council	Lawrence Summers Gene Sperling	2009–10 2011-	Deputy White House Communications Director White House Press Secretary	Jen Psaki Jennifer Palmieri Robert Gibbs Jay Carney	2009–11 2011–13 2009–11 2011-
Deputy Director, National Economic Council	Diana Farrell	2009–	Deputy Press Secretary	Bill Burton	2009–11
Deputy Director, National Economic Council Deputy Director, National Economic Council	Jason Furman Brian Deese	2009– 2011-	Director of Special Projects	Stephanie Cutter	2010-11
Chair of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board	Paul Volcker	2009–	Director of Speechwriting	Jon Favreau	2009–
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors	Christina Romer Austan Goolsbee	2009–10 2010-	White House Counsel Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs	Robert Bauer Kathryn Ruemmler Phil Schiliro Rob Nabors	2009–11 2011- 2009–11 2011-
Member of the Council of Economic Advisors	Katharine Abraham	2011-	Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs	Lisa Konwinski	2009–
Member of the Council of Economic Advisors	Cecilia Rouse	2009–	Executive Clerk	George T. Saunders^†	2009–
Director, Office of Management and Budget	Peter R. Orszag Jacob Lew	2009–10 2010–12	Director, Office of Political Affairs Chief Technology Officer	Patrick Gaspard Aneesh Chopra Todd Park	2009–11 2009 2012 2012-
Chief Performance Officer and Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget	Jeffrey Zients	2009–	Chief Information Officer Director, Office of Presidential Personnel	Steven VanRoekel Nancy Hogan	2011– 2010–
Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget	Jeffrey Liebman Heather Higginbottom*	2010 2011-	Director of Scheduling and Advance Director, White House Military Office	Alyssa Mastromonaco Danielle Crutchfield George D. Mulligan, Jr.	2009-11 2011- 2009-
United States Trade Representative	Ron Kirk	2009–	Cabinet Secretary	Chris Lu	2009–
Director, Domestic Policy Council	Melody Barnes	2009–	Deputy Cabinet Secretary	Liz Sears Smith	2009–
Deputy Director, Domestic Policy Council	Heather Higginbottom Mark Zuckerman	2009–11 2011-	Staff Secretary	Lisa Brown	2009–
Director, Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships	Joshua DuBois	2009–	Director, Office of Management and Administration	Bradley Kiley	2009–
Director, Office of Health Reform	Nancy DeParle	2009–11	Director, Oval Office Operations	Micaela Fernandez	2009–
Deputy Director, Office of Health Reform	Jeanne Lambrew	2009–	Personal Aide to the President	Reggie Love	2009–
Director, Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy	Carol Browner	2009–11	Personal Secretary to the President	Katie Johnson Anita Decker	2009–11 2011-
Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change	Heather Zichal	2009–	Special Projects Coordinator and Confidential Assistant to the President	Eugene Kang	2009–
Director, Council on Environmental Quality Director, Office of National AIDS Policy	Nancy Sutley Jeffrey Crowley	2009– 2009–	Chief of Staff to the First Lady	Jackie Norris Susan Sher Christina Tchen	2009 2009-10 2011-
Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy	Gil Kerlikowske	2009–	White House Social Secretary	Desirée Rogers Julianna Smoot Jeremy Bernard	2009–10 2010–11 2011–
Director, Office of Urban Affairs	Adolfo Carrión, Jr.	2009–	Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy	John Holdren	2009–

^*Senate-confirmation pending. †Remained from previous administration (s).

Persondata
Name	Sutley, Nancy
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	April 20, 1962
Place of birth	New York City, New York, United States
Date of death
Place of death

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