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Gina McCarthy

Managing Co-Chair of America's All In and Former National Climate Advisor, The White House

Gina McCarthy is the first White House national climate advisor, since 2021. As head of the Climate Policy Office and supported by legislation, her leadership has helped put within reach a greenhouse gas emissions reduction target of 50% below 2005 levels by 2030. McCarthy was previously president and CEO of the Natural Resources Defense Council and a Harvard professor. From 2013 to 2017, she was EPA administrator, spearheading the Clean Power Plan and helping pave the way for the Paris Agreement. Earlier, she was commissioner of Connecticut’s Department Environmental Protection and advised five Massachusetts governors. Advising Bloomberg Philanthropies, Pegasus Capital Advisors and TPG Rise Climate Fund, McCarthy is co-chair of the America Is All In Coalition, senior fellow at Tufts University Fletcher School’s Climate Policy Lab, co-chair of the India-U.S. Track II Dialogue on Energy and Climate Change, and on the boards of the Energy Foundation and Resources Legacy Foundation.

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