THOMAS PETERSON

Founder, President and CEO

Tom Peterson serves as the President and CEO of the Center for Climate Strategies (CCS). Since founding CCS in 2004, he has directed more than 100 high impact projects and bilateral cooperation initiatives at the local, state, and national levels in the US, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. This includes policy research on multi objective solutions to climate change as well as consensus-based policy planning and assessment processes resulting in the development and implementation of sector level climate change mitigation and adaptation approaches. In addition, Tom serves an Adjunct Professor and Lecturer at the Johns Hopkins’ University Energy Policy and Climate program and as an Adjunct Professor in the Environmental Science and Policy Department at George Mason University. He also is Chair of the City of Fairfax Environmental Sustainability Committee. Tom has authored many studies on public policy decision procedures innovations. He previously served as a Senior White House Advisor, Legislative Fellow to US Senator Joe Lieberman, Economist with the US EPA, and Vice President of DSL Capital Corporation. He holds a BS in Biology from the College of William and Mary, an MS in Environmental Management from Duke University, and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.