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1 Podesta, Who Helped to Craft Obama’s Climate Agenda, Leads Hillary’s Entire Campaign CLINTON ENVIRONMENT TEAM July 5, 2016 | Claire Carter Sources: The White House, “White House Author: John Podesta,” 2016; Ben Geman, “How Green is Hillary Clinton?,” The Atlantic, July 17, 2015; Rhodium Group, “Trevor Houser,” 2016; Ben Kobren, LinkedIn, 2016; David Roberts, “Hillary is Hiring John Podesta, and That’s Good for Climate Hawks,” Grist, January 14, 2015. AdvisorOccupationExperience John Podesta Chairman of Hillary for America Formerly served as Counselor to the President overseeing climate change and energy policy, and served as the co-chair of President’s Obama’s transition team Founder and former chair of the think tank Center For American Progress Served as the White House Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton Served on President Obama’s Global Development Council Trevor Houser Partner at the Rhodium Group and Visiting Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics Leads the Rhodium Group’s energy and natural resources practice Temporarily served as a Senior Advisor to the U.S. State Department where he worked on international energy, natural resource, and environmental policy issues Co-directs the Climate Impact Lab which is a collaboration of leading research institutions combining climate, economic and data science to quantify the risks of climate change Ben Kobren Communications at Apple Served as the Communications Director Office of the U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change from 2009-2011 Began as a special assistant in the Office of Senator Hillary Clinton and advanced through the ranks to Press Secretary in the Senators Office Named Campaign Staffers for Energy and the Environment In collaboration with National Journal’s Network Science Initiative

2 Center for American Policy Alums Fill Out Hillary’s Staff CLINTON ENVIRONMENT TEAM July 5, 2016 | Claire Carter Sources:Ben Geman, “How Green is Hillary Clinton?,” The Atlantic, July 17, 2015; Center for American Progress, “Pete Ogden,” 2016. AdvisorOccupationExperience Peter Ogden Senior Fellow at Center for American Progress, with Expertise in International Climate Policy and Foreign Policy Served on White House National Security Staff as director for climate change and environmental policy Served as the Senior Director for energy and climate change at the White House Domestic Policy Council, and Chief of Staff to the special envoy for climate change at the State Department Before the Administration, he was Chief of Staff of Center for American Progress where he worked on energy, climate, foreign policy Named Campaign Staffers for Energy and the Environment In collaboration with National Journal’s Network Science Initiative

3 Advisors from Advocacy and Research Backgrounds Come Together to Advise Clinton Campaign CLINTON ENVIRONMENT TEAM July 5, 2016 | Claire Carter Sources: Josh Rogin, “Tech Guru Alec Ross Leaves the State Department,” Foreign Press, March 4, 2014; Tony Romm, “Inside Clinton’s Tech Policy Circle,” Politico, June 7, 2016; “Ben Scott,” New America, 2016; Nancy Scola, “How the US Digital Service could upset DC’s ‘IT Vendor Ecosystem,“ Washington Post, August 25, 2014. AdvisorOccupationExperience Francis Beinecke Former President, Natural Resources Defense Council Served as President of the NRDC from 2006 to 2015, and the Executive Director from 1998 to 2006 where she has worked on finding solutions to some of the largest environmental issues including a clean energy future. She was appointed by President Obama to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore drilling Member of the U.S. Secretary of Energy’s advisory board Michael Oppen- heimer Partner, Rhodium Group and Visiting Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics Director of the Program in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton Before joining Princeton faculty, he worked with the Environmental Defense Fund serving as chief scientist and manager of the Climate and Air Program Participated in many of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change meetings, and recently served as coordinating author on the Fifth Assessment Report Michael Levi Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment, Director of Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Council on Foreign Relations Directs the Council on Foreign Relations’ program on energy security and climate change Served as a nonresident science fellow and a science and technology fellow in foreign policy studies at Brookings Institution Director of the Federation of American Scientists’ Strategic Security Project Informal Advisors on Energy and Environment to the Hillary Clinton Campaign In collaboration with National Journal’s Network Science Initiative

4 Billionaire Investor and Former Clinton Staffers Could Potentially Fill Top Roles CLINTON ENVIRONMENT TEAM July 5, 2016 | Claire Carter AdvisorOccupationExperience Dan Utech Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change As Deputy Assistant, works to implement many of the initiatives that Obama outlined in his Climate Action Plan Served as a Senior Advisor to Energy Secretary Steven Chu Utech worked on the Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee Previously served for five years as a top adviser on energy and environment to then Senator Hillary Clinton Tom Steyer Founder, NextGen Climate As founder of NextGen Climate, Steyer leads initiatives primarily through investing to prevent climate disasters He is a leader in the left for advocacy on policy changes in climate change issues and acts as a counter to the power and money of the Koch Jennifer Granholm Senior Advisor, Correct the Record Former two-term governor of Michigan, lead on issues including clean energy policy, working to diversify Michigan’s portfolio with clean energy. During her tenure as Govenor, Michigan attracted more than 89,000 clean energy jobs and $9.4 billion in investments in clean energy Served as an advisor to Pew Charitable Trusts’ Clean Energy Program, leading a campaign nationwide for clean energy policies Political Insiders Likely to Receive Appointed Positions in Energy and Environment Sources: Laura Barron-Lopez, “Utech Named Obama’s Top Climate Adviser,” The Hill, November 8, 2016; White House, “Dan Utech,” July 5, 2016; Ben Geier, “Hillary Clinton Just Picked Up a Big Time Environmental Endorsement,” Fortune, June 8, 2016; Goldman School of Public Policy, “Jennifer Granholm,” University of California Berkely, 2016; Jennifer Granholm, “About,” Govenor Jennifer Granholm, 2016. In collaboration with National Journal’s Network Science Initiative

5 Former Top Negotiator for State Department in Climate Change Joins Campaign Efforts CLINTON ENVIRONMENT TEAM July 5, 2016 | Claire Carter Sources: David Hayes, “About Us,” Center for American Progress, 2016; David Hayes, “Biography,” Stanford Law School, 2016; Bo Lidegaard, “How Climate-Change Negotiator Todd Stern Mastered His Diplomatic Skill,” Vanity Fair Hive, March 2016; Frances Romero, “Climate Change Envoy Todd Stern,” Time, January 26, 2009; Third Way, “Matt Bennett,” 2016; Matt Bennett, LinkedIn, 2016. AdvisorOccupationExperience David Hayes Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress Served as Deputy Secretary of the Interior for both President Obama and Clinton, where he led the first effort to create a coordinated plan to address the impacts of climate change on the nation’s resources. Served as partner and global chair for environment in the land and resources department of the international law firm, Latham and Watkins At the Center for American Progress he works on issues related to public lands, including climate change and governance Todd Stern Former U.S. State Department Special Envoy for Climate Change Stern has served as the representative of the U.S. at climate negotiations as the Special envoy including the latest negotiations in Paris where the U.S. targeted to reduce emissions 26-28% Stern acted as the Senior White House negotiator at the Kyoto Protocol Previously worked with Hillary Clinton on her presidential campaign in 2008 as the counselor on issues relating to environment and global warming Matt Bennett Senior Vice President for Public Affairs and Co- Founder, Third Way Founded the Third Way to create an opportunity for moderate thinking and ideas despite extreme political immoderation As Deputy Assistant to President Clinton for Intergovernmental Affairs he covered issues including disaster response, Medicaid, and immigration Served in Vice President Gore’s office and was the Communications Director for the Clark for President Campaign Political Insiders Likely to Receive Appointed Positions in Energy and Environment In collaboration with National Journal’s Network Science Initiative

6 Clinton Campaign Could Pull Strongly from Third Way Hinting at Goal of Bipartisan Progress CLINTON ENVIRONMENT TEAM July 5, 2016 | Claire Carter Sources: Third Way, “Josh Freed,” 2016; Third Way, “Christopher Miller,” 2016. AdvisorOccupationExperience Josh Freed Vice President of Clean Energy, Third Way In his role at Third Way, he works to develop ways for the federal government to accelerate the adoption of clean energy by the private sector and how the private sector can address climate change Before joining Third Way Josh was the Chief Policy Advisor for Representative Andrews and was Deputy Chief of Staff for Representative DeGette who was a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Chris- topher Miller Visiting Senior Fellow for Clean Energy, Third Way Worked with Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) for 8 years as the senior policy advisor on energy and environmental issues helping to coordinate policy and legislative priorities for the Senate Democratic caucus Before Reid’s office, Miller worked on the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works as a senior policy advisor for issues relating to energy and environmental technology issues, climate change, and the Clean Air Act Political Insiders Likely to Receive Appointed Positions in Energy and Environment In collaboration with National Journal’s Network Science Initiative


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