Background
Sutley, Nancy Helen was born on April 20, 1962 in New York City.
Sutley, Nancy Helen was born on April 20, 1962 in New York City.
Bachelor in Government, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1984. Master of Arts in Public Policy, Harvard University John F. Kennedy School Government, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
She was confirmed by the United States Senate through unanimous consent January 22, 2009. 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. 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 announced that she would step down as Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality in February, 2014.
In July, 2014, she was appointed as Chief Sustainability and Economic Development Officer for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.
Sutley was born April 20, 1962 in New York and was raised in Queens, New New York 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 Bachelor of Arts degree in government from Cornell University.
During the Clinton Administration, she was an Environmental Protection Agency official, and served as special assistant to the Environmental Protection Agency administrator in Washington, District of Columbia Sutley was the first prominent gay person named to a senior role in the Obama administration.
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.
Sutley served as a member of Hillary Clinton"s Southern California Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender steering committee. 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. Sutley is a member of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Water District board of directors.