Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
Full Statement of Task (pdf)
The Committee on America's Climate Choices will be responsible for providing overall direction, coordination, and integration of the on America's Climate Choices suite of activities. The committee will organize the
Summit on on America's Climate Choices, facilitate coordination and collaboration among the study panels, convene additional workshops or joint meetings as needed, and write a final report that integrates the panel reports and answers the final four key questions to be addressed by the study:
- What short-term actions can be taken to respond effectively to climate change?
- What promising long-term strategies, investments, and opportunities could be pursued to respond to climate change?
- What are the major scientific and technological advances needed to better understand and respond effectively to climate change?
- What are the major impediments to responding effectively to climate change, and what can be done to overcome these impediments?
The members of the Committee on America's Climate Choices are:
Albert Carnesale (Chair), University of California, Los Angeles
William L. Chameides (Vice Chair), Duke University
Donald F. Boesch, University of Maryland, Cambridge
Marilyn A. Brown, Georgia Institute of Technology
Jonathan Cannon, University of Virginia
Thomas Dietz, Michigan State University
Dr. George C. Eads, CRA International
Robert W. Fri, Resources for the Future
James E. Geringer, Environmental Systems Research Institute
Dr. Dennis L. Hartmann, University of Washington
Charles O. Holliday, Jr., DuPont
Ms. Katharine L. Jacobs*, University of Arizona
Mr. Thomas Karl*, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Diana M. Liverman, University of Oxford
Pamela A. Matson, Stanford University
Peter H. Raven, Missouri Botanical Garden
Richard L. Schmalensee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Philip R. Sharp, Resources for the Future
Peggy M. Shepard, WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Robert H. Socolow, Princeton University
Susan Solomon, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Bjorn Stigson, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Thomas J. Wilbanks, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peter Zandan, Public Strategies, Inc.
* Resigned to take policy-making position in the government
