The New York State Climate Action Council (Council) is a 22-member committee that will prepare a Scoping Plan to achieve the State’s bold clean energy and climate agenda.
Climate Action Council Members
Co-Chairs
- Doreen Harris, Acting President and CEO, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
- Basil Seggos, Commissioner, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
State Agencies & Authorities
- Richard Ball, Commissioner, New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets
- Marie Therese Dominguez, Commissioner, New York State Department of Transportation
- Thomas Falcone, CEO, Long Island Power Authority
- Eric Gertler, Acting Commissioner and President & CEO-designate of Empire State Development
- Gil C. Quiniones, President and Chief Executive Officer, New York Power Authority
- Roberta Reardon, Commissioner, New York State Department of Labor
- John B. Rhodes, Chair, New York State Public Service Commission
- Rossana Rosado, Secretary of State, New York State Department of State
- RuthAnne Visnauskas, Commissioner and CEO, New York State Homes and Community Renewal
- Howard A. Zucker, Commissioner, New York State Department of Health
Council Appointees
- Donna L. DeCarolis, President, National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation
- Gavin Donohue, President and CEO, Independent Power Producers of New York
- Dennis Elsenbeck, Head of Energy and Sustainability, Phillips Lytle LLP
- Rose Harvey, Senior Fellow for Parks and Open Space, Regional Plan Association
- Bob Howarth, Professor, Ecology and Environmental Biology at Cornell
- Peter Iwanowicz, Executive Director, Environmental Advocates NY
- Jim Malatras, Chancellor of the State University of New York
- Anne Reynolds, Executive Director, Alliance for Clean Energy New York
- Raya Salter, Lead Policy Organizer, NY Renews
- Paul Shepson, Dean, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University