Climate Action Council
The New York State Climate Action Council is a 22-member appointed body that has prepared a Scoping Plan to serve as the roadmap to achieve the State’s bold clean energy and climate goals.
Climate Action Council
The New York State Climate Action Council is a 22-member appointed body that has prepared a Scoping Plan to serve as the roadmap to achieve the State’s bold clean energy and climate goals.
Meet Your New York State Climate Action Council
Climate Action Council Members
Co-Chairs

Doreen Harris
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
- Hope Knight, Commissioner and President & CEO, Empire State Development
- Justin Driscoll, Acting President and Chief Executive Officer, New York Power Authority
- Roberta Reardon, Commissioner, New York State Department of Labor
- Rory Christian, Chair, New York State Public Service Commission
- Robert J. Rodriguez, Secretary of State, New York State Department of State
- RuthAnne Visnauskas, Commissioner and CEO, New York State Homes and Community Renewal
- Commissioner, New York State Department of Health
Council Appointees
- Mario Cilento, President, NYS AFL-CIO
- 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
- Rose Harvey, Senior Fellow for Parks and Open Space, Regional Plan Association
- Bob Howarth, Professor, Ecology and Environmental Biology at Cornell
- Peter Iwanowicz
- Anne Reynolds, Executive Director, Alliance for Clean Energy New York
- Raya Salter, Esq., Principal, Imagine Power LLC
- Paul Shepson, Dean, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University
View the Climate Action Council Code of Conduct (PDF)
Climate Action Council Bylaws (PDF)