Elizabeth Klein
Director of Domestic Policy Programs
Contact
- lizklein@upenn.edu
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Biography
Elizabeth Klein is an experienced leader in clean energy, climate change, and environmental law and policy. Klein most recently served as the Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management at the U.S. Department of the Interior, responsible for the management of America’s offshore energy and mineral resources. Prior to assuming that role, she served as Senior Counselor to Secretary Haaland with an emphasis on water policy and climate change resilience and was Chair of the Indian Water Rights Working Group, which manages, negotiates, and implements settlements of water rights claims.
President Biden was the third president under which Klein has served, having worked for both the Clinton and Obama administrations, advancing high-priority initiatives such as the Interior’s renewable energy program and climate change adaptation efforts. Prior to joining the Biden administration, Klein was the founding Deputy Director of the State Energy & Environmental Impact Center at NYU School of Law, which supports state attorneys general in defending and promoting clean energy, climate, and environmental laws and policies.
Earlier in her career, Klein was an attorney in private practice specializing in energy and environmental law issues and served as Director of Communications and Government Relations for the National Park Foundation prior to becoming an attorney.
Klein graduated with a degree in economics from the George Washington University and received her JD from American University’s Washington College of Law.