NEW MEMBER OF THE UDALL

FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, Joins the Udall Foundation Board of Trustees

In April 2009, Nancy Sutley, the new chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), joined the board of trustees of the Udall Foundation. The Foundation's 13-member board consists of nine members appointed by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the U.S. Senate and four members designated by law: the chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, the secretary of the Department of Education or his/her designee, the secretary of the Department of the Interior or his/her designee, and the president of the University of Arizona.

In her role as chair of CEQ, Sutley serves as the principal environmental policy adviser to the President. CEQ coordinates federal environmental efforts and works closely with agencies and other White House offices in the development of environmental policies and initiatives. In addition, CEQ reports annually to the President on the state of the environment; oversees federal agency implementation of the environmental impact assessment process; and acts as a referee when agencies disagree over the adequacy of such assessments.

Prior to her appointment, Sutley was the deputy mayor for energy and environment for the City of Los Angeles, California. She represented Los Angeles on the Board of Directors for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and served on the California State Water Resources Control Board from 2003-2005. Sutley also worked for California Governor Gray Davis as energy advisor, managing state and federal regulations, legislative affairs, finances and press relations. She served as deputy secretary for policy and intergovernmental relations in the California EPA from 1999-2003, where she advised on water and air pollution policy, and established budget and legislative priorities. During the administration of President William J. Clinton, Sutley worked for the EPA as a senior policy advisor to the Regional Administrator in San Francisco and special assistant to the Administrator in Washington, D.C. Sutley received her Bachelors degree from Cornell University and her Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University.

"We greatly appreciate Nancy Sutley taking the time to attend her first board meeting soon after being appointed as chair of CEQ. We look forward to working with her as a board member, as well as with her in her official capacity at CEQ, which we work closely with on ECR," noted Terry Bracy, chair of the Udall Foundation Board.