Keynote Speaker
Carol M. Browner
Member of Leadership Council, Nuclear Matters
Former EPA Administrator
Carol M. Browner is Senior Counselor at Albright Stonebridge Group and a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress. Ms. Browner serves as President of the Board for the League of Conservation Voters, the Board of Directors for Bunge Limited, Independent Director for Infosys, and the Global Oceans Commission. Ms. Browner is also on the Leadership Council for Nuclear Matters and the Advisory Board for Opower and General Fusion.
Ms. Browner most recently served as Assistant to President Obama and director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy, where she oversaw the coordination of environmental, energy, climate, transport, and related policy across the federal government.
During her tenure, the White House secured the largest investment ever in clean energy and established the national car policy that included both new automobile fuel efficiency standards and first ever greenhouse gas reductions. Previously, Ms. Browner was a founding principal of The Albright Group LLC from 2001 to 2008.
From 1993 through 2001, Ms. Browner served as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. As administrator, she adopted the most stringent air pollution standards in our nation’s history; set, for the first time, a fine particle clean air standard; and spearheaded the reauthorization of the Safe Drinking Water Act as well as the Food Quality Protection Act. She was known for working with both environmentalists and industry to set scientific-based public health protections while providing businesses important flexibilities in how to meet those standards. She worked across the agency to ensure a focus on protecting the most vulnerable, particularly children.
From 1991 through 1993, Ms. Browner served as Secretary of Environmental Regulation in Florida, where she launched the largest ecological restoration project ever attempted in the United States to restore the natural flow of water to the Everglades.
Ms. Browner serves on the Executive Committee of the Center for American Progress and was a founding board member of the organization from 2003-2008.
Ms. Browner earned her B.A. and a law degree from the University of Florida in Gainesville. She has one son and is married to former New York Congressman Tom Downey.
Make your overnight room reservations now! The Gideon Putnam will quickly SELL OUT! Our room block ENDS Friday, August 13, 2021. Rooms are available at $174 for those staying overnight on Monday, September 13. The Hotel may provide room rate extension for anyone arriving the day before. Room block expires August 13, 2021.
Golf and conference attendees should call the Gideon directly at (866) 746-1077 and refer to the Independent Power Producers of New York.
Online reservations are NOT available - to receive the discounted rate you MUST call the hotel directly. Thank you .
Please know that it is very important to the association that attendees BOOK their overnight rooms in the room block so we are not hit with attrition fees for unsold rooms as part of our contract. While we understand there are other hotels in the area with rewards and points, we encourage you to support IPPNY by booking in the block! Thank you!
