Gretchen Goldman is currently serving in the Biden-Harris White House as the Assistant Director for Environmental Science, Engineering, Policy and Justice in the Climate and Environment Division of the Office of Science and Technology Policy. She previously served as the research director for the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists.
For a decade, Dr. Goldman has led research at the nexus of science and policy on topics including federal scientific integrity, fossil energy production, climate change, and environmental justice.
Dr. Goldman has testified before Congress and sat on the board of the nonprofit 500 Women Scientists. She served as an expert on the Public Health Rulemaking of the California Department of Conservation’s Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM).
Previously, Dr. Goldman has chaired the Air and Climate Public Advisory Committee for the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and served on the UNESCO/AAAS Consultation Group on the US science ecosystem.
Her words and voice have appeared in Science, Nature, The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, NPR, and the BBC, among other outlets.
She holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in environmental engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a B.S. in atmospheric science from Cornell University.