Heather Zichal

Heather Zichal
A pale-skinned woman in her thirties with straight, dark hair parted near the middle and falling to below the shoulders, wearing white-and-black checked jacket, speaking into a video camera in an office room with a flatscreen computer monitor in the background and a window with the Washington Monument in the distance.
Personal details
Born (1976-02-08) February 8, 1976 (age 48)
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseJayme White[1]
EducationRutgers University, New Brunswick (BA)

Heather Renée Zichal[2] (last name pronounced with long 'i') (born February 8, 1976)[3] is an American executive, consultant, and political advisor who specializes in climate change and environmental policy.

Zichal began her career serving as a legislative director and campaign advisor to several Democratic congressional members. She then served as the Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change in the Barack Obama administration starting in 2009. Following the early 2011 departure of Carol Browner from the administration, Zichal was tasked with coordinating the administration's energy and climate policy and was the architect of the Clean Power Plan.

In November 2013, she left the administration and became a private consultant and a fellow at the Atlantic Council. She has served on several company boards and councils, including that of Cheniere Energy, a liquified natural gas company, and was The Nature Conservancy's vice president for corporate engagement. From late 2020 through September 2022 she was head of the wind and solar focused American Clean Power Association. In October 2022 she became "global head of sustainability" at JPMorgan Chase.

  1. ^ Bravender, Robin (October 27, 2014). "Zichal Obama's former climate czar savors 'newly fun life,' ponders next move". Governors' Wind and Solar Energy Coalition.
  2. ^ Kaufman, Alexander C.; D'Angelo, Chris (May 10, 2019). "Joe Biden Looks To Revive Obama's Climate Plan. Scientists Say That's Not Good Enough". Huffington Post. Updated May 12, 2019.
  3. ^ "Heather Zichal". Who Runs Gov. The Washington Post. April 15, 2011. Archived from the original on June 11, 2011. Retrieved April 16, 2011.