Laurie Burt is a recognized leader in environmental law, clean energy and climate policy, with a long career in both private practice and public service. Laurie is the former Commissioner of the MA Department of Environmental Protection, where she championed the integration of energy and environmental programs including the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), the nations’ first multi-state carbon trading program. She then coordinated independent, nonpartisan analyses of RGGI’s economic and air quality impacts, highlighting state innovative and equitable clean energy policies.
Ms. Burt founded the environmental practice group at Foley Hoag, LLP, and has served on the boards of the Appalachian Mountain Club, Boston Bar Association, the Environmental Law Institute, Harvard’s American Repertory Theater, and is a board member of the Union of Concerned Scientists, CERES’s President Council, ELI Leadership Council and a Fellow of the American College of Environmental Lawyers.