Speakers

David Monsma is executive director of the Aspen Institute's Energy and Environment Program. The Institute's environment program includes the Catto Fellowship Program, the Aspen Environment Forum, the Aspen Energy Policy Forum, and the Aspen Commission on Arctic Climate Change, as well as various other policy dialogues and seminars. An attorney by training, David has nearly 20 years of experience in environmental law and policy. He has taught law and ethics at Loyola College in Maryland and has served as director of business and environment at Business for Social Responsibility in San Francisco, task force coordinator for the President's Council on Sustainable Development under President Clinton, and project director of the Campaign for Cleaner Corporations at the Council on Economic Priorities in New York City.  David began his legal career as a program attorney in the Office of Toxics Substances at the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington, DC.