Kerry C. Duggan is a founder & CEO, sustainability expert, corporate board director, University of Michigan (U-M) faculty member, U.S. State Department global public speaker, angel investor, film executive producer, national policy advisor and former climate advisor to President Joe Biden. In 2017, she founded SustainabiliD, a strategic advisory firm serving CEOs, C-Suites, and innovative climate tech entrepreneurs with a mission to equitably solve the climate crisis. At present, Duggan serves on three corporate boards (Perma-Fix NASDAQ: PESI, Envergia and BlueGreen Water Technologies) along with various climate tech advisory boards (such as Mill, Aclima and ONE); is a faculty member at the U-M's School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS); holds current appointments with the Secretary of Energy’s Advisory Board (SEAB) and Governor Whitmer’s Council on Climate Solutions.Previously, she founded the SEAS Sustainability Clinic in Detroit as well as the Michigan Business Sustainability Network (MBSR) at U-M; served on Governor Whitmer’s Growth Council; on the Biden-Harris Transition Team for the Department of Energy (DOE) Agency Review Team; surrogated for the Biden Campaign, served as a Biden appointee to the 2020 Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force on climate; was named Partner at Honorable Thomas J. Ridge's firm; held senior roles in the Obama-Biden Administration, including as climate advisor for then-Vice President Joe Biden and as deputy of President Obama's Detroit task force; held leadership roles at DOE (including as Director of Legislative, Regulatory, and Urban Affairs and as Stakeholder Engagement Director in the Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE)).A daughter of the Great Lakes, she attended Detroit Country Day School (DCDS), went on to Division I basketball scholarships at St. John’s University (SJU) and later University of Vermont (UVM), where she completed her BS in environmental studies; and earned her MS in natural resource policy & behavior from U-M SEAS.