Nancy Sutley is LADWP’s Chief Sustainability Officer, reporting directly to the General Manager. In this role, Ms. Sutley oversees the Department’s energy efficiency goals, environmental affairs, sustainability initiatives, and the electrification of transportation network. She initiated LADWP’s corporate sustainability programs including Green Team and the commissioning of its headquarters, The John Ferraro Building, as a LEED Gold facility.
Prior to joining LADWP in 2014, Ms. Sutley served as Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Under her leadership, the Council played a central role in shepherding the Obama Administration’s signature environmental projects and was one of the chief architects of President Obama’s 2013 Climate Action Plan.
Sutley has an extensive background in public service that includes posts as Deputy Mayor for Energy and Environment for the City of Los Angeles, Board Member of the Metropolitan Water District, Member of the California State Water Resources Control Board, Energy Advisor for California Governor Gray Davis, Deputy Secretary for Policy and Intergovernmental Relations at the California Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
and Senior Policy Advisor for the US EPA during the Clinton Administration. Sutley received her bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and her Master in Public Policy from Harvard University.