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Chris Baird

Fellow since 2025

Degrees

JD, Duke University School of Law, MS, Western Washington University, AB, University of Chicago

Admissions

  • Washington

Professional Societies and Organizations

  • Clean Energy for Biden (Connecticut Co-Chair)
  • Resources for the Future (Trustee)
  • The Nature Conservancy of Connecticut (Trustee)
  • World Economic Forum (Forum Fellow)
  • Council on Foreign Relations (Member)
  • Journal of International Economic Law (Editor)

Other Environmental Career Experience

  • Director, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (1994-present)
  • Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (2011-2014)
  • Deputy Assistant Administrator for Policy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1991-1993)
  • Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1990-1991)
  • Special Assistant to EPA Administrator William Reilly, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1989-1990)