Founder & CEO

Kerry C. Duggan is a CEO, sustainability expert, corporate board director, angel investor, faculty member, public speaker, executive producer, national political advisor and the former climate advisor to President Joe Biden. In 2017, she founded SustainabiliD, a strategic advisory firm, providing coaching and consulting services to CEOs, C-Suites, and innovative climate tech entrepreneurs with a mission to equitably solve the climate crisis.

At present, Duggan serves on several 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 University of Michigan’s (U-M) 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; was on Governor Whitmer’s Growth Council; was on the Biden-Harris Transition Team for the Department of Energy (DOE) Agency Review Team; served as a surrogate for the Biden Campaign, was appointed to the Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force on climate; held roles in the Obama-Biden Administration, including as climate policy 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, 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.