Nicholas Institute Board of Advisors

Fred Krupp
In his 24 years at the helm of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Fred Krupp has overseen the growth of EDF from a small nonprofit into a recognized worldwide leader in the environmental movement.

Krupp is widely recognized as the foremost champion of harnessing market forces for environmental ends, such as the market-based acid rain reduction plan in the 1990 Clean Air Act that The Economist hailed as “the greatest green success story of the past decade.” Today, this approach has become the leading model for solving the problem of global warming.

He has broken new ground with strategic corporate partnerships resulting in the elimination of millions of pounds of waste, the adoption of hybrid delivery vehicles, and an accord to reduce the environmental risks of nanotechnology. He also helped launch the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, whose Fortune 500 members have called for strict limits on global warming pollution. The New York Times says, “Krupp has made a career of successfully pushing companies to make tough environmental changes.” (Environmental Defense Fund accepts no payments or contributions from its partners.)

Krupp is co-author, with Miriam Horn, of New York Times best-seller, Earth: The Sequel – The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming. Educated at Yale and the University of Michigan Law School, Krupp was among 16 people named as “America’s Best Leaders” by U.S. News and World Report in 2007.