Nicholas Institute Board of Advisors

Fred Krupp
Fred Krupp has been president of Environmental Defense since 1984. He has been influential in developing many innovative market-based solutions, including the acid rain reduction plan in the 1990 Clean Air Act, and the U.S. proposal to achieve least-cost greenhouse gas reductions in the Kyoto Protocol. Krupp serves on the board of the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, the Kennedy School Environment Council and the Leadership Council of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He has served on the President’s Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiations for Presidents Bill Clinton George W. Bush. He is the recipient of the 1999 Keystone Leadership in Environment Award, and the 2002 Champion Award from the Women’s Council on Energy and the Environment.