Nicholas Institute Staff

Todd Wooten
Todd Wooten, an expert on climate policy and carbon market design, has joined the staff of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University as director of the Southeast Climate Resources Center.

The Southeast Climate Resources Center was established at the Nicholas Institute this year. As its inaugural director, Wooten will work closely with Bill Holman, director of state policy, and other Nicholas Institute senior policy analysts and environmental economists, to provide timely analysis on climate legislation and policy to local and state government agencies throughout the region.

Wooten comes to Duke from Van Ness Feldman, an energy policy law firm based in Washington, D.C., where he served as senior director for governmental issues. Prior to that, for more than five years he was legislative counsel in the office of U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), where he analyzed policy on issues involving climate, energy, environmental issues, tax, transportation, judicial nominations, homeland security, intelligence, and armed services. He also served as an energy staffer for Lincoln on three Senate committees with biofuel jurisdiction: Agriculture, Energy & Natural Resources, and Finance.