James L. Connaughton
| James L. Connaughton | |
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| Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality | |
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In office June 18, 2001 – January 20, 2009 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | George Frampton |
| Succeeded by | Nancy Sutley |
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| Born |
James Laurence Connaughton May 1961 (age 55) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater |
Yale University (BA) Northwestern University (JD) |
James Laurence Connaughton (born May 1961) is an American energy industry lawyer and the former George W. Bush administration environmental adviser. Connaughton served as chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality and Director of the White House Office of Environmental Policy from 2001 to 2009.
Connaughton is currently the President and CEO of Nautilus Data Technologies, the first company to deploy a waterborne data center.
Connaughton earned his Bachelor's Degree from Yale University, where he was a member of The Society of Orpheus and Bacchus, one of Yale's undergraduate a cappella groups, and a regular performer and producer in musical theater. In his senior year, Connaughton was selected for the senior society Scroll and Key and became a member of the Whiffenpoofs, the world-renowned, senior men's singing group. In 1989, he graduated second in his class, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, from the Northwestern University School of Law. At Northwestern, he was an Austin Scholar and served as Coordinating Articles Editor of the Northwestern University Law Review. Following Law School, he clerked for U.S. District Court Judge Marvin Aspen in the Northern District of Illinois.
Prior to joining the Bush Administration, Connaughton was a partner in the law firm Sidley Austin, in its Environmental Practice Group, dealing with corporate environmental compliance. From 1993 until 2001, Connaughton served as one of the lead U.S. negotiators of the ISO 14000 series of international environmental management and performance consensus standards, including standards on environmental labeling. Connaughton also worked with officials from U.S. EPA, California EPA, and the Environmental Law Institute to help form the Multi-State Work Group on Environmental Management Systems ("MSWG").
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