Stephen Seidel

Vice President for Policy Analysis and General Counsel

Stephen Seidel is the Vice President for Policy Analysis and General Counsel at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. He directs the domestic analysis program, including coordination and oversight of analyses, reports and workshops that focus on the climate policy initiatives of the legislative and executive branches of the federal government.  He also oversees the Pew Center’s science and environmental impacts portfolio and, in capacity of General Counsel, reviews Pew Center contracts.

Mr. Seidel has over 20 years of experience working on global environmental issues.  Prior to joining Pew Center, Mr. Seidel managed EPA’s Stratospheric Protection program including the development and implementation of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and the regulatory and voluntary partnership programs developed under Title VI of the Clean Air Act.   Mr. Seidel also served as a Senior Analyst at Council on Environmental Quality and the White House Climate Change Task Force. Under the auspices of the International Civil Aviation Organization, he co-chaired a multinational working group on market-based measures to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

Mr. Seidel has a degree in Economics and Urban Studies from Columbia University and a law degree and Masters in City Planning from Rutgers University.