Laura Petes

Chief of Staff, Climate & Environment; Assistant Director for Climate Resilience at White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
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Experience

    • Chief of Staff, Climate & Environment; Assistant Director for Climate Resilience
      • Jun 2021 - Present

      • Build and sustain a strong team of climate and environmental professionals. • Lead the OSTP Climate Team and advance the Administration’s climate-resilience policies. • Build and sustain a strong team of climate and environmental professionals. • Lead the OSTP Climate Team and advance the Administration’s climate-resilience policies.

    • Manager, Coastal Communities Program
      • Jun 2017 - Present

      • Lead implementation of the National Coastal Zone Management Program, a voluntary partnership between the Federal Government and 34 coastal and Great Lakes states and U.S. territories to address the nation's most pressing coastal issues • Oversee a $77 million (annual) portfolio to support coastal states and territories in implementing their coastal management programs, and manage a team of 18 Federal and contract staff • Lead NOAA's programmatic execution of the National Coastal Resilience Fund, a $33 million (annual) partnership with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation that is supporting $140 million in coastal-resilience projects in 32 coastal states and territories.

    • Assistant Director for Climate Adaptation and Ecosystems
      • Jan 2014 - Jan 2017

      • Led the Office of Science & Technology Policy's Climate Resilience Team and engagement in the resilience portfolio under President Obama's Climate Action Plan • Created and led the White House Climate Education and Literacy Initiative, which engaged 20 organizations and hundreds of stakeholders, including students and educators • Advanced the development of numerous policies to enhance the resilience of natural resources, infrastructure, and communities in a changing climate • Led the Office of Science & Technology Policy's Climate Resilience Team and engagement in the resilience portfolio under President Obama's Climate Action Plan • Created and led the White House Climate Education and Literacy Initiative, which engaged 20 organizations and hundreds of stakeholders, including students and educators • Advanced the development of numerous policies to enhance the resilience of natural resources, infrastructure, and communities in a changing climate

    • Ecosystem Science Advisor
      • Sep 2011 - Jan 2017

      • Created new cross-NOAA partnerships, research programs, and funding announcementsassociated with climate impacts on coastal and marine ecosystems• Served as a coastal and marine ecosystem science and policy expert and representative to a diversity of agency and interagency climate change adaptation efforts• Served as a Lead Author on the Third U.S. National Climate Assessment

    • AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow
      • Sep 2009 - Aug 2011

      • Served as a member of the leadership team for the development and implementation of the U.S. Global Change Research Program’s Adaptation Science Workgroup • Assisted with the National Integrated Drought Information System's effort to establish an early-warning drought system for the U.S. Southeast

    • Postdoctoral Associate
      • Jun 2007 - Jul 2009

      • Managed field and laboratory studies on upstream drought effects on downstream oyster reefs, in partnership with a National Estuarine Research Reserve • Spearheaded an effort to pursue sustainable seafood certification for the Apalachicola oyster fishery; partnered with NGOs, local and state governments, and local businesses • Served as Head of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Franklin County Oyster & Seafood Industry Task Force • Managed field and laboratory studies on upstream drought effects on downstream oyster reefs, in partnership with a National Estuarine Research Reserve • Spearheaded an effort to pursue sustainable seafood certification for the Apalachicola oyster fishery; partnered with NGOs, local and state governments, and local businesses • Served as Head of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Franklin County Oyster & Seafood Industry Task Force

Education

  • Oregon State University
    Ph.D., Zoology/Marine Ecology
    2002 - 2007
  • Cornell University
    B.A., Biology
    1998 - 2002

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