Laura Petes
Chief of Staff, Climate & Environment; Assistant Director for Climate Resilience at White House Office of Science and Technology Policy- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chief of Staff, Climate & Environment; Assistant Director for Climate Resilience
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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.
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NOAA Office for Coastal Management
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Silver Spring, MD
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Manager, Coastal Communities Program
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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.
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White House Office of Science & Technology Policy
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Washington, DC
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Assistant Director for Climate Adaptation and Ecosystems
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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
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Ecosystem Science Advisor
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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
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AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow
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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
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Postdoctoral Associate
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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
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Education
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Oregon State University
Ph.D., Zoology/Marine Ecology -
Cornell University
B.A., Biology