Jeremy Symons is a political strategist and expert on energy, the environment, and climate change. 

Jeremy helps philanthropies and non-profit-organizations deliver high-impact, pragmatic solutions to climate change and other threats to public health and the environment.
 
Jeremy has been called “the top political strategist for the influential conservationist lobby” by the media and “one of the most effective and innovative conservation advocates in the nation” by a former U.S. Senator. Jeremy is proud to have been included in Rolling Stone's 2017 feature on “Top Leaders of the Trump Resistance” for his work fighting Trump’s environmental rollbacks.
 
Jeremy is frequently consulted as an expert on energy and the environment by the media and has debated issues across a wide variety of news programming, including PBS News Hour, Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, CBS News, and other outlets. 
 
In the lead up to the 2020 elections, Jeremy co-founded and managed "The Climate 21 Project," which tapped 150 experts with high-level government experience, including nine former cabinet appointees, to develop a rapid start climate blueprint for the Biden administration after his election. The recommendations included agency-by-agency action plans as part of a “whole-of-government” approach to climate change that became the foundation of President Biden’s climate approach.

Previously, Jeremy served as Vice President of Political Affairs at Environmental Defense Fund, Deputy Democratic Staff Director for the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Senior Vice President at National Wildlife Federation, and Climate Advisor at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Jeremy also previously served on the Board of Directors of the BlueGreen Alliance Foundation and as co-chair of the Board of the US Climate Action Network.

Jeremy lives in Virginia.  He holds a master’s degree in Public Policy from Georgetown University and a BA in Environmental Studies from Brown University.