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Steve Frenkel
Midwest Office DirectorExpertise
Clean Energy-PolicyGlobal Warming Policy
Profile
Steve
Frenkel is the Midwest office director for the Union of Concerned
Scientists (UCS). He manages programs and projects
aimed at addressing climate change and promoting clean energy
solutions. Mr. Frenkel oversees UCS's activities throughout the region,
including research, analysis, and policy advocacy work.
Prior to joining UCS, he served as the Midwest regional
director for Renewable Funding, LLC, which develops solutions for
renewable energy and energy efficiency financing. Mr. Frenkel also served as
the chief policy advisor at the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency where
he helped direct the state’s climate change policy and oversaw the agency’s
energy initiatives. Prior to joining Illinois EPA he served as the deputy chief
of staff in the Illinois Governor’s office where he directed the state’s
energy, environmental, and economic development policy. In this
position, Mr. Frenkel developed initiatives to boost energy
independence and address climate change, which included adoption of renewable
energy and energy efficiency standardsand securing landmark emissions
reductions from coal-fired power plants. Earlier in his career, Mr.
Frenkel worked as an awarding winning journalist at the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.
Mr. Frenkel earned a B.A. in urban studies at
Macalester College and a Master in public policy at the University of
California, Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy.
He has appeared on CLTV and
WGN’s “Midday News,” in Chicago, and been quoted in The New York Times and Chicago Tribune.
