James L. Connaughton

Mr. Connaughton is Executive Vice President with C3 Energy, which offers big data energy analytics solutions to utilities and to oil and gas companies. Prior to joining C3 Energy, Mr. Connaughton served as Executive Vice President and Senior Policy Advisor of Exelon Corporation, and Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Public and Environmental Policy for Constellation Energy. From 2001 to 2009, Mr. Connaughton was Chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality. In this capacity, he served on President Bush’s staff as senior environment, energy and natural resources advisor and as director of the White House Office of Environmental Policy. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Yale University and a J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law.