Seminar Moderator David Monsma

David Monsma is executive director of the Aspen Institute's Energy and Environment Program, which includes the Catto Fellowship Program, the Aspen Environment Forum, the Aspen Energy Policy Forum, and the Aspen Commission on Arctic Climate Change. David has over 15 years of experience in environmental law and policy. Immediately prior to joining the Aspen Institute, he taught law and ethics at Loyola College in Maryland where he authored several law review articles.  Previous to that, David served as director of business and environment at Business for Social Responsibility in San Francisco; task force coordinator for the President's Council on Sustainable Development under President Clinton; and project director of the Campaign for Cleaner Corporations at the Council on Economic Priorities in New York City. David began his legal career as a program attorney at the United States Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C.