Debbie Reed

Debbie is the Executive Director and a founding member of the International Biochar Initiative (IBI).  IBI supports the research, demonstration, and deployment of sustainable biochar production and utilization systems to combat climate change and enhance the global soil resource.

She is also the Executive Director of the U.S.-based Coalition on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (C-AGG), a multi-stakeholder forum focused on incentivizing agricultural sector mitigation of greenhouse gases and enhanced sustainability.

Debbie owns and operates DRD Associates, a consulting business providing strategic and policy support on agricultural sustainability and climate mitigation policies and strategies at state, federal, and international levels.

Debbie previously worked for President Bill Clinton at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, Climate Change Task Force as the Director of Legislative Affairs and Agricultural Policy; and in the United States Senate, as a Senior Staff on natural resource and agricultural issues for U.S. Senator Bob Kerry (D-NE).  Prior to that, she worked at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in various policy positions.  She has been a delegate to 9 conferences of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), beginning with the 1997 negotiations in Kyoto, Japan.  She has graduate degrees in human nutrition, chemistry, and communications.