Caroline Keicher (she/her)

Caroline Keicher works to advance equity-centered solutions at the intersections of climate action, building decarbonization, housing justice, and community resilience. She has more than twenty years of experience in environmental advocacy and policy development across all levels of U.S. government, with over a decade focused on climate and buildings initiatives at the local and city levels. At NRDC, Keicher has supported city leaders, community partners, and local stakeholders in collaboration on ambitious and equitable building decarbonization and energy efficiency initiatives through city climate accelerators like the American Cities Climate Challenge and the City Energy Project, and most recently on the Bloomberg American Sustainable Cities project. She joined NRDC after nine years with the Institute for Market Transformation, where she worked to advance building decarbonization as a critical component of city and county climate goals. Earlier in her career, Keicher worked on federal climate and transportation policy at the Sierra Club before earning her master of science degree in climate change and sustainable development from De Montfort University in Leicester, U.K. She also previously worked for the Marine Fish Conservation Network, where she organized South Atlantic support for stronger fishery management practices. Keicher holds a dual bachelor of science degree in environmental science and zoology from the University of Florida and is a graduate of the Green Corps Field School for Environmental Organizing. A native of Durham, North Carolina, she is currently based in West Virginia.