Chelsea Henderson is the author of GLACIAL: THE INSIDE STORY OF CLIMATE POLITICS, the first of its kind look back at the six decades since climate change was first elevated to a president’s attention as a global catastrophe in the making. With more than twenty-five years of experience striking bipartisan compromise on federal energy and environmental policy, Chelsea has worked on and off Capitol Hill with lawmakers, administration officials, and a broad array of stakeholders from the regulated community to environmentalists. She currently hosts the podcast the EcoRight Speaks and serves as the Director of Editorial Content for republicEn.org, a project of the GMU Center for Climate Change Communication, as well as freelancing on writing projects related to climate and clean energy.
Prior to her current gig, Chelsea was executive vice president at McBee Strategic Consulting, where she provided advocacy services to a diverse portfolio of Fortune 500 companies, innovative start-ups, non-profits and investors advancing new energy technologies. Previously she was a partner and senior associate for Vela Environmental where she advised clients on federal legislative and administrative efforts pertaining to energy policy and climate change.
Chelsea served as senior policy advisor for the late Senator John Warner during his effort to enact climate change legislation and served as professional staff to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, her tenure spanning the chairmanships of the esteemed late Senator John H. Chafee (R-RI) and former Senator Bob Smith (R-NH). In her free time, she serves on board of the Cheverly Community Market, a bimonthly seasonal farmer’s market; seeks out trails to take her new gravel bike on; and travels in pursuit of identifying her favorite wine region.
A graduate of Boston University’s College of Liberal Arts (B.A.) and School of Education (M.Ed.), she hails from Maine and resides with her two cats in Maryland, where she occasionally still feeds and gets visits from her two adult sons.