Nat Keohane

Nathaniel O. "Nat" Keohane is an American environmental economist who is vice president for international climate at the Environmental Defense Fund. He previously was in academia at Yale University and served in the White House as special assistant to President Barack Obama.

Education
Keohane received a B.A. in Economics from Yale University in 1993. He went on to receive a Ph.D. in Political Economy and Government from Harvard University in 2001.

Public Service
Keohane served in the Obama Administration as Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment in the National Economic Council and Domestic Policy Council, where he helped to develop and coordinate administration policy on a wide range of energy and environmental issues.