Ralph Cavanagh
Ralph Cavanagh is a senior attorney and co-director of Natural Resources Defense Council's energy program.[1] Cavanagh has been with the NRDC since 1979 and was on the Secretary of Energy Advisory board from 1993 to 2003. Cavanagh has served as visiting professor at both Stanford University and UC Berkeley.[2]
Cavanagh has won multiple awards, including the 3rd Annual Heinz Award for Public Policy in 1997, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ Mary Kilmarx Award, the Yale Law School's Preiskel-Silverman Fellowship, the NW Energy Coalition's Headwaters Award, and the Bonneville Power Administration's Award for Exceptional Public Service.[3]
Cavanagh graduated from Yale College, where he was a member of the Yale debate team, and the Yale Law School. He was married to Deborah Rhode (1952–2021), MacFarland Professor of Law at Stanford Law School.[3]
References
- Kate Galbraith. A New Energy Regulator Takes the Helm Archived 2009-01-31 at the Wayback Machine The New York Times, January 26, 2009.
- "Ralph Cavanagh receives the Heinz Award". Archived from the original on 2009-12-15. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- Ralph Cavanagh Archived 2009-08-24 at the Wayback Machine