Brenda Mallory (public official)
Brenda Mallory | |
|---|---|
| Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality | |
| In office April 14, 2021 – January 20, 2025 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Mary Neumayr |
| Succeeded by | Katherine Scarlett (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 14, 1957 Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Education | Yale University (BA) Columbia University (JD) |
Brenda Mallory (born September 14, 1957) is an American lawyer specializing in environmental law who served as the chair of the Council on Environmental Quality in the Biden administration from 2021 to 2025. She previously served as director of regulatory policy at the Southern Environmental Law Center, and helped lead the Climate 21 Project.
Mallory served as acting general counsel for the Council on Environmental Quality in the Obama administration from January 4, 2013 to August 6, 2013 between Scott Fulton and Avi Garbow.