James Connaughton

James L.
Connaughton is currently the Director at National Aquarium, Inc., the Director at Resources for the Future, Inc., the Advisor at SHINE Technologies LLC, the Trustee at National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, the Advisor at Clearpath Foundation, Inc., the Advisor at X Development LLC, the Chairperson of the Board at Nautilus Data Technologies, Inc., and the Operating Partner at Commonweal Ventures Management LLC.
Previously, Mr. Connaughton served as the Chairman at Council on Environmental Quality from 2001 to 2009.
He then worked as the EVP-Corporate Affairs & Environmental Policy at Constellation Energy Group, Inc. from 2009 to 2012, and as the Executive Vice President at Exelon Corp.
from 2012 to 2013.
He also served as a Member-Governors Board at Argonne National Laboratory.
From 2013 to 2016, he was the Executive Vice President at C3.ai, Inc. Currently, he is an Advisor at the Center on Global Energy Policy, a position he has held since 2018.
Mr. Connaughton received his undergraduate degree from Yale University in 1983 and his graduate degree from Northwestern University School of Law in 1989.