Armond Cohen

Armond Cohen is a co-chair of NSI’s steering committee and the founder and executive director of Clean Air Task Force (CATF), a global environmental organization working to manage climate change by catalyzing the advancement of low-emissions energy and other climate-protecting solutions, which he has led since its formation in 1996. Cohen leads CATF projects focusing on low carbon technology commercialization. Prior to his work with CATF, Cohen founded and led the Conservation Law Foundation’s Energy Project starting in 1983. From 1982 to 1983, he served as judicial clerk for the late Harlington Wood, Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Cohen writes, speaks, and testifies frequently on energy systems and climate. He is a board member of the California Foundation on the Economy and the Environment, and the founder of the Nuclear Innovation Alliance on whose board he sits, and a member of the advisory board of Columbia University’s Center for Radiological Research and the Bank of America’s National Community Advisory Council. Cohen is a recipient of the Rose-Walters Prize honoring his multi-decade career in environmental protection.

Cohen is an honors graduate of Brown University and Harvard Law School.