Sherri Goodman has been a leader in environmental, energy, and climate security since she served as the first Deputy Undersecretary of Defense (Environmental Security). Today, she is Secretary General of the International Military Council on Climate & Security and a Senior Fellow at the Wilson Center.

She is credited with educating a generation of US military and government officials about the nexus between climate change and national security, using her famous coinage, “threat multiplier,” to fundamentally reshape this field. She is the founder and former Executive Director of the CNA Military Advisory Board and chairs the Board of the Council on Strategic Risks, which includes the Center for Climate & Security.

Sherri has twice received the Department of Defense Distinguished Service Award. She has also received the Gold Medal Award from the National Defense Industrial Organization, and the Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Change Award.  She has received an Honorary Doctorate from Amherst College.

She has testified before numerous Congressional committees and has shared her voice through outlets such as CNN, BBC, NPR, CBS, the New York Times, Washington Post, Politico, Foreign Policy, and NATO Review, among many others. She has taught classes and given lectures at numerous universities and has appeared in several films about climate change, including The Age of Consequences, Journey to Planet Earth, Carbon Nation, and From Paris to Pittsburgh.

Sherri has degrees from Harvard Law School, Harvard Kennedy School, and Amherst College.