John Mizroch

John Mizroch joined the Department of Energy from his previous position
as President and CEO of the World Environment Center (WEC). At the WEC,
he worked to advance sustainable development by encouraging
environmental leadership, helping improve health and safety practices
worldwide, and fostering the efficient use of natural resources to
protect the global environment.

Prior to leading the WEC,
Mizroch promoted environmental technology transfer and investment in
the developing world including Latin America, Asia, and Eastern Europe.
Mizroch has also been a member of the Trade and Environmental Policy
Advisory Committee at the U.S. Trade Representative's Office and also
served on the Cleaner Fossil Fuel Systems Advisory Committee of the
World Energy Council.

Mizroch, an attorney, has served as a
Foreign Service officer in South Africa, a senior official at the U.S.
Department of Commerce in the Reagan and Bush administrations, and as a
senior advisor to the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress.

He
received undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of
Virginia and a law degree from The College of William and Mary in
Williamsburg, Virginia.