Speaker Profile

Nicole Singh

Executive Director, RGGI

Nicole Singh serves as the Executive Director of RGGI, Inc. RGGI, Inc. is a non-profit corporation created to support the development and implementation of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). RGGI is the first market-based regulatory program in the United States to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. RGGI is a cooperative effort among the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont to cap and reduce power section CO2 emissions. Nicole joined RGGI, Inc. in 2009, previously serving as the Director of Program Implementation and Auction Program Manager.

Prior to joining RGGI, Inc., Nicole served as the Associate Director for the Environmental Bankers Association. In that position, Nicole served as the association’s expert on sustainability and environmental, social, governance (ESG) issues. Nicole’s efforts helped the association increase awareness of environmental risk management’s global role in promoting environmentally sound lending and fiduciary activities, sustainable development, and corporate social responsibility.

Nicole holds a B.A. in Government and Environmental Studies from Franklin & Marshall College and a M.P.A. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.