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Director, Climate Protection Partnerships Division
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Kathleen Hogan is the Director of the Climate Protection Partnerships Division of the US Environmental Protection Agency. There she manages most of the Agency’s industry partnership programs designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while saving businesses and consumers money, including the ENERGY STAR Program. She has been the Division Director since 1997.
ENERGY STAR was introduced by the US Environmental Protection Agency in 1992 as a voluntary labeling program designed to identify and promote energy-efficient products, in order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. EPA partnered with the US Department of Energy in 1996 to promote the ENERGY STAR label, with each agency taking responsibility for particular product categories. ENERGY STAR has expanded to cover new homes, most of the buildings sector, residential heating and cooling equipment, major appliances, office equipment, lighting, consumer electronics, and more product areas.
Prior to this responsibility, she managed a number of partnership programs designed to reduce emissions of the more potent greenhouse gases. She has developed and managed successful voluntary programs with the U.S. natural gas industry and the U.S. primary aluminum industry, as well as a joint effort with the Russian natural gas industry.
Hogan has been with the EPA for 13 years. Prior to EPA, she worked in consulting and for a water resources planning commission for the Potomac River. She received her doctorate in systems analysis and environmental engineering from John Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Bucknell University.
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