2022 Ignatius Lectureship: Sherri Goodman

4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW,Washington DC 20016

12 April, 2022

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Hear from Sherri Goodman, the Secretary General of the International Military Council on Climate and Security. Dean Christine BN Chin invites students, alumni, and friends to attend the 2022 Nancy Weiser Ignatius Lecture on the Environment, featuring keynote remarks from Sherri Goodman, the Secretary General of the International Military Council on Climate and Security. After the lecture, Goodman will speak with SIS professor Robert Kelley, and an audience Q&A will follow the discussion. All in-person attendees must provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative PCR test taken no more than 72 hours before the event. Registrants will receive reminder emails containing the Zoom webinar link for this hybrid event. Sherri Goodman is an experienced leader, senior executive, lawyer, and director in the fields of national security, climate change, energy, science, oceans and environment. She is Secretary General of the International Military Council on Climate and Security, the global forum for military leaders and security professionals dedicated to addressing the security risks of a changing climate. She is a senior fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center and the senior strategist at the Center for Climate and Security. Previously, she served as the President and CEO of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership. She served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Center for Naval Analyses, where she was also the founder and executive director of their Military Advisory Board. Goodman served as the first Deputy Undersecretary of Defense (Environmental Security) from 1993-2001. As the chief environmental, safety, and occupational health officer for the Department of Defense, she oversaw an annual budget of more than $5 billion. She established the first environmental, safety and health performance metrics for the Department and, as the nation’s largest energy user, led its energy, environmental and natural resource conservation programs. Overseeing the President’s plan for revitalizing base closure communities, she ensured that 80% of base closure property became available for transfer and reuse. --- Goodman’s address marks the fifth Nancy Weiser Ignatius Lecture on the Environment at the School of International Service. These lectures feature senior policymakers and leaders in the nonprofit and private sectors who are working tirelessly to improve the environment around the world. The Nancy Weiser Ignatius Lectureship on the Environment honors the work of SIS alumna Nancy Weiser Ignatius, SIS/MA '69, an activist who championed environmental causes long before they became mainstream practices. More than four decades ago, Ignatius co­founded Concern Inc., an all-female volunteer organization that informed and empowered consumers, mostly female home-makers, to demand sustainable options for everyday goods. Concern leveraged consumer power to pressure manufacturers to develop product containers that were less harmful to the environment. Following her success at Concern, Inc., Ignatius began work at the Department of Energy and launched the first solar energy exhibit in 1976 on a section of the National Mall. Later, Ignatius worked for the Environmental Protection Agency. The Ignatius family has long been active in Washington. Paul Robert Ignatius, husband of Nancy Weiser Ignatius, served as Secretary of the Navy, Assistant Secretary of Defense, and president of The Washington Post. The Ignatius family continues to champion environmental causes. Through their generosity, the annual Nancy Weiser Ignatius Lecture on the Environment continues to engage SIS community members with the core environmental challenges facing the world today.