Becky Kelley

Executive Director

Becky became CETI's Executive Director in August 2026.

Becky is a respected clean energy and climate policy expert, strategist, and collaborative leader. From 2021 to 2025, she served as Senior Climate Advisor to Governor Jay Inslee of Washington, leading policy, budget, and coalition work on this priority issue for the Governor. In that role, Becky led the Governor’s efforts to pass 2021’s groundbreaking climate legislation, the Climate Commitment Act (CCA) and the Clean Fuel Standard. She supported implementation of the CCA and led legislative efforts to strengthen tribal consultation, improve the state’s clean energy siting processes, and expand clean energy workforce development. She also supported the Governor’s climate efforts regionally, nationally, and internationally, including through the Pacific Coast Collaborative, America Is All In, and US Climate Alliance coalitions. 

Becky is the former president of the Washington Environmental Council (now Washington Conservation Action) where she worked for over two decades, leading the organization’s climate and clean energy policy efforts and many environmental advocacy campaigns and coalitions. Most recently, she consulted for the NW Energy Coalition on data center policy. Becky received her B.A. in International Studies from the Robert D. Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon.

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