Eileen V. Quigley is the founding Executive Director of the Clean Energy Transition Institute. She spent seven years at Climate Solutions identifying transition pathways off fossil fuel to a low-carbon future in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho as Director of Strategic Innovation. She also built and led the New Energy Cities program, which partnered with 23 Northwest cities and counties to reduce carbon emissions.

Eileen also oversaw Sustainable Advanced Fuels, which worked to accelerate the development of advanced low-carbon fuels for aviation, marine, and fleets and the Northwest Biocarbon Initiative, which aimed to demonstrate the role that natural systems playin reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide. She is the author of numerous reports and publications on decarbonization strategies.

A seasoned manager of for-profit and nonprofit businesses, Eileen served as Executive Director of three Seattle-based nonprofit organizations for 12 years and ran RealNetworks’ Nonprofit Affairs Division for seven years, helping nonprofit organizations use the Internet for social change. She spent six years as a magazine and newspaper journalist in Washington, DC, and New York, NY, covering business and national politics, and three years editing a quarterly journal of public policy, economics, and culture for the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada. 

Since moving to the Northwest in 1988, Eileen has been a civic leader in the Puget Sound. She has been a member of numerous nonprofit boards and civic task forces, currently serving on the boards of Renewable Northwest, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, and Stockholm Environment Institute-US. Eileen received her Master of Science in Journalism from Columbia University in 1983 and her Bachelor of Arts in Literature from Yale University in 1980.