Melissa Hulting is the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions ‘(C2ES) Director for Industrial Decarbonization. She leads C2ES’ work to support industry efforts to decarbonize through the Renewable Thermal Collaborative, particularly on state and federal policy and industrial electrification. She also helps facilitate industry-informed federal policy through the Clean Industrial Technology Campaign, a partnership with ClearPath and Clean Air Task Force.

Prior to C2ES, Ms. Hulting spent over 20 years in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regional office in Chicago, where she worked on a variety of topics including Great Lakes issues, climate mitigation and adaptation, indoor air quality, air toxics, and environmental justice. Her interest in industrial decarbonization grew out of working with manufacturers to improve their energy efficiency through ENERGY STAR’s industrial program. She also supported EPA’s implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, particularly the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) program, including leading grantee support on addressing emissions from industry.

Ms. Hulting has a B.S. in Biology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an M.S. in Environmental Management and Policy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She also serves as a commissioner on her local park district board.