Benjamin Deangelo

Background

About Benjamin Deangelo

Benjamin DeAngelo is the first Director of the Office of Climate Adaptation and Sustainability at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This office leads EPA’s efforts on resilience and operates the Smart Sectors program. From 2017 to late 2024, Ben was the Deputy Director of the Climate Program Office in the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), helping to lead that office’s work to support foundational climate research and regionally-based adaptation programs. He also initiated a first-of-its-kind partnership between NOAA and the American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE). From 2021-2023 he served as the Chair of the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP), a working group under the Arctic Council. Ben also served as the Deputy Executive Director of the U.S. Global Change Research Program and Senior Advisor for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. He helped lead the 4th U.S. National Climate Assessment (2018). Ben served in the EPA previously where he was a Senior Analyst for climate science and policy. He is an author or editor on over 25 publications covering climate impact assessments, black carbon emissions, greenhouse gas mitigation, and Arctic trends. DeAngelo received his bachelor’s at Pennsylvania State University, master’s in geography at the University of Toronto, and was a Fulbright Scholar in Germany. In 2022, DeAngelo was named by Penn State’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences as one of its 125th Anniversary Fellows.