Rachel Fakhry

Rachel Fakhry leads and sets the strategic direction for NRDC’s advocacy around emerging technologies, including efforts to bolster federal investments in clean energy research, development, demonstration, and deployment (RDD&D), ensuring the responsible and climate-aligned deployment of renewable hydrogen, as well as developing and helping coordinate NRDC’s position and engagement on other emerging technologies that may be necessary to achieve net-zero emissions by mid-century. Fakhry also has expertise in energy and deep decarbonization modeling owing to her years as a senior analyst at NRDC. She holds a bachelor’s degree in civil and environmental engineering from the American University of Beirut and a master’s degree in management science and engineering from Stanford University. Fakhry is based in NRDC’s Washington, D.C., office.