Ben Grumbles is Executive Director of the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS). Prior to his appointment in 2022, he served as an officer and active member of the association for almost a decade. From 2015 to May 2022, he was Secretary of the Environment for Maryland, Chair of the Governor’s Chesapeake Bay Cabinet and the Maryland Climate Change Commission, and an Executive Committee Member of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Ben has also served as President of the US Water Alliance, Director of Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, and U.S. EPA Assistant Administrator for Water and Acting Associate Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations. Previously he was Senior Staff and Counsel for the Transportation and Infrastructure and Science Committees in Congress. In addition, he was an appointed advisor to the Division of Earth & Life Studies within the National Academies (Sciences, Engineering, Medicine) and an adjunct faculty member at the George Washington University (GWU) Law School. Currently he is a member of the adjunct faculty of American University’s Kogod School of Business, specializing in water, energy, and sustainability. He is a graduate of Wake Forest University, Emory University Law School (JD), and GWU Law School (LL.M).
Contact Information
- Email: bgrumbles@ecos.org
- Phone: 202-266-4929
Ben Works on These Subjects
Special Topics
- Cooperative Federalism
Committees
- Officers and Executive Committee
