
Ben Grumbles is Executive Director of the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS). From 2015 to May 2022, he was Secretary of the Environment for Maryland, serving as Chair of the Governor’s Chesapeake Bay Cabinet and the Maryland Climate Change Commission and 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, U.S. EPA Assistant Administrator for Water, and Senior Staff and Counsel for the Transportation and Infrastructure and Science Committees in the U.S. Congress. He is an appointed advisor to the Division of Earth and Life Studies within the National Academies (Sciences, Engineering, Medicine) and a graduate of Wake Forest University, Emory University Law School (JD), and The George Washington University Law School (LLM).
Contact Information
- Email: bgrumbles@ecos.org
- Phone: 202-266-4929
Ben Works on These Subjects
Special Topics
- Cooperative Federalism
Committees
- Officers and Executive Committee