Jonathan Lash

Jonathan Lash serves as president of the World Resources Institute in Washington, D.C., and is a leading figure and influential voice in the U.S. and international environmental community.

Jonathan Lash serves as president of the World Resources Institute in Washington, D.C., and is a leading figure and influential voice in the U.S. and international environmental community. In 2005, he was named one of the world’s Top 100 Most Influential People in Finance in Treasury & Risk Management magazine.  The same year Rolling Stone included him among “Twenty-five leaders who are fighting to stave off planet-wide catastrophe.” A former co-chair of President Clinton’s Council on Sustainable Development, Secretary of Natural Resources for the State of Vermont, Federal Prosecutor, law professor, and Peace Corps volunteer, he serves on the Advisory Board of Generation Investment Management, the Board of Directors of the Avina Foundation, and the Advisory Council of Viva Trust.