Ashleigh Ross

Deputy Director, Carbon Management Technologies
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

Ashleigh Ross is currently the Deputy Director of Carbon Management Technologies in the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management. Ashleigh brings 22 years of dedication to CCS across a broad range of areas, including strategy, technology, policy, economics, commercial and project development, and deep subsurface expertise. In 2023, she was appointed to the White House Council on Environmental Quality’s CCS Permitting Task Force. Prior to joining DOE, Ashleigh was leading Carbon America’s business development, policy, and advocacy efforts to ensure a robust, effective, and efficient landscape for CCS deployment. In previous roles, she was responsible for the development of BP’s CCUS strategy and portfolio and served as a CCS expert and reservoir engineer at ConocoPhillips. Ashleigh has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Oklahoma State University, a M.S. in Chemical Engineering, a M.S. in Technology and Policy from M.I.T. focused on techno-economic based deployment strategies for CCS, and an M.Phil. in Environmental Policy from the University of Cambridge where she was a Gates scholar.