Lee Beck

Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council, CCUS Policy Innovation Director, Clean Air Task Force

Lee Beck is CATF’s CCUS Policy Innovation Director. As part of our Decarbonized Fossil Energy team, Lee primarily works on our engagement on federal CCUS policy.

Lee comes to CATF from the Global CCS Institute where she served as a Senior Advisor, Advocacy and Communications, and was part of a global team focused on advocacy. While at the Institute, she has significantly increased their presence in policymaker education efforts on climate change, as well as the need for technology innovation and deployment. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center.

Previously, Lee worked for the Vermont Energy Investment Center as a PR Project Manager, and at Eni USA in their Washington DC International Relations Office on international affairs and government relations. She also worked for the EU delegation to the US as a trainee on transportation, energy, and environmental policy issues. Before working in the energy field, Lee was a journalist reporting for multiple outlets  from Germany, Italy, Tanzania and Hong Kong. She has a Master of Arts in International Affairs & Economics with majors in Energy, Resources & Environment and Political Economy from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Originally from Germany, she speaks German, French and Italian.