Evan Carlson is a program officer for the Climate and Clean Energy program at the Heising-Simons Foundation. He has a wealth of experience developing and implementing climate and clean energy campaigns—engaging state and regional partners at the local level, coordinating national coalition partners to enact strategies around shared goals, and creating and executing communications plans to influence global climate diplomacy. Evan holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Bates College and a master’s degree in international communication from American University.