Allison Crimmins is an American climate scientist and the director of the National Climate Assessment in the United States since 2021.
[1] She was appointed by President Joe Biden, and replaced Trump appointee Betsy Weatherhead.
[2][3] She has a master of science in oceanography from San Francisco State University and a master in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, and worked with the U.S.
Global Change Research Program in 2016.
She currently works for the Environmental Protection Agency.