Rhea Suh is a former government official who served as Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget of the United States Department of the Interior from 2009 to 2014 and president of the Natural Resources Defense Council from 2015 to 2019.
[1] She then worked at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, where she led the effort to create the Great Bear Rainforest and spearheaded conservation and clean energy initiatives.
[1] On March 25, 2009, she was nominated by President Barack Obama for the position of Assistant Secretary for Policy Management and Budget at the United States Department of the Interior.
[13][14] After she resigned from her post in 2014, Suh became the third president of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), replacing Frances Beinecke.
[1] Under her leadership, the NRDC helped steer high-level talks leading up to the Paris Agreement, championed a settlement for the residents of Flint, Michigan,[6] and was a partner for the Women's March on Washington.