Shannon Heyck-Williams

Senior Director
National Wildlife Federation

Shannon Heyck-Williams serves as the National Wildlife Federation’s lead climate and energy policy advisor, directing and representing the organization’s strategic priorities at the federal level as they relate to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting renewable energy. She joined NWF in November of 2015, having worked for nearly eight years performing government relations for The Pew Charitable Trusts on projects pertaining to clean energy, agricultural use of antibiotics, and other environmental and public health issues. Heyck-Williams also served as a deputy global warming campaign director for the National Environmental Trust, a research fellow at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, and a professional staff member focusing on climate change and air quality issues for former Chairman Jim Jeffords (I-VT) on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.