The Climate Jobs Advisory Council is charged with providing input to the Illinois Climate Jobs Institute regarding research priorities, work processes, and timeline for implementation. They will support the Institute’s core research priorities:
- Evaluate how workforce opportunities in the clean-energy industry can provide just transitions for displaced energy workers in the State.
- Identify opportunities to maximize job creation and workforce development in the State’s clean-energy industry, being particularly mindful of job creation and workforce development in historically underrepresented populations and environmental justice communities
- Recommend policies that will create high-quality family and community-sustaining jobs in the clean-energy economy.
- Develop strategies to address current and future supply chain vulnerabilities and challenges in the clean-energy manufacturing industry.
- Identify how to expand access to high-quality clean-energy jobs for environmental justice communities and other frontline communities that have faced historical inequities.
- Assess the types of support that local governments will need to develop their own community energy, climate, and jobs plans.
- Evaluate initiatives, including the Public Schools Carbon-Free Assessment program.
Meetings
Council Members
Members appointed to the Council serve 2-year terms and may be reappointed.
| Name | Organization, role | Appointed by | Representing |
| Wasiu Adesope | Blacks in Green, Sustainable Engineering Associate | Governor | Environmental Advocacy Organizations |
| Senyo Ador | Sesenergi Eco Solutions Enterprise LLC, Co-Founder | Governor | Renewable Energy Industry |
| Charles Bailey, Jr. | Southwestern Illinois Building & Construction Trades Council | Speaker of the House | |
| Richard Benton | Professor and Executive Director of the Climate Jobs Institute (Council Chair) | Statute | Climate Jobs Institute |
| Robert Bruno | Professor and Director of the Labor Education Program | Chancellor & Dean of the School of Labor and Employment Relations | |
| Jessica Collingsworth | Nexamp Central Policy Director | Governor | Renewable Energy Industry |
| Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado | Illinois House 3rd District | Speaker of the House | Illinois House Latino Caucus |
| Mark Denzler | Illinois Manufacturers Association, President and CEO | Minority Leader of the Senate | |
| Clint Drury | West Central Illinois Building and Construction Trades Council, Executive Director | Governor | Statewide Labor Organizations |
| Joseph Duffy | Climate Jobs Illinois Executive Director | Governor | Statewide Labor Organizations |
| Rep. Marcus Evans, Jr. | Illinois House 33rd District, Assistant Majority Leader | Speaker of the House | Illinois House Black Caucus |
| Jeffrey Ferry | Vistra, Senior Director of Government Affairs | Minority Leader of the House of Representatives | |
| Eliza Forsythe | School of Labor and Employment Relations, Professor | Chancellor & Dean of the School of Labor and Employment Relations | |
| Rep. Robyn Gabel | Illinois House, 18th District, Majority Leader | Speaker of the House | |
| Samira Hanessian | Illinois Environmental Council, Energy Policy Director | Governor | Environmental Advocacy Organizations |
| Robert Hattier | IBEW Renewable Energy Fund Executive Director | Governor | Statewide Labor Organizations |
| Darnell Johnson | Urban Efficiency Group, President | Governor | Renewable Energy Industry |
| Stephanie Taylor | Community Development Sustainable Solutions, Founder and CEO | Governor | Environmental Advocacy Organizations |
| Sen. Celina Villanueva | Illinois Senate, 11th District | President of the Senate | Senate Latino Caucus |
| Yiran Zhang | Service Employees International Union, Strategic Researcher | Governor | Statewide Labor Organizations |
| VACANT | President of the Senate | Senate Black Caucus | |
| VACANT | President of the Senate | ||
| VACANT | President of the Senate |