Sharon E. Burke
President, Ecospherics
Honorable Sharon E. Burke is the Founder and President of Ecospherics, a consulting firm that focuses on climate change, energy, critical minerals, water, food security and national security. She is also the Co-Founder of the Ecosecurity Council, a non-profit organization that studies and advocates for better solutions to Earth systems stress. Throughout her career, Burke has worked to balance national security and environmental sustainability, with a focus on ideas that scale through public policy. She has been a leader at several civic organizations, including the Center for a New American Security and Amnesty International USA. Burke has also served in the U.S. government in Congress, the State Department, and the Pentagon, most recently as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy and part of the Biden-Harris Transition Team. Burke is originally from Los Angeles and lives in the Washington, D.C. area with her family.