Alice Hill is the David M. Rubenstein senior fellow for energy and the environment at the Council on Foreign Relations. Her work at CFR focuses on the risks, consequences, and responses associated with climate change. Hill’s experience spans service in the White House, the Department of Homeland Security, the California judiciary, and the Department of Justice.
During the Obama administration, Hill served as special assistant to the President and senior director for resilience policy on the National Security Council where she developed national policy to build resilience to catastrophic risks. Prior to joining the White House, Hill served as senior counselor to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. She led creation of both the department’s first-ever climate adaptation plan and the internationally recognized anti-human trafficking initiative, the Blue Campaign.
Hill is the author of The Fight for Climate After COVID-19 and co-author of Building a Resilient Tomorrow. Numerous publications have featured her work, including Axios, CNN, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Nature, Lawfare, and US News and World Reports. Yale University and the Op-Ed Project awarded her the Public Voices Fellowship on the Climate Crisis. She has made numerous TV and radio appearances as a climate expert, including on CBS, NBC, NPR, MSNBC, PBS Newshour, and the Washington Post.
Earlier in her career, Hill served as supervising judge on both the superior and municipal courts in Los Angeles and as chief of the white-collar crime prosecution unit in the Los Angeles U.S. Attorney’s office.
Hill serves on the boards of Munich Re North America and the Environmental Defense Fund. She also serves on the advisory boards of the Center for Climate and Security, Climate Crisis Advisory Group, Insurance for Good, International Military Council on Climate and Security, One Concern, National Park Conservation Association, Project CASA, and University of Washington Climate Risk Lab.
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