Lawrence H. Linden

LAWRENCE H. LINDEN is the founding trustee of the Linden Trust for Conservation (LTC; now known as Advocates for Climate Innovation), which, since 2014, has successfully sought Federal policies to support the advancement of technologies crucial to the climate problem but which have been undervalued. Two active efforts are continuing, in support of next generation geothermal power, and of carbon dioxide removal. Founded in 2006, LTC focused initially on forest conservation, where LTC developed the concept and the first instances of what is now known as Project Finance for Permanence, currently carried forward by the Enduring Earth collaboration. In 2008, Larry retired after 16 years at Goldman Sachs, where he was a partner and a leader of the firm’s global expansion. He joined Goldman from McKinsey, where he also was a partner, focusing on the industrial, technology, and financial sectors. Earlier, he was a member of the White House Staff developing technology and regulatory policy for the energy and transportation sectors. In the not-for-profit world, Larry is a former board chair of the World Wildlife Fund and of Resources for the Future, and a board member of the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Education Fund (LCV’s public charity arm). In the for-profit sector, he was until recently a member of the board of directors of TIAA. He received a BSE from Princeton University and an SM and PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.