Sasha Mackler

Advisory Board

Sasha Mackler is the Executive Director of the Energy Program at the Bipartisan Policy Center. Sasha’s leadership at BPC has helped influence and enact numerous federal energy and climate policies. He works closely with political leaders, policy experts, executives, and investors to navigate and shape the energy transition. Prior to BPC, Sasha worked for a decade on commercial project development, with a focus on carbon capture and bioenergy. Earlier in his career Sasha worked at the National Commission on Energy Policy, the Clean Air Markets Division of the U.S. EPA, and ARUP.

In 2023, Mackler was appointed to the White House Council on Environmental Quality’s Task Force to inform responsible development of Carbon Dioxide Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration on Federal Lands and the Outer Continental Shelf. Mackler serves on the Executive Committee of the Conservative Climate Foundation. He has testified on energy and carbon capture issues in the both the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. He is a frequent speaker on the energy transition and a regular contributor to the media.

Mackler holds both a Master of Science in Earth Resources Engineering and Master of Public Administration from Columbia University. He received his Bachelor of Science in Geomechanical Engineering from the University of Rochester.