Johnson Controls

VP and Chief Sustainability and External Affairs

Katie serves on the Executive Committee of Johnson Controls. With over 25 years of public and private sector experience, Katie is a recognized innovator in clean energy and environmental protection. Her public sector career includes serving as the first woman to chair the White House Council on Environmental Quality and as Deputy Assistant to President Clinton (1993-1998), as Pennsylvania Secretary of Environmental Protection (2003-2008), and as Chair of the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority (2004-2008). She currently serves on boards including the International Steering Committee of the World Sustainable Development Summit, the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, the Carnegie Mellon Scott Institute for Energy Innovation, the Energy Futures Initiative, and MN8 Energy (formerly Goldman Sachs Renewable Power). Katie was named “Woman of the Year” by the Women’s Council on Energy and the Environment, one of the Top 100 Women in Sustainability List by Sustainability Magazine, one of Constellation Research’s ESG 50, number one in Business Chief’s Sustainability Leadership, one of Women Inc Magazine’s Most Influential Women Executives in America.

Global Sustainability Director

Jenna directs enterprise-level sustainability programs, global sustainability reporting, thought leadership and stakeholder engagement. She led the climate-related risks and opportunities assessment with leaders around the company and the Sustainability Materiality Assessment. She is the president of the Global Sustainability Network, the company's sustainability business resource group with members from over 40 countries. She serves on the Global Sustainability Council, the LifeCycle Assessment Working Group, the Zero Landfill Certification review committee, the OpenBlue Healthy Planet Working Group, and the Company Purpose Working Group. She also works with communications to tell our sustainability stories, with finance on our sustainable finance agreements, and with teams around the company to ensure streamlined engagement across diverse business functions to deliver on the enterprise sustainability strategy. Before joining Johnson Controls, Jenna was the executive director of WasteCap. Her work included overseeing over $4 billion in construction and deconstruction reuse and recycling efforts – helping achieve WasteCap's vision to transform waste into resources. She helped develop WasteCapTRACE software and co-authored and taught WasteCap’s USGBC Education Provider Program, Construction Debris Recycling Training, which was featured at Greenbuild. Jenna was named “Recycler of the Year” by Associated Recyclers of WI and one of the Top Women in Solid Waste Management by WasteNews.

Senior Director, Federal Government Relations

Government relations professional with nearly 20 years of government, association and private sector experience and a unique background in energy, environment, homeland security, tax, trade, and technology policy.