RELEASE: Breakthrough Institute Hires Marc Levitt, Former Senior Advisor to the EPA

We are pleased to announce that Marc Levitt has joined the Breakthrough Institute to lead our work to reform environmental review and permitting. As Director of Environmental Regulatory Reform, Marc will guide our efforts to modernize the regulatory systems that govern environmental oversight, infrastructure permitting, forestry and land use, and clean energy development.

Marc brings two decades of experience. Most recently, Marc served in senior roles in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where he helped implement landmark provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act, including clean energy tax credits, the Methane Emissions Reduction Program, and the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants.

Prior to his time at the EPA, Marc worked as an attorney, professor, and advisor to both the 2008 Barack Obama and 2016 Bernie Sanders presidential campaigns.

In addition to Marc’s varied experiences, he brings a deep expertise in statutory interpretation and environmental law that he can use to advance key debates in the environmental regulatory arena. At Breakthrough he will work to drive reform of the National Environmental Policy Act and other statutory authorities that can stand in the way of needed clean energy, transmission, and forestry projects.

“We are more than excited to have Marc join our team,” said Alex Trembath, Breakthrough’s Deputy Director. “In a post-IRA, post-inflation world, regulatory reform is at the cutting edge of infrastructure, economic, and environmental policy. Marc knows the laws, policy, and institutions from the inside out and will be a tremendous asset to Breakthrough and to the broader abundance community in advancing meaningful reform.”

Marc holds a J.D. from Georgetown University and a B.A. from Brown University, and is a Fulbright scholar. Marc will be joining our office in Washington, D.C., where he currently resides.