Caroline Normile, PhD

Dr. Caroline Normile leads Carbon Direct’s portfolio diligence, drawing on her deep technical expertise in earth system and carbon cycle sciences as well as her knowledge of evolving climate policies, standards, and regulatory frameworks. 

At Carbon Direct, she brings to bear her experience advancing coordinated federal carbon management, accounting, and removal—efforts she spearheaded while serving in previous roles with the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) Energy Program and as a Congressional Science Fellow in the U.S. Senate. While at BPC, she stewarded a bipartisan U.S. federal climate policy agenda that encompassed solutions for climate mitigation and resilience across industrial, power, agricultural, and forestry sectors. She also provided timely scientific guidance on program implementation to expert staff in the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, and Energy. Earlier, as a Principal Air Quality Specialist with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD), Dr. Normile guided implementation of the Community Air Protection Program established by CA Assembly Bill 617, with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, criteria air pollutants, and toxic air contaminants. 

Dr. Normile completed her PhD as a NASA Earth and Space Science Graduate Fellow at Penn State University. Her doctoral research focused on assessing land-atmosphere carbon exchange across North American terrestrial ecosystems. She also holds a Master’s degree in Atmospheric Chemistry from Penn State and a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Sciences from the University of Virginia.