Sherri Goodman is the Secretary General of the International Military Council on Climate & Security (IMCCS), representing over 40 military and national security organizations addressing the security risks of a changing climate. Sherri serves as Vice-Chair of the US Secretary of State’s International Security Advisory Board (ISAB). She is a Senior Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center’s Polar Institute and Environmental Change & Security Program, as well as a Senior Strategist at the Center for Climate & Security.

Sherri is the author of Threat Multiplier: Climate, Military Leadership, and the Fight for Global Security, coming in 2024. Sherri chairs the Board of the Council on Strategic Risks and chairs the External Advisory Board on Energy and Homeland Security for Sandia National Laboratories. She serves on the Climate Council of the US EXIM Bank and on the National Academies Advisory Board of the US Global Change Research Program. Sherri is a Board Director of the Atlantic Council and a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Sherri is the former President and CEO of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership. She served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of CNA (US Center for Naval Analyses). She is the founder and Executive Director of the CNA Military Advisory Board, whose landmark reports include National Security and the Threat of Climate Change (2007) and Advanced Energy and US National Security (2017). Sherri served as the first Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Environmental Security), (1993-2001), where she was responsible for environmental, energy, safety, and occupational health for the US Department of Defense. Sherri received EPA’s Climate Change Award and twice received the DOD medal for Distinguished Public Service. A graduate of Amherst College, she has degrees from Harvard Law School and Harvard Kennedy School.