Jordan Diamond serves as President of the Environmental Law Institute. Throughout her career, Jordan has focused on ensuring environmental governance is based on the best information available, developed through inclusive and transparent processes, and implemented through adaptive and accountable systems. Previously, Jordan was the Executive Director of UC Berkeley’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, a center that designs and develops pragmatic policy solutions to environmental and energy issues, where she helped launch initiatives including GrizzlyCorps and the California-China Climate Institute. Recognized for her work on marine policy, Jordan also co-directed the Law of the Sea Institute at UC Berkeley, and from 2018-2023 she served on the California Ocean Protection Council by appointment of former California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. Prior to Berkeley, Jordan was a Staff Attorney at ELI, where she worked on federal energy, disaster response and restoration, and Arctic policies.