Jainey Bavishi is a climate resilience expert with a track record of leadership across federal, local, and nonprofit sectors.
She most recently served as the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Deputy Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, guiding national efforts on climate resilience, marine conservation, and the implementation of major federal investments under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act.
Previously, she directed the NYC Mayor’s Office of Climate Resiliency and served in the Obama White House as Associate Director for Climate Preparedness. Earlier in her career, she led initiatives on disaster risk reduction in the Asia Pacific and supported equitable recovery efforts in the Gulf Coast.
Bavishi holds a master’s in city planning from MIT and a bachelor’s in public policy and cultural anthropology from Duke University.