Michael Catanzaro

Throughout his career, Michael Catanzaro has served in several senior energy and environmental policy positions in the federal government, including the House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, the EPA, and the White House. From 2017-2018, Catanzaro served as special assistant to the president for domestic energy and environmental policy at the White House National Economic Council. In that role, he helped craft energy and environmental policy at multiple agencies and advised the president on the administration’s major policy decisions in that space. He previously served on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and on the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign as a top adviser on energy and environmental policy. He was associate director for policy in the White House Council on Environmental Quality and associate deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under former President George W. Bush. He also served as a senior adviser to then-Speaker John Boehner on energy and environmental policy. Now in the private sector, Catanzaro is a partner at CGCN Group, a policy consulting and public affairs firm based in Washington, D.C. Catanzaro received his B.A. from Fordham University in political science and philosophy and an M.A. in government from John Hopkins University.
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Energy Emergency: Interpreting Executive Orders on Energy and Climate
Event — January 28, 2025
The Transition: Deregulation, DOGE, and Permitting Reform
Podcast Episode by Joseph Majkut, Quill Robinson, Michael Catanzaro, and Josh Siegel — December 12, 2024

U.S. LNG Exports: DOE and FERC Roles and Boundaries
Commentary by Kevin Book, Ben Cahill, Michael Catanzaro, and Kyle Danish — March 15, 2024
Permitting Reform in the Debt Ceiling Bill: A First Step, with More to Come
Commentary by Michael Catanzaro — June 7, 2023
Energy Experts React: 2020 U.S. Election
Commentary by Morgan Bazilian, Ben Cahill, Ethan Zindler, Michael Catanzaro, Lachlan Carey, and Rachel Posner Ross — November 16, 2020