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GLOBAL CLIMATE COALITION

Biographical Profile
John B. Shines
johr. B. Shlaes is the executive director of the Global Climate Coalition (GCC), with more
than 50 major corporations and trade org,znizations as members. GCC was formed to
coordinate the involvement of U.S. industry in the science and policy debates over global
climate change. Representing the GCC, Mr. Shins is a spokesman on issues related to
global climate change to a wide range of internadonal audiences, a negotiator on behalf of
business with the United Nations, serves as a resource for the media and policytnakas, and
headed a group of business leaders who pardzipated in the 1992 Earl Summit in Rio de
Janeiro.
For 13 years ;mix to joining GCC, Mr. Shlaes served as director of government relations
for the r141.nr. Elecn Institute.
There, he devised and ntaraaged imiustry-wide
goverr--ne=2.1, political, wiz:I:ion and grassroots prog...-ams in addition to servir.g as the utility
industry's representative and chief strategist with the Whitt House and Cabinet.
Mr. Shines held several al y posts in the White House under Presidents Nixon and Ford,
includIng staff assist-it to :he presi'—er.t. where he directed activities for 20 shlite House
Conferences on domestic. exmc.i..mic and regulaxry refc=; and dir=ior of corr.muricadons
To: the Office of Erargency Preezzedr.ess, where he se:Ned as a national spokesman and
liaison with Inducy du.-1ng the energy crisis of 1973. In that role, he received the federal
government's highest honor: the Dstinguished Service Award.
Other posts held oy Shies include rpecial assistant to the director of the Peace Corps,
cor.sultant to the director of the United Stes info:ma:ion Agency, and advisor to U.S.
delete:cns to two liriced\Nancris' conferenxs.
Mr. Shlaes has been Mvolved in a numb= of business, civic and charitable organzations
over the y.-z.-s and is the frinmer oresinert of the Natiorn: Energy Resource Orz2-'ntion
(NERO).
Mr. Shiers holds a bachelor's degree in bust:less from. the University of Southern .California,
and a mast's degree in international transactions from George Mason University.

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