John DeVillars is a clean energy and environmental professional with substantial public and private sector leadership experience. John’s public service career includes serving as Secretary of the Environment for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Chair of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority and Chief of Operations for Governor Michael Dukakis. He was appointed New England Administrator of the United States EPA by President Clinton in 1993 and served until 2000.

His private sector career includes founding and leading the Environmental Management practice for the national accounting firm Coopers and Lybrand (PWC), serving as Executive Vice President of Brownfields Recovery Corporation, and as lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Mr. DeVillars serves on numerous public and private company and non-profit boards including the New England Clean Energy Council, the Acadia Center, the Massachusetts Environmental Trust and The Trustees of Reservations. Mr. DeVillars earned his MPA degree from Harvard University and his BA from the University of Pennsylvania.