Virgil Welch

Virgil Welch is a Partner at Caliber Strategies, a leading California consulting firm that works with clean technology and policy innovators to achieve successful regulatory, administrative and market outcomes. He has worked at the forefront of California’s climate, air quality and clean energy programs for nearly two decades.

Mr. Welch served as a Governor’s appointee under three administrations as Special Counsel and Chief Advisor to California Air Resources Board Chair Mary D. Nichols. In his role at CARB he helped to lead the creation of multiple globally recognized programs to cut pollution and greenhouse emissions though deployment of clean technologies, including multiple sets of standards for cleaner light, medium and heavy-duty vehicles; an economy-wide cap-and-trade program; a Low Carbon Fuel Standard; a comprehensive set of programs to slash short-lived climate pollutants. Mr. Welch worked extensively with the thousands of professional scientists, engineers, lawyers and regulatory experts at CARB to devise and successfully implement policies and regulations grounded in data, science and economics. He led CARB efforts to engage with a broad range of stakeholders, businesses and state, local, federal and international governments

Virgil Welch served as a Partner at AJW, Inc., a public policy and business development firm for technology innovators where he worked with a range of clients to develop and implement strategies to deliver clean energy and technology solutions.

Mr. Welch served as an attorney and policy advocate at EDF where he helped lead the Environmental Defense Fund’s successful sponsorship of Assembly Bill 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006.