Beth Card, Esq.

Beth served as Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, acting as the Governor’s chief adviser on energy and environmental policy. In this role, she directed efforts to protect, preserve, and enhance the Commonwealth’s environmental resources while advancing a clean energy future for Massachusetts residents. She oversaw the work of the state’s environmental, natural resources, and energy regulatory agencies and led the development of major policy and legislative initiatives, budget strategies, and implementation plans. She also served as the administration’s primary spokesperson on energy and environmental issues.

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During her tenure, Beth focused on advancing large-scale investments in environmental infrastructure through the American Rescue Plan Act and on implementing the administration’s comprehensive climate change law. She played a central role in establishing the Commonwealth’s approach to investing in water and sewer systems, environmental infrastructure, and state parks. She and her team successfully permitted two offshore wind projects, balancing the urgent need for renewable energy development with careful mitigation of impacts on the commercial fishing industry. She also advised on and supported the implementation of the Commonwealth’s environmental justice initiatives.

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Beth served as Chair of the Boards of Directors for both the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center. In these roles, she engaged extensively with federal partners, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, on regulatory matters and funding critical to Commonwealth programs.

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Prior to serving as Secretary, Beth was Director of Environmental and Regulatory Affairs at the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, where she developed and oversaw environmental policies for an authority providing water and sewer services to 3.1 million people and more than 5,500 large industrial users across 61 metropolitan Boston communities. She also served as Deputy Commissioner for Policy and Planning and Assistant Commissioner in the Bureau of Water Resources at the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. In those roles, she managed programs overseeing water and air resources and waste management, and was instrumental in implementing the Global Warming Solutions Act, the Lead in Schools initiative, wastewater planning on Cape Cod, and revisions to the Water Management Act.