{{Infobox person | name = Kalee Kreider | native_name = Amy Kalee Kreider | birth_date = 1971 | education = History | alma_mater = [[Rollins College]] (BS) | employer = [[National Geographic Society]] <br> [[Al Gore]]'s Office <br> [[Fenton Communications]] }}
'''Kalee Kreider''' (born 1971) is an American public affairs and environmental adviser. She is President of Ridgely Walsh, a boutique public affairs agency based in Washington, D.C. She was the Chief of Content at The National Geographic Society. She was the former environmental adviser and spokesperson for [[Al Gore]]. In this role, she helped develop the materials for ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]]''. She is a senior adviser for the [[United Nations Foundation]].
== Education and early career == Kreider was born in [[Columbus, Ohio]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://psmag.com/magazine/women-saving-the-planet-kalee-kreider-of-the-united-states|title=Women Saving the Planet: Kalee Kreider of the United States|last=Graves|first=Lucia|website=Pacific Standard|date=23 September 2018 |language=en|access-date=2019-06-04}}</ref> She studied [[history]] at [[Rollins College]], which she graduated in 1992.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollins.edu/magazine/archive/spring2009/profiles/kreider.html|title=Kalee Kreider '92 {{!}} Alumni Profile {{!}} Spring 2009 {{!}} Rollins Magazine|website=www.rollins.edu|access-date=2019-06-04|archive-date=2020-11-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104194418/https://www.rollins.edu/magazine/archive/spring2009/profiles/kreider.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> She joined [[Rollins College]] because of Pedro Pequeño, an [[anthropologist]].<ref name=":1" /> She began her career as a [[Harry S. Truman Scholarship|Truman Fellow]] in the [[Clinton Administration]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://unfoundation.org/who-we-are/our-people/kalee-kreider/|title=Kalee Kreider|date=2019-04-02|website=unfoundation.org|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-04|archive-date=2020-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807015034/https://unfoundation.org/who-we-are/our-people/kalee-kreider/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://live.worldbank.org/experts/kalee-kreider-moderator|title=Kalee Kreider (Moderator)|date=2015-08-26|website=World Bank Live|language=en|access-date=2019-06-04|archive-date=2021-06-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613084315/https://live.worldbank.org/experts/kalee-kreider-moderator|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was selected as the [[White House]] Scholar-in-Residence, where she worked on the Clinton Crime Bill.<ref name=":1" /> She left the [[White House]] to set up a [[non-governmental organization]] called Ozone Action.<ref name=":1" /> She worked for [[Greenpeace]] and the National Environment Trust (now one of [[The Pew Charitable Trusts]]).<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0105/29/nr.00.html|title=CNN.com - Transcripts|website=www.cnn.com|access-date=2019-06-04}}</ref> During her time at [[Greenpeace]], Kreider negotiated the [[Kyoto Protocol]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB877548984232451000|title=Clinton Unveils Plan to Reduce Emissions of Greenhouse Gases|last=Journal|first=John J. Fialka and Jackie CalmesStaff Reporters of The Wall Street|website=WSJ|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-04}}</ref>
== Career == After the [[2000 United States presidential election]], it became obvious that the [[Kyoto Protocol]] was not going to be ratified.<ref name=":1" /> Kreider left climate policy, and started a position at [[Fenton Communications]].<ref name=":1" /> She was recruited to [[Al Gore]]'s team to help write a speech about the [[Iraq War]].<ref name=":1" />
Kreider moved to [[Nashville, Tennessee]], where she moved in 2006 to join the Office for [[Al Gore]].<ref name=":0" /> She served as Gore's environmental adviser.<ref name=":0" /> During this time, she researched and marketed [[Al Gore]]'s best-selling books and the film [[An Inconvenient Truth]].<ref name=":2" /> The work she did with Gore contributed to his [[Nobel Peace Prize]].<ref name=":1" />
In 2013 Kreider established her own consultancy, Kreider Strategies LLC. The consultancy provided information about [[climate change]] and technology. In 2019 she was made Chief of Content at the [[National Geographic Society]], where she will lead corporate communications and public affairs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2019/06/03/national-geographic-society-names-kalee-kreider-chief-of-content-communications-and-public-affairs/|title=National Geographic Society Names Kalee Kreider Chief of Content, Communications and Public Affairs|date=2019-06-03|website=National Geographic Society Newsroom|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-04}}</ref>
She is a Senior Adviser for the [[United Nations Foundation]] and [[Vulcan Inc.]]<ref name=":2" /> She has called for more women to be involved with monitoring and mitigating [[climate change]].<ref name=":0" />
=== Personal life === Kreider is married to [[Jack Pratt (politician)|Jack Pratt]], a farmer turned politician.<ref name=":1" />
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