Anastasia O'Rourke

Anastasia leads the CC Lab’s work on cooling, carbon markets, and geologic programs, oversees operations, and serves as Treasurer. Anastasia teaches a class at Yale School of the Environment on Carbon Removal and is a frequent public speaker. She has deep expertise in carbon markets, green procurement, standards development, venture investing, and entrepreneurship. She has lived and worked in Australia, Canada, France, Sweden, and the U.S.

Prior to the CC Lab, Anastasia was a Senior Consultant with Industrial Economics Inc., where she led a sustainability practice delivering on the sustainability objectives of federal and state governments, large companies, NGOs, and international organizations. She co-founded Big Room Inc., developers of the .eco top-level domain and Ecolabel Index. She was a founder of the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (SPLC), a US-based 501(c)(3) non-profit, and served as Board Chair.  

Anastasia holds a Ph.D. from Yale University with a dissertation focused on cleantech venture investing, a M.Sc. in industrial environmental management and policy from Lund University, Sweden, and a B.A. with first-class honors from Sydney University, Australia, for which she was awarded the University Medal.