James L. Connaughton

Jim Connaughton
Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality
In office
June 18, 2001 – January 20, 2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byGeorge Frampton
Succeeded byNancy Sutley
Personal details
BornJames Laurence Connaughton
May 1961 (age 64)
PartyRepublican
EducationYale University (BA)
Northwestern University (JD)

James Laurence "Jim" Connaughton (born May 1961) is an American environmental lawyer and the former George W. Bush administration environmental adviser. Connaughton served as chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality and Director of the White House Office of Environmental Policy from 2001 to 2009.

Connaughton is currently the President and CEO of Nautilus Data Technologies, the first company to deploy a waterborne data center.

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