Rachel Jacobson

Rachel Jacobson is an attorney who served at the Department of Defense during the Obama-Biden Administration as the Deputy General Counsel for Environment, Energy and Installations. Prior to joining DoD, Jacobson served for five years as an appointee at the Department of the Interior, as Principal Deputy Solicitor and acting Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks. Jacobson, who ran a conservation program at the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation before joining the Obama-Biden Administration, is currently in private practice in the Energy, Environment and Natural Resources group of the law firm WilmerHale in Washington, D.C. Jacobson spent the majority of her career at the U.S. Department of Justice in the Environment and Natural Resources Division. A member of the American College of Environmental Lawyers, Jacobson received an undergraduate degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis, and a law degree from Boston University School of Law. A native of Chicago, Jacobson resides in Washington, D.C.