Troy Shaheen

About

Troy Shaheen is Vice President of Communications and Marketing at Clean Air Task Force, where he oversees CATF’s enterprise-wide public positioning, brand, voice, strategic communications, reputation management, and select audience engagement strategies. He serves on CATF’s Executive Team, chairs its Engagement Leaders Group, and sits on its Impact Leaders Group.

Troy specializes in strategic communications, media relations, brand strategy, organizational positioning, and narrative development at the intersection of climate, energy, technology, policy, and finance. Over the course of his career, he has led communications efforts spanning messaging and editorial strategy, executive communications, digital marketing, advocacy campaigns, earned media, and internal communications. Since joining CATF in 2021 as U.S. Communications Director, he has helped guide the organization’s public presence through major climate and energy milestones, including the Inflation Reduction Act, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, federal methane regulations, power plant regulations, and strengthened air toxics standards. He later assumed responsibility for CATF’s global communications and marketing function, leading the organization’s growing team during a period of rapid international expansion.

Prior to CATF, Troy managed communications at Ceres, where he helped launch the Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets and led strategic communications efforts focused on climate-related financial risk and sustainable finance. He also supported the organization’s climate and energy program, advancing decarbonization efforts across the electric power, transportation, oil and gas, and insurance sectors through financial market action.

Troy began his career in journalism as a freelance reporter in New England and New York before serving as communications director for the New England Center for Investigative Reporting, an investigative newsroom based at WGBH and Boston University. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Kenyon College. A native of New York’s Hudson Valley, he lives in Kingston, New York, with his family. He serves on the Climate Smart Kingston Commission and volunteers as a tour guide for Friends of Historic Kingston.