Our Mission

The Aspen Institute Energy & Environment Program (EEP) is a 55-year-old program that works with people, organizations, and governments to take greater action on solving climate change. In doing so, EEP seeks to:

Support the sustained development of a global clean energy economy and well-adapted, equitable, and inclusive communities.  

Foster spaces for collaborative dialogue and relationship building, especially diverse stakeholders. In doing so, we create unique opportunities for innovative climate solutions and ideas to be seeded, tested, and developed.  

Connect the dots between efforts, organizations, and communities to drive collaboration.

Lead with empathy, trust, appreciation, optimism, and inspiration, as a small, but essential, part of an immense movement to address climate change around the world. 

Our Values

  • Non-partisan collaboration
  • Empathy and equity
  • Trust
  • Appreciation
  • Optimism
  • Inspiration
Our Team

Greg Gershuny

Vice President And Executive Director

María Ortiz Pérez

Managing Director

Alexis Anderson

Program Coordinator, Executive Office

Kathryn Benz

Senior Policy Manager, Ocean & Climate

Nikki DeVignes

Associate Director

Selena Elmer

Associate Director, Ocean & Climate

Emily Engel

Program Coordinator, Ocean & Climate

Taylor Goelz

Senior Program Manager, Ocean & Climate

Michellie Hess

Senior Program Associate, Ocean & Climate

Ingrid Irigoyen

Senior Director, Ocean and Climate

Kate Jaffee

Director, Climate & Environment

Catherine Kent

Finance Manager

Jérôme Krumenacker

Senior Operations Associate

Bea Kuijpers

Senior Program Manager, Climate & Environment

Dana Lhundup

Program Coordinator, Ocean & Climate

Timothy Mason

Director, Energy & Mitigation

Julia Merjan

Strategic Partnerships Manager

Nadia Phyu

Executie Associate

Kitty Pollack

Assistant Director, Aspen Ideas: Climate & Senior Advisor to the Executive Director

Sophia Powless

Program Coordinator, This Is Planet Ed

Tanzia Redi

Senior Program Associate, Energy & Mitigation Policy

Annabella Ronca

Program Assistant, Ocean & Climate

Jade Rouse

Senior Program Associate, Climate & Environment

Jillian Sacksner

Intern, Communications

Melody Salerno

Program Associate, EPPIC

Laura Schifter

Senior Fellow, This Is Planet Ed

Catie Tobin

Senior Program Manager, EPPIC

Maya Townsend

Speaker Coordinator, Aspen Ideas: Climate

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