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Non-partisan, Collaborative, Optimistic, Inclusive

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
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Greg Gershuny

Vice President And Executive Director

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María Ortiz Pérez

Managing Director

Alexis Anderson

Alexis Anderson

Program Coordinator, Executive Office

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Kathryn Benz

Senior Policy Manager, Ocean & Climate

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Nikki DeVignes

Associate Director

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Selena Elmer

Associate Director, Ocean & Climate

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Emily Engel

Program Coordinator, Ocean & Climate

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Taylor Goelz

Senior Program Manager, Ocean & Climate

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Michellie Hess

Senior Program Associate, Ocean & Climate

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Ingrid Irigoyen

Senior Director, Ocean and Climate

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Kate Jaffee

Director, Climate & Environment

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Catherine Kent

Finance Manager

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Jérôme Krumenacker

Senior Operations Associate

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Bea Kuijpers

Senior Program Manager, Climate & Environment and Program & Design Content Lead, Aspen Ideas: Climate

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Dana Lhundup

Program Coordinator, Ocean & Climate

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Timothy Mason

Director, Energy & Mitigation

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Julia Merjan

Strategic Partnerships Manager

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Nadia Phyu

Program Associate, Ocean & Climate

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Kitty Pollack

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

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Sophia Powless

Program Coordinator, This Is Planet Ed

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Tanzia Redi

Senior Program Associate, Energy & Mitigation Policy

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Annabella Ronca

Program Assistant, Ocean & Climate

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Jade Rouse

Senior Program Associate, Climate & Environment

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Melody Salerno

Speaker Coordinator, Aspen Ideas: Climate

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Laura Schifter

Senior Fellow, This Is Planet Ed

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Catie Tobin

Senior Program Manager, Ocean & Climate

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Maya Townsend

Speaker Coordinator, Aspen Ideas: Climate

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