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Ingrid Irigoyen

Senior Director, Ocean and Climate

Ingrid Irigoyen is the Senior Director, Ocean and Climate, for the Aspen Institute Energy and Environment Program (EEP), where she leads EEP’s work at the ocean-climate nexus and serves as a strategic advisor and facilitator for multi-stakeholder initiatives seeking to address climate, ocean, and coastal challenges. She also serves as the President and CEO of the Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA), a non-profit organization and first-of-its-kind buyers group within the maritime sector with the mission to accelerate commercial deployment of clean energy powered shipping, enable economies of scale for new solutions, and support cargo owner engagement in maritime clean energy policy.

Prior to joining Aspen in 2018, she was a Senior Mediator and Program Manager at Meridian Institute, where she devoted 13 years to the design and execution of collaborative multi-stakeholder sustainability solutions, with a special focus on oceans and coasts. Prior to this, among other positions, Ingrid was a John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellow with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. She holds a Masters of Environmental Management from the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science from the University of New Hampshire.

Our Team

Alexis Anderson

Program Coordinator, Executive Office

Annabella Ronca

Program Associate, Ocean & Climate

Bea Kuijpers

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

Catherine Kent

Finance Manager

Catie Tobin

Senior Program Manager, Ocean & Climate

Dana Lhundup

Program Coordinator, Ocean & Climate

Emily Engel

Policy Associate, Ocean & Climate

Greg Gershuny

Vice President And Executive Director

Jade Rouse

Senior Program Associate, Climate & Environment

Jérôme Krumenacker

Senior Operations Associate

Julia Merjan

Strategic Partnerships Manager

Kate Jaffee

Director, Climate & Environment

Kathryn Benz

Assistant Director, Ocean & Climate

Kitty Pollack

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

Laura Schifter

Senior Fellow, This Is Planet Ed

María Ortiz Pérez

Managing Director

Maya Townsend

Speaker Coordinator, Aspen Ideas: Climate

Melody Salerno

Speaker Coordinator, Aspen Ideas: Climate

Michellie Hess

Senior Program Associate, Ocean & Climate

Nadia Phyu

Executive Associate, Ocean & Climate

Nikki DeVignes

Associate Director

Rishma Vora

Program Assistant, Ocean & Climate

Selena Elmer

Associate Director, Ocean & Climate

Tanzia Redi

Senior Program Associate, Energy & Mitigation Policy

Taylor Goelz

Senior Program Manager, Ocean & Climate

Timothy Mason

Director, Energy & Mitigation

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