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Kitty Pollack

Assistant Director, Public Engagement & Senior Advisor to the Executive Director

Kitty Pollack is Assistant Director for Aspen Ideas: Climate & Senior Advisor to the Executive Director with the Energy and Environment program. In this role, she works on identifying and developing new projects and key strategic priorities across the program, and in doing so supports the leadership team in growing the program and its impact. In addition to this role, she works on the Climate and Environment team on a variety of key projects, including Aspen Ideas: Climate, wildfire resilience, its U.S.-India/China Track II Dialogues, carbon dioxide removal, and others.

Prior to joining the Energy & Environment Program, Kitty worked with the Office of Institutional Advancement at the Aspen Institute. She also has worked at the Cape Eleuthera Island School in their Center for Sustainable Development and at the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration in their Ocean Acidification Program. She graduated from Middlebury College with degrees in English and Environmental Policy.

Our Team

Alexis Anderson

Program Associate, Executive Team

Annabella Ronca

Senior Program Associate, Market Innovation

Bea Kuijpers

Senior Program Manager, Market Innovation

Catherine Kent

Senior Manager, Finance and Grants

Catie Tobin

Senior Program Manager, Market Innovation

Dana Lhundup

Program Associate, Market Innovation

Emily Engel

Policy Associate, Market Innovation

Greg Gershuny

Vice President And Executive Director

Ingrid Irigoyen

Senior Director, Market Innovation

Jade Rouse

Senior Program Associate, Policy

Jérôme Krumenacker

Senior Operations Associate

Jillian Sacksner

Program Coordinator, Aspen Ideas: Climate

Julia Merjan

Strategic Partnerships Manager

Kate Jaffee

Director, Policy

Kate Stromseth

Program Assistant, Market Innovation

Kathryn Benz

Assistant Director, Policy, Market Innovation

Khushi Parikh

Program Assistant, Executive Team

Laura Schifter

Senior Fellow, Public Engagement

Maya Townsend

Program Associate, Public Engagement

Michellie Hess

Communications Manager, Market Innovation

Nadia Phyu

Program Associate, Market Innovation

Nikki DeVignes

Director, Finance and Operations

Rishma Vora

Program Assistant, Market Innovation

Rory Kenny

Speaker Coordinator, Aspen Ideas: Climate

Selena Elmer

Associate Director, Market Innovation

Tanzia Redi

Program Manager, Policy

Taylor Goelz

Senior Program Manager, Market Innovation

Timothy Mason

Senior Director, Policy

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