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Michellie Hess

Senior Program Associate, Ocean & Climate

Michellie (pronounced Ma-Key-Lee) Hess is very excited to be joining the Aspen Institute as Senior Program Associate for the Ocean and Climate team. Prior to joining Aspen, she has held a range of research and communications positions in the social impact field including as a research fellow at the Ford Foundation, supporting the Food team at World Wildlife Fund and most recently as a Content Officer at the Centre for Ageing Better in London.

She earned her Master’s in Political Communication from the University of Glasgow and her Bachelor's in Comparative Politics and Government with a minor in French Language and Culture from the University of Puget Sound. She is originally from Walla Walla, Washington and is excited to be returning to the “other Washington”.

Our Team

Alexis Anderson

Program Assistant, Executive Office

Annabella Ronca

Program Assistant, Ocean & Climate

Bea Kuijpers

Program Manager, Climate & Environment

Catherine Kent

Finance Manager

Catie Tobin

Senior Program Manager, EPPIC

Dana Lhundup

Program Assistant, Ocean & Climate

Emily Engel

Program Coordinator, Ocean & Climate

Greg Gershuny

Vice President And Executive Director

Ingrid Irigoyen

Senior Director, Ocean and Climate

Jade Rouse

Program Associate, Climate & Environment

Jérôme Krumenacker

Senior Operations Associate

Jillian Sacksner

Intern, Communications

Julia Merjan

Senior Development Associate

Kate Jaffee

Director, Climate & Environment

Kathryn Benz

Senior Policy Manager, Ocean & Climate

Kitty Pollack

Senior Advisor to the Executive Director

Laura Schifter

Senior Fellow, This Is Planet Ed

María Ortiz Pérez

Managing Director

Melody Salerno

Program Associate, EPPIC

Michelle Faggert

Senior Program Associate, This Is Planet Ed

Mrinmayi Ubgade

Melanie Diaz Climate Solutions Intern

Nadia Phyu

Executie Associate

Nikki DeVignes

Associate Director

Selena Elmer

Senior Program Manager, Ocean & Climate

Sophia Powless

Program Coordinator, This Is Planet Ed

Tanzia Redi

Program Associate, Energy & Mitigation Policy

Taylor Goelz

Senior Program Manager, Ocean & Climate

Timothy Mason

Director, Energy & Mitigation

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