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Selena Elmer

Associate Director, Ocean & Climate

Prior to joining Aspen, Selena worked in strategic and financial planning at the City of Seattle and collaborative process design on natural resource policy issues at Meridian Institute. She has a wide range of experience supporting interdisciplinary collaborative processes on topics including parks and recreation, regional ocean planning, land use, and food and agriculture policy. She received an MPA from the University of Washington Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, and a B.A. in Public Policy and Environmental Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Our Team

Alexis Anderson

Program Coordinator, Executive Office

Annabella Ronca

Program Assistant, Ocean & Climate

Bea Kuijpers

Senior Program Manager, Climate & Environment

Catherine Kent

Finance Manager

Catie Tobin

Senior Program Manager, EPPIC

Dana Lhundup

Program Coordinator, Ocean & Climate

Emily Engel

Program Coordinator, Ocean & Climate

Greg Gershuny

Vice President And Executive Director

Ingrid Irigoyen

Senior Director, Ocean and Climate

Jade Rouse

Senior Program Associate, Climate & Environment

Jérôme Krumenacker

Senior Operations Associate

Jillian Sacksner

Intern, Communications

Julia Merjan

Strategic Partnerships Manager

Kate Jaffee

Director, Climate & Environment

Kathryn Benz

Senior Policy Manager, 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

Program Associate, EPPIC

Michellie Hess

Senior Program Associate, Ocean & Climate

Nadia Phyu

Executie Associate

Nikki DeVignes

Associate Director

Sophia Powless

Program Coordinator, This Is Planet Ed

Tanzia Redi

Senior Program Associate, Energy & Mitigation Policy

Taylor Goelz

Senior Program Manager, Ocean & Climate

Timothy Mason

Director, Energy & Mitigation

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