People
Staff & Leadership
Sanya Carley
Faculty Co-Director
Bill Cohen
Center Coordinator
Cornelia Colijn
Executive Director
Mark Alan Hughes
Faculty Co-Director
Thabo Lenneiye
Managing Director of the Sustainable Agriculture Fund
Angela Pachon
Research Director
Lindsey Samahon
Communications Director
Oscar Serpell
Associate Director of Academic Programming
Mollie Simon
Senior Communications Specialist
Andy Stone
Energy Policy Now Host and Producer
Kimberle Szczurowski
Financial Administrative Coordinator
Shelley Welton
Presidential Distinguished Professor
Jennifer Wilcox
Presidential Distinguished Professor
Fatih Birol is the executive director of the International Energy Agency. He is the recipient of the 2016 Carnot Prize for distinguished contributions to energy policy.
Piyush Goyal is a member of India’s upper house of parliament and serves as the minister of railways and coal. He is the 2018 recipient of the Carnot Prize for distinguished contributions to energy policy.
Cheryl LaFleur is the former commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. She is the 2019 recipient of the Carnot Prize for distinguished contributions to energy policy.
Gina McCarthy is the former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. She is the recipient of the 2017 Carnot Prize for distinguished contributions to energy policy.
Ramón Méndez Galain is the Executive Director of Ivy and the former energy director of Uruguay. He is the recipient of the 2023 Carnot Prize for distinguished contributions to energy policy.
Sheila Oparaocha is the international coordinator and program manager at Energia. She is the recipient of the 2021 Carnot Prize for distinguished contributions to energy policy.
Nicholas Stern is the IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the recipient of the 2022 Carnot Prize for distinguished contributions to energy policy.
Daniel Yergin is the Vice Chairman of IHS Markit. He is the recipient of the 2015 Carnot Prize for distinguished contributions to energy policy.