People
Staff & Leadership
- Heather Boushey Professor of Practice
- Sanya Carley Mark Alan Hughes Faculty Director
- Bill Cohen Associate Director
- Cornelia Colijn Executive Director
- Arwen Kozak Senior Research Coordinator
- Thabo Lenneiye Managing Director, Goldsmith Sustainable Agriculture Fund
- Angela Pachon Special Advisor
- Lindsey Samahon Communications Director
- Oscar Serpell Deputy Director
- 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
Results
Phoebe Anagnos is a second-year student in the College of Arts and Sciences, majoring in both architecture and earth and environmental science. Anagnos is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Vanshika Arora is the Summer 2025 PEA/PGCC Fellow at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy. She is pursuing the Master of Environmental Studies program (MES ’25), focusing on finance and energy.
Parrish Bergquist is an Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department. She studies the political determinants of environmental policy, in the U.S. and abroad, and is a faculty fellow at the Kleinman Center.
Aarit Bhatnagar is an undergraduate student studying economics and history. Bhatnagar is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Elea Castiglione is an undergraduate student studying philosophy, politics, & economics with a concentration in public policy and governance. Castiglione is a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow and a research assistant with the Center.
Greg Cooney is a senior fellow at the Kleinman Center. He previously served as director of the policy and analysis division in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Carbon Management.
Danny Cullenward is a senior fellow at the Kleinman Center. He is a climate economist and lawyer, a Research Fellow with the Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy, and the Vice Chair of California’s Independent Emissions Market Advisory Committee.
Makenna Damhorst is a third year student in earth and environmental science. Damhorst is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Max Davis is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences studying philosophy, politics and economics with a minor in sustainability management. Davis is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Noah Deich is a senior fellow at the Kleinman Center. He recently left the Biden Administration, where he served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Carbon Management at the Department of Energy.
Anya Draves is a physics major passionate about combating the climate crisis, with a deep love for applying analytical thinking to creative climate solution. Draves is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Suria Gopal Crabtree is a fellow at the Kleinman Center. Her research interests include the intersection of energy access and climate change mitigation.
Katie Harkless is a senior fellow at the Kleinman Center. She recently served as a senior leader at the U.S. Department of Energy, overseeing the $6.3 billion Industrial Demonstrations Program under the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations.
Alina Ho is a student studying systems science and engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. She is the 2025 Kleinman Birol Fellow and the International Energy Agency and a member of the Kleinman Center Student Advisory Board.
Carolyn Kousky is a senior fellow at the Kleinman Center and the founder of Insurance for Good. She is also Associate Vice President for Economics and Policy at Environmental Defense Fund.
Alexander Kuplicki is a third-year student in the Huntsman Program studying operations information and decisions and chinese. Kuplicki is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Daylia Lian is a second year student in the College of Arts and Sciences studying chemistry with minors in sustainability management and energy and sustainability. Lian is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Lauren Lutzke is the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media.
Kayla Main is a Research Assistant at the Kleinman Center. Through the Kleinman Center, she also works with Energia, an international network supporting gender equity and sustainable energy progress, and their partners, such as Solar Sister.
Michael E. Mann is the Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science. He is a faculty fellow with the Kleinman Center and the first vice provost for climate science, policy, and action at Penn.
Haley McKey is a senior fellow at the Kleinman Center. She is a carbon dioxide removal communications strategist with a passion for community engagement and responsible CDR deployment.
Scott Moore is a faculty fellow at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy and the Director of China Programs and Strategic Initiatives. He is also a practice professor of political science.
Oindriza Reza Nodi is a Master of City Planning student concentrating in Smart Cities at the Weitzman School. Nodi is the 2025 Kleinman Energia Fellow.
R. Jisung Park is an environmental and labor economist. He is a faculty fellow at the Kleinman Center and an assistant professor, with a primary appointment at the School of Policy and Practice and a secondary appointment at the Wharton School.
Faculty Fellow, Penn Energy Expert
Nicholas Pevzner
Assistant Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture
Nicholas Pevzner is a faculty fellow at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy and an assistant professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design.
Irene Antón Piolanti is from Madrid and plans to major in math and philosophy. Piolanti is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
John Quigley is a senior fellow at the Kleinman Center and previously served on the Center's Advisory Board. He served as Secretary of the PA Department of Environmental Protection and of the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Surina Ramoutar is a senior in the College majoring in environmental studies with a concentration in sustainability & environmental management. Ramoutar is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Sebastian Ortiz Salazar is a sophomore studying Finance, ESGB-BEES, and Mathematics. Salazar is the 2025 Kleinman Apollo Fellow.
Courtney Savage is a fourth-year undergraduate at Wharton, studying business analytics and marketing & operations management. Savage is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Benjamin Schmitt is a joint senior fellow at the Kleinman Center and the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Penn. He is also an affiliate of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and associate of the Harvard-Ukrainian Research Institute.
Cristian Solano is a research assistant at the Kleinman Center. He is a junior in the School of Engineering and Applied Science studying Materials Science and Engineering with an Energy and Sustainability Concentration, alongside Economics.
Ellery Spikes is planning to major in politics, policy and economics (PPE), and minor in sustainability and environmental management. Spikes is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Diego Tobon is a second-year student from Tampa, Florida on track to study finance & legal studies at The Wharton School. Tobon is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Madeline Tsao is a third-year in the Huntsman Program in international studies and business. Tsao is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Faculty Fellow, Penn Energy Expert
Arthur van Benthem
Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy
Arthur van Benthem is an expert in environmental and energy economics, exploring the economic efficiency of energy policy. He is a faculty fellow at the Kleinman Center and an associate professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at Wharton.
Steve Viscelli is a faculty fellow at the Kleinman Center and a lecturer in the Department of Sociology. His research focuses on work, labor market economics, and economic regulation, specifically in trucking industry.
Cady Wang is a senior majoring in economics with minors in environmental studies and English literature. Wang is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Linda Wu is the Sustainable Agriculture Fund Research Associate. She is pursuing a dual degree in Wharton and in the College of Arts and Sciences. Wu was also a 2022 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Angela Ye is a senior studying earth and environmental science with minors in sustainability management and legal studies. Ye is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Claire Zhang is a fourth-year student in the VIPER dual-degree program pursuing majors in bioengineering and biology. Zhang is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.