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Resourcing the Future
More than ever, the world needs clearly articulated policies that support sustainable energy transitions.
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The Kleinman Center has earned a reputation for promoting fresh thinking about how we might make these transitions. Our independent research agenda is only possible through the generous support of donors.
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Impactful Research
We support Penn research through a variety of programs and bring distinguished and diverse energy leaders and scholars to Penn for visits and residencies.
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Tomorrow’s
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We encourage students from across disciplines to participate in our energy courses and professional development programs, and we connect them to key resources.
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Today’s
Leaders
We gather thought leaders with diverse backgrounds and interests for productive conversations that tackle the world’s most urgent energy challenges.
Ben Franklin was Penn’s first energy scholar. He discovered electricity, developed the lightning rod; and designed fire insurance—integrating impact across science, technology and policy.
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Our Donors
Scott Kleinman
Scott Kleinman (C’94, W’94) is Co-President of Apollo Global Management, Inc., co-leading Apollo’s day-to-day operations including all of Apollo’s revenue-generating businesses and enterprise solutions across its integrated alternative investment platform. Kleinman joined Apollo six years after its inception in 1996, and was named Lead Partner for Private Equity in 2009 prior to being named Co-President in 2018. Kleinman serves on Apollo’s Executive Committee.
Prior to joining Apollo, Kleinman was a member of the Investment Banking division at Smith Barney Inc. He serves on the board of directors of Apollo Global Management, Inc., and Athora Holding Ltd.
In 2014, Kleinman founded the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Board of Advisors at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design and the Board of Directors at the White Plains Hospital. Kleinman received a BA and BS from the University of Pennsylvania and the Wharton School of Business, respectively, graduating magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa.
Kleinman lives in Westchester County, New York, with his wife Wendy and their three children.
Carl Goldsmith
In 2017, Carl Goldsmith (W’88) established the Goldsmith Research Fund. This unrestricted gift helps support our center’s independent research agenda—with a current focus on implementing Robust Decision Making methodologies that guide projects like Philadelphia’s Energy Transition.
Eric Gribetz
Eric Gribetz is a managing partner at Stonecourt Capital. Previously, he served as a co-managing partner of Pegasus Capital Advisors. He has 25 years of private equity investing and investment banking experience. Prior to Pegasus, Mr. Gribetz worked in the mergers and acquisitions group at Salomon Brothers, Inc. in New York.
He currently serves on the boards of the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund, Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, Hebrew Free Loan Society, and University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School Board of Overseers. Mr. Gribetz graduated with honors from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business.
Steven Lefkowitz
Steven is the founding partner of Sagewind Capital LLC. Prior to founding Sagewind in 2015, he served as president and COO of CI Capital Partners, a private equity investment firm that he co-founded in 1993. While part of the senior management team at CI Capital, Steven oversaw more than 150 acquisitions representing $7 billion in enterprise value, with approximately $1.5 billion of invested equity capital.
Steven received a B.A. (Economics) from Northwestern University in 1986 and a M.M (Finance & Accounting) from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management in 1987.
The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy has a newly articulated vision to build an endowment to ensure the permanence of the center. The generous gift from Steven and Clarissa Lefkowitz opens our endowment fund and is recognized as the initial gift toward ensuring long-term support for a wide range of activities, including: student programming, faculty research, and decision-maker support
Scott and Elena Shleifer
Scott Shleifer is a 1999 graduate of the Wharton School and a former partner at Tiger Global Management, where he co-founded the firm’s venture capital business. He and his wife, Elena, are dedicated philanthropists whose generosity at Penn includes naming the Shleifer Family Penn First Plus Center, supporting multiple undergraduate scholarships, and providing meaningful contributions to the School of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School of Education, the Wharton School, and a range of other university-wide initiatives.
Beyond Penn, the Shleifers’ philanthropy reaches broadly across educational and community organizations through their family foundation, reflecting their deep commitment to expanding opportunity and strengthening the institutions that support children and families.
Inquiries
Jeff Snyder
Assistant Dean for Development and Alumni Relations
University of Pennsylvania
Stuart Weitzman School of Design
215.898.8738