Concerns about the impacts of climate change and the pace and scale of our efforts to reduce emissions have prompted a resurgence of interest and attention on how we can remove carbon from the environment, store it and use it for practical purposes using CCUS (carbon capture, use, and storage) technology. Policy shifts at the state and federal level have created new markets for this clean energy technology, inspiring the launch of new projects in both the industrial and power sectors, extending into new enterprises (like direct air capture or CarbonTech). Despite this interest, few non-experts are familiar with the technology, the market potential, or the political viability of CCUS deployment in the United States or abroad.  Join us on March 26 for the first public event of the Center’s Carbon Management Research Initiative. Come hear leading experts at the front lines of policy, technology, and governance discuss this critical path technology for a just and vibrant energy transition. This event is co-hosted by CGEP’s Women in Energy program.  The panel of experts will include: Erin Burns – Associate Director, Policy – Carbon180  Sarah Forbes – Scientist, Office of Fossil Energy – US Department of Energy Sallie Greenberg – Associate Director, Energy & Minerals – Illinois State Geological Survey Julio Friedmann – Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy (Moderator) Guests unable to attend in person can view a livestream of the event at energypolicy.columbia.edu/livestream. This event is open to press. Media attending the event should register using the registration link below. Media inquiries or requests for interviews should be directed to Artealia Gilliard (ag4144@sipa.columbia.edu). For more information contact: energypolicy@columbia.edu.

Location: Consolidated Edison Company of New York 4 Irving Place New York, NY 10003 Please join the Women in Energy program for a company overview and lunch with Con Edison’s Customer Energy Solutions (CES) department. CES is comprised of innovative departments tackling New York State’s Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) initiative through innovative pilots, energy efficiency and demand management and customer-sided technologies and solutions. They will host students for an introduction to CES’ role at Con Edison followed by a panel of Con Edison employees who went to graduate school at Columbia University. They will discuss their job history, career paths and perspectives on what it means to be a female leader in the energy industry. Students will then get a chance to ask questions over lunch.  Student will meet the following experts: Margarett Jolly, Director, Demonstration Pilots Vicki Kuo, Director, Energy Efficiency and Demand Management  Lori Lybolt, Director, Utility of the Future (CBS) Catherine Griffin, Project Manager, REV Demonstration Pilots (CBS) Felise Man, Senior Specialist, Strategy and Planning – Energy Efficiency and Demand Management (SIPA) Colleen Metelitsa, Manager, Evaluation – Energy Efficiency and Demand Management (SIPA) Beatrice Troiano, Specialist, Distribution Planning (SUMA)  IMPORTANT: This event is geared towards current female graduate students. For security reasons, names of participants have to be sent to Con Edison 2 days before the meeting. All visitors must arrive by 11:20am and must present a valid form of identification when they arrive. Space is limited to only 15 participants therefore please register only if you can commit to attending the company overview. Those who register and either cancel within 3 days of the meeting or do not show up will no longer be prioritized for future events. Lunch will be provided.  If you have any questions, please contact: jem2245@sipa.columbia.edu

Washington is gridlocked on climate solutions — as well as many other policy matters. The scientific community is using ever-starker language to describe risks arising from a warming climate. Against this backdrop, a number of American political leaders are calling for new, more ambitious climate solutions. One of the most visible and ambitious is the proposal of a “Green New Deal” to transform America’s energy system, create new jobs through massive investments in clean energy and public infrastructure, and address social challenges such as the need for living wages, healthcare and environmental justice.  On February 7, the Women in Energy program of the Center on Global Energy Policy will host an all-student roundtable with Rhiana Gunn-Wright of New Consensus, a Chicago-based policy design shop. Gunn-Wright is the 29-year-old policy director of New Consensus and is leading an effort to build out the elements of what a Green New Deal should include.  — This event is open to all students. Registration is required. Space is limited therefore please register only if you can commit to attending the roundtable. Lunch will be provided.  For more information contact: energypolicy@columbia.edu.

LOCATION: The New School 6 E 16th Street, room 1618 New York, NY 10011 Please join the Center on Global Energy Policy for a Women in Energy dinner and roundtable discussion with Cecily Kovatch, Founder of Fueled for Growth. Ms. Kovatch will discuss her academic and job histories, career paths, and perspectives on what it means to be a female leader in the energy industry. Biography Cecily Kovatch is the founder of Fueled for Growth, a consulting firm focused on innovation in the energy sector.  Cecily has 25 years’ leadership experience in energy, industrials, financial services and retail/consumer.  Throughout her career, she has worked on groundbreaking projects and is known for her innovative thinking and drive to take on and solve complex problems.  She has built and led numerous new business lines and departments.  She leverages that “intrapreneurship” expertise to advise early stage startups to grow into sustainable business entities. She also helps corporations to develop successful innovation programs, new customer solutions, and fruitful relationships with the startup ecosystem. Cecily created, launched and led the innovation program at Covanta, the world’s largest waste-to-energy (WTE) company, to find new organic growth opportunities.  She also built the marketing department and directed all marketing activities for the renewable energy company.  In the financial services sector, she built and led the Energy & Industrials research team for Standard & Poor’s Vista Research, helping institutional clients better understand and value the sector.  She was business strategy manager at American Express where she developed the realignment strategy for the US Commercial Card salesforce in order to increase market penetration and expand into new customer segments.  Prior to that she was regional manager at Hess Corp. where she ran the P&L for 13 retail locations.  Cecily began her career as a wireline field engineer at Schlumberger Oilfield Services where she worked on over 300 oil rigs.  She is recipient of a Wildcatter Award for discovering oil & gas in Brazoria County, Texas.  Cecily lends her expertise to Stevens Institute of Technology where she teaches Entrepreneurial Thinking to engineers and is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Stevens Venture Center.  Additionally, she is a mentor to startups through VentureWell, PowerBridgeNY, and other incubator and accelerator programs.  She holds a bachelor’s degree in Geology from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. This event is open to current female students.  Space is limited therefore please register only if you can commit to attending the roundtable. Dinner will be provided.  If you have any questions, please contact: jem2245@sipa.columbia.edu

LOCATION: The New School 66 West 12th Street, room 510 New York, NY Please join The New School’s Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy and SIPA’s Center on Global Energy Policy for a Women in Energy dinner and roundtable discussion with Catherine Griffin, Project Manager for Con Edison’s REV Demonstration Team. Ms. Griffin will discuss her academic and job histories, career paths, and perspectives on what it means to be a female leader in the energy industry. Biography Catherine is a Project Manager on the REV Demonstration Team at Con Edison. Her focus is on developing new business models that inform the Company’s long term strategy for mitigating peak day natural gas demand and increasing customer access to renewable thermal solutions. Catherine previously worked at EnerNOC procuring power and natural gas resources for large customers as well as performing market and tariff analyses. Prior to her time at EnerNOC, Catherine worked at DNV GL focusing on retail energy markets and energy efficiency. Catherine has a Bachelor’s degree in economics from Union College and an MBA from Columbia University.  This event is open to current female students.  Space is limited therefore please register only if you can commit to attending the roundtable. Dinner will be provided.  If you have any questions, please contact: jem2245@sipa.columbia.edu

Please join the Center on Global Energy Policy’s Women in Energy program for a student-only company overview and lunch at Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). BNEF is a leading provider of primary research on clean energy, advanced transport, digital industry, innovative materials, and commodities. With a team of experts spread across six continents, BNEF leverages the world’s most sophisticated data sets to create clear perspectives and in-depth forecasts that frame the financial, economic and policy implications of industry-transforming trends and technologies. The following experts will discuss their career paths, BNEF’s workforce diversity initiatives, as well as internship/fulltime employment opportunities: Michelle Ceran, Diversity & Inclusion Client Manager, Bloomberg LP Will Nelson, Power Analyst, Bloomberg LP Nita Ditele-Bourgeois, Regional Head of Negotiations – Americas, Bloomberg LP Anastacia Dialynas, Lead Analyst of U.S. Oil Supply, BNEF Schedule: 11:30-12:00 – Arrival and Security 12:00-12:30pm – Tour of Bloomberg building 12:30-12:40pm – Lunch will be served 12:40-12:50pm – Videos and Introduction to Bloomberg/BNEF: Yumi Yi 12:50-1:50pm – Panel: Anastacia Dialynas, Nita Ditele-Bourgeois, Michelle Ceran, Will Nelson 1:50-2:00pm – Opportunities at BNEF: David May (HR) 2:00-2:10pm – Closing Remarks: Peter Grauer 2:10-2:30pm – Networking Priority will be given to Women in Energy members. IMPORTANT: For security reasons, names of participants have to be sent to BNEF 10 days before the meeting. Space is limited to 40 participants therefore please register only if you can commit to attending the company overview. Those who register and either cancel within 3 days of the meeting or do not show up will no longer be prioritized for future events. Lunch will be provided.

Please join the Center on Global Energy Policy for a Women in Energy dinner and roundtable discussion with Mona Sutphen, Board Director of Pioneer Natural Resources, Tyson Taylor, VP of Learning and Development of Pioneer Natural Resources, Amy Bell, Senior Manager of Applications and Business Relationships of Pioneer Natural Resources & Mark Berg, Executive VP of Corporate/Operations of Pioneer Natural Resources. Ms. Sutphen, Ms. Taylor, Ms. Bell, and Mr. Berg will discuss their academic and job histories, career paths, and perspectives on promoting diversity in the workplace – including Pioneer’s Women’s Resource Group. Biographies Mona Sutphen Mona Sutphen is a Board Director of Pioneer Natural Resources and a Partner at Macro Advisory Partners LLP, a consulting firm providing strategic advice in the areas of financial markets, geopolitics, and government policy. Ms. Sutphen previously spent three years at UBSAG, as Managing Director, covering geopolitical risk and macro-policy trends. From 2009 through 2011, she served as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy for President Obama. Prior to that position, she was Managing Director at Stonebridge International, and from 1991 through 2000 was a career diplomat, serving on the staff of the National Security Council, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations and postings in Asia and Europe. Ms. Sutphen was also a member of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board during President Obama’s administration. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at SIPA. Ms. Sutphen also currently serves on the Boards of Drilling Info Holdings LLC, the International Rescue Committee and Human Rights First. Ms. Sutphen is a Trustee of Mount Holyoke College. She is co-author of The Next American Century: How the U.S. Can Thrive As Other Powers Rise, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mount Holyoke College and a Master of Science degree from the London School of Economics. Tyson Taylor Tyson Taylor is the Vice President of Learning and Development for Pioneer Natural Resources, an independent, Dallas-based Fortune 500 oil and gas exploration, and production company. She is responsible for developing and driving company-wide learning and development objectives, change management and overseeing diversity and inclusion programming. Ms. Taylor has 18 years of experience in human resources and has held a variety of roles including leading employee relations, hr business partners, change management, recruiting and total rewards. She was also selected to serve as senior business analyst to Pioneer’s president and chief operating officer. Ms. Taylor holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of North Texas and a Master of Business Administration from Southern Methodist University. Currently, she serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of Girls Inc. of Metropolitan Dallas.

Please join the Center on Global Energy Policy for a Women in Energy lunch and roundtable discussion with Ruth Dreessen, Chairman of Gevo Inc. & Director of Andeavor Logistics LP. Ms. Dreessen will discuss her job history, career paths, and perspectives on what it means to be a female leader in the energy industry. Biography Ms Dreessen has spent the better part of her career in the chemical and energy industries where she has served in a number of different capacities. She is currently Chairman of Gevo Inc. (GEVO:NASDAQ) a leading edge technology producer of biofuels and renewable chemicals, and a director of  Andeavor Logistics LP (ANDX:NYSE) a leading full service logistics company operating in the western and midcontinent regions of the United States.  Previously, Ms Dreessen has served as a director of Targa Resources Partners LP, Versar Inc., Westlake Chemical, Georgia Gulf Corp and US Silica. Ms. Dreessen spent 21 years at JPMorgan Securities and predecessor companies ultimately as a Managing Director of investment banking to the chemical industry. Subsequently, she served as Senior Vice President and CFO of Westlake Chemical Corp.(WLK:NYSE), and then as Executive Vice President and CFO of TPC Group, Inc. She is currently Managing Director of Lion Chemical Partners, a private equity investment partnership.  Ms. Dreessen attended New College of Florida, Sarasota, Fl. where she received a Bachelor of Arts in History. She then attended Columbia’s School of International Affairs, N.Y., N.Y. (now SIPA) and earned a Master’s of International Affairs with concentrations in Economics and Economic Development.  In addition to her professional activities, Ms. Dreessen serves on the board of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston and actively pursues a number of cultural and artistic interests. She is married to Thomas Van Laan and has three children.  This event is open only to current female grad students.  Space is limited therefore please register only if you can commit to attending the roundtable. Lunch will be provided.  If you have any questions, please contact: jem2245@sipa.columbia.edu 

Please join the Center on Global Energy Policy for a Women in Energy lunch and roundtable discussion with Dr. Pratima Rangarajan, the Chief Executive Officer of the newly-formed investment company, OGCI Climate Investments and Rhea Hamilton, Ventures Director of OGCI Climate Investments. Dr. Rangarajanand and Ms. Hamilton will discuss their job history, career paths, and perspectives on what it means to be a female leader in the energy industry. About OGCI Investments  Jointly funded by 10 Oil and Gas majors, OGCI Climate Investments (CI) intends to invest $1 billion over the next ten years to develop and demonstrate innovative technologies that have the potential to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. CI plans to enhance the impact of the investments via strategic partnerships and with others working on low emissions technologies and solutions. Biographies Dr. Pratima Rangarajan Before joining OGCI Climate Investments, Dr. Rangarajan was the General Manager for GE’s Onshore Wind Product Line and the General Manager for GE’s Energy Storage startup. She had previously held the role of Deputy Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President, Emerging Technology and Research at Vestas Wind Systems. Pratima has a PhD in chemical engineering from Princeton University and a BS in chemical engineering from MIT. She is based in London.  Rhea Hamilton Previously, Ms. Hamilton was a Managing Director for a European family office heading private equity/venture capital direct investments in clean technology and renewable energy. Prior to this, she was an Investment Director at RobecoSAM Private Equity, formerly part of the greater Rabobank Group. Ms. Hamilton started her career with Royal Dutch Shell, where she held various positions including CFO of Shell Hydrogen. Rhea holds a Geological Engineering degree with a specialisation in Geophysics, from the University of British Columbia, and an MBA from IESE in Barcelona, Spain. This event is open only to current female grad students.  Space is limited therefore please register only if you can commit to attending the roundtable. Lunch will be provided.  If you have any questions, please contact: jem2245@sipa.columbia.edu

The Center on Global Energy Policy’s Women is excited to invite you to tour the Central Energy Plant of Columbia University’s new Manhattanville Campus.  The tour will be led by Michael Haeser, Manhattanville’s Director of District Energy System, and Sejal Shah, Manhattanville’s Manager of District Energy Systems. It will start from the courtyard in front of the Lenfest Center for the Arts where participants will be introduced to the buildings the plant currently supports, then we will go down to the Central Energy Plant. We will walk through the control rooms and learn about the different systems that monitor the equipment (boiler/chiller). The group will then walk through the plants where Michael and Sejal will discuss what the boiler and chiller do and what other pieces of equipment the plant uses to ensure a smooth operation. They will also provide details on the refrigeration cycle, free cooling, steam, condensate, efficiency, and sustainability.  This event is open to current female grad students.  Space is extremely limited therefore please register only if you can commit to attending the site visit.  If you RSVP and can no longer attend, please email me at least three days in advance. If you have any questions, please contact: jem2245@sipa.columbia.edu