NEW YORK, December 14, 2017 – The Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) announced today that Marianne Kah has joined as an Adjunct Senior Research Scholar after stepping down at the end of October as the Chief Economist at ConocoPhillips. In her research scholar capacity, Kah will focus on current issues affecting global energy markets, including the outlook for and implications of peak oil demand.

“We are thrilled to have Marianne, a highly respected economist and energy analyst, join the CGEP-SIPA team,” said Jason Bordoff, Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs and Founding Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy. “Her experience helping to guide one of the world’s leading energy companies through an increasingly volatile market makes her an invaluable addition to our team of scholars who are committed to exploring the most important questions facing the energy sector today.”

“The Center has become a leading authority on a variety of critical energy policy issues and I am excited to utilize my expertise to contribute to its success,” said Kah.

Kah comes to CGEP after a distinguished 31-year career at ConocoPhillips where she was the company’s lead expert in scenario planning, spearheaded its oil and natural gas market outlook products, and mobilized relationships with key external stakeholders, including energy ministers, legislators, think tanks and governments.

Prior to ConocoPhillips, she worked across a number of energy industry organizations including the Cabot Corporation, Conoco, and the Synthetic Fuels Corporation. She was also a policy analyst at the Energy and Minerals Division of the U.S. Government Accountability Office where she led energy policy studies for the U.S. Senate Energy Committee and House Fossil and Synthetic Fuels Subcommittee.

Kah currently serves as co-chair of the Energy Roundtable for the National Association for Business Economics. She was previously President of the U.S. Association for Energy Economics.

She holds a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University and a Master of Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.

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About the Center on Global Energy Policy: The Center on Global Energy Policy is an independent, nonpartisan, academic organization at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. CGEP seeks to strengthen the understanding of global energy policy issues and support leaders working to solve today’s most pressing energy challenges. To achieve its mission, CGEP conducts and supports world-class academic research; convenes leaders from around the world to advance the energy dialogue; builds bridges with partners beyond the academy to connect rigorous analysis with real-world applications and systems; and trains students to become the next generation of energy scholars, executives and policymakers. Based at one of the world’s great research universities located in the heart of New York City, Columbia University is Where the World Connects for Energy Policy.

NEW YORK, December 1, 2017 – The Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) announced today that Katherine Spector, a leading energy market analyst, has joined as a Research Scholar where she will focus on global commodities, energy markets and policy.

“We’re excited to have Katherine join the CGEP-SIPA team,” said Jason Bordoff, Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs and Founding Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy. “Her expertise in energy markets and economics will be invaluable to our research program. As the global energy sector faces new disruption, sound analysis and insights are key to formulating effective government policy.”

“It’s an honor to be joining such an impressive roster of energy experts as well as a world class university,” said Spector. “CGEP is well-positioned not only to lead the debate on critical energy policy issues, but to provide a valuable link between academia, policymakers and the private sector, and I look forward to being part of that conversation.”

Spector has a long career in energy market analysis. Over the past fifteen years, she produced thought-leading research at major banks. Most recently, she initiated Commodities Strategy for the sales and trading desk at CIBC World Markets based in New York where she was responsible for the bank’s energy price forecasts and market views. Her analysis included global energy supply/demand fundamentals, money flows, and geopolitics.

Prior to joining CIBC, she headed the Global Energy Strategy group as part of JPMorgan’s Commodities Sales & Trading team. She was an Energy Strategist on the Deutsche Bank Commodity Sales & Trading desk, and worked as the editor of Oil Market Intelligence at the Energy Intelligence Group. She worked as a consultant with Industrial Economics, Inc. where her work included litigation support for the deregulation of natural gas utilities. She has also served as an adjunct faculty member at SIPA.

Spector is currently a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the board of the New York Energy Forum.

She graduated with honors with a degree in Political Science from Yale University, where her research focused on patterns of rent distribution in petro-states, and implications for democratization.

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About the Center on Global Energy Policy: The Center on Global Energy Policy is an independent, nonpartisan, academic organization at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. CGEP seeks to strengthen the understanding of global energy policy issues and support leaders working to solve today’s most pressing energy challenges. To achieve its mission, CGEP conducts world-class academic research; convenes leaders from around the world to advance the energy dialogue; builds bridges with partners beyond the academy to connect rigorous analysis with real-world applications and systems; and trains students to become the next generation of energy scholars, executives and policymakers. Based at one of the world’s great research universities located in the heart of New York City, Columbia University is Where the World Connects for Energy Policy.

NEW YORK, November 27, 2017 – The Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) announced today that Amy Myers Jaffe, one of the foremost thought leaders on global energy policy, geopolitical risk and energy and sustainability issues, will join as Co-Chair of CGEP’s Women in Energy program Steering Committee.

Jaffe, who also serves as the David M. Rubenstein senior fellow for energy and the environment and director of the energy security and climate change program at the Council on Foreign Relations, will support the growth and strategic direction of the Women in Energy program, which serves to enhance the presence and leadership of women in energy and related sectors. The Women in Energy program supports women and student leadership skills training and mentoring, access to networking opportunities, and internship and full-time employment opportunities.

“Diversity throughout teams, leadership and thinking is instrumental to great success in government, business and academia. CGEP and SIPA recognize this is no different in the energy sector, and we are committed to do our part to support the professional development of women,” said Jason Bordoff, Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs and Founding Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy. “We are proud to have Amy lead CGEP’s Women in Energy program and elevate the exceptional work that has already made the program so successful. As one of the most respected leaders in the energy field today, Amy is a perfect fit to drive this important program forward, and she will be an invaluable role model to students and women professionals pursuing careers in the energy sector.”

 “Diversity goes hand in hand with the innovation leadership that will be critical to providing energy solutions for the coming decades,” said Jaffe, “I am so honored to be able to work with CGEP’s Women in Energy program founder Jully Merino and the outstanding CGEP team to build on CGEP’s success in supporting the next generation of women leaders in energy at this important moment of transformation in the energy sector.”

Jaffe has a long and distinguished career in academia. She served as executive director for energy and sustainability at the University of California, Davis, and senior advisor on energy and sustainability at the Office of the Chief Investment Officer of the University of California Regents. She was formerly a global fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and Wallace S. Wilson fellow for energy studies and founding director of the Energy Forum at Rice University’s James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy.

She is a member of the U.S. National Petroleum Council and the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Future Council on International Security. Jaffe was previously chair of the Global Agenda Council on the Future of Oil and Gas for the WEF, and she was awarded the Senior Fellow award from the United States Association for Energy Economics in 2015 for her career contributions to the organization and to the field of energy economics. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University in Near Eastern Studies and Arabic.

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About the Center on Global Energy Policy

The Center on Global Energy Policy is an independent, nonpartisan, academic organization at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. CGEP seeks to strengthen the understanding of global energy policy issues and support leaders working to solve today’s most pressing energy challenges. To achieve its mission, CGEP conducts and supports world-class academic research; convenes leaders from around the world to advance the energy dialogue; builds bridges with partners beyond the academy to connect rigorous analysis with real-world applications and systems; and trains students to become the next generation of energy scholars, executives and policymakers. Based at one of the world’s great research universities located in the heart of New York City, Columbia University is Where the World Connects for Energy Policy.