Jason Bordoff
Co-Founder and Dean, Columbia Climate School; Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs and Director, Center on Global Energy Policy, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Jason Bordoff is co-founding dean of the Columbia Climate School, founding director of the Center on Global Energy Policy, and professor of professional practice in international and public affairs at Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs. From 2009 to 2013, he was special assistant to President Obama and senior director for energy and climate change on the National Security Council staff, and held senior policy positions on the National Economic Council and Council on Environmental Quality. An energy and climate policy expert, Bordoff previously was policy director of the Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Project. He’s a columnist for Foreign Policy; commentator for NPR, Bloomberg, CNBC, and BBC; and his work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and others.
Previously
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