Reflections from Davos 2025
By Jason Bordoff | I spent last week at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, and, as in prior years, am writing to offer a few reflections from the many events, meetings and conversations.
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Past Event
November 14, 2023
8:45 am - 9:45 am est
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Please join the Women in Energy initiative at the Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia SIPA for a conversation featuring Jason Bordoff, Founding Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy. Our discussion will focus on his career journey and how he became one of the world’s leading energy and climate policy experts. How did he turn his interest in energy into a career? What lessons did he learn along the way?
Biography
Jason Bordoff is the Founding Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, where he is a Professor of Professional Practice. He is also on the faculty of the Columbia Climate School, where he is Co-Founding Dean Emeritus. He previously served as Special Assistant to President Barack Obama and Senior Director for Energy and Climate Change on the Staff of the National Security Council. Prior to that appointment, he held senior policy positions on the White House’s National Economic Council and Council on Environmental Quality. Earlier in his career, he was a scholar at the Brookings Institution, served in the Treasury Department during the Clinton Administration, and was a consultant with McKinsey & Company. Bordoff holds a JD from Harvard University, an MLitt from Oxford University, and a BA from Brown University.
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