Sarah Braverman was a student research officer for the Carbon Management Research Initiative at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) while completing a master of public administration with a concentration in environmental science and policy from SIPA. For her capstone with the Natural Resources Defense Council, she managed a team of graduate consultants in their endeavor to develop policy recommendations for managing hydrofluorocarbon emissions. Braverman has worked for several years in the environmental nonprofit sector, both domestically and internationally, in a variety of capacities, including project management and external partnership development. She is currently a client project manager at Carbon Direct.