Announcing the Aspen Climate Cohort Summer 2022 Fellows

The Aspen Institute’s Tech Policy Hub and Energy and Environment Program are thrilled to announce the 15 members of our Summer 2022 Aspen Climate Cohort. These fifteen fellows hold vast experience in climate change and innovation as energy engineers, environmental scientists, technologists, and green business experts.

The Fellows of the Summer 2022 Aspen Climate Cohort are:

Patrick Beckley, Environmental Engineer at the US Environmental Protection Agency
Nicole Jain Capizzi, Agricultural Specialist formerly at the Washington State Department of Agriculture
Mira Chokshi, Former Engineering Team Manager at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Arthine Cossey van Duyne, CEO & Founding Partner at WaterFunder, LLC
Emma Crow-Willard, Managing Producer at Climate Now
Emily Doyle, Polar Scientist and recent PhD graduate of the University of Cambridge
Mary Kombolias, Environmentally Sustainable Manufacturing Consultant
Swathi Manchikanti, Water, Sanitation, and Climate Specialist at UNICEF
Stephen Mushegan, Clean Energy and Climate Engineering Consultant
Jaida Nabayan, Associate at James Lima Planning + Development
Rebecca Peters, Academy Associate at Chatham House
Alyssa Poletti, Climate Futures, Justice, and Solutions graduate student at the University of Washington
Nadia Seeteram, PhD candidate at Florida International University
Alex Shoer, Co-Founder at Seeder Clean Energy
Esther Sosa, Advocacy and Partnerships Manager at the Environmental Defense Fund

The climate cohort seeks to train scientists and technologists to better apply their ideas to policy. The 10-week, full-time, paid program is currently underway in Berkeley, California, and will conclude on August 12, 2022.

For more information about the Aspen Climate Cohort and participants, see here. For real-time updates on the cohort, follow us on Twitter here. For a full press release, see here.