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The Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia University SIPA today announced new personnel additions who bring extensive experience from government and the private sector to the Center to address issues including carbon management, the relationship between energy and economic security, clean energy finance, and critical minerals.
“At a time where energy issues are at the forefront of so many policymakers’ minds both right here in the US but also globally, I am happy to welcome a diverse array of new scholars and staff to build on the Center’s expertise on carbon management and the security of energy and advanced technologies in the era of great power competition,” said Jason Bordoff, CGEP Founding Director. “These newest additions bring extensive experience from the National Security Council, the Departments of Energy and State, and the private sector to our team that will continue to help us inform and educate policymakers in Washington and around the world.”
Aaron Bartnick – Global Fellow
Aaron Bartnick serves as Chief of Staff for the neural engineering company Science Corporation and as Distinguished Policy Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University. He most recently served in government as Assistant Director for Technology Security and Governance at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), where he led OSTP’s economic and technology security portfolios including its role on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), outbound investment policy, research security, and several strategic industries including unmanned systems and open-source semiconductors.
Jack Andreasen Cavanaugh – Global Fellow
Jack Andreasen Cavanaugh is a Global Fellow at the Carbon Management Research Initiative. Previously he worked at Breakthrough Energy leading Carbon Management Policy and Advocacy. He served on the White House Task Force for the Responsible Deployment of Carbon Capture and Sequestration and sits on the DAC Advisory Council. He has a bachelor of science in biological systems from the University of Nebraska, a Masters of Public Affairs and a Masters of Environmental Science from Indiana University.
Calli Obern – Senior Policy Advisor
Calli Obern previously served in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of International Affairs and Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, bringing expertise in trade policy, carbon management, U.S.-china policy, and critical minerals. She directed policy and stakeholder engagement at Capture6, a carbon removal startup, and led subnational dialogues with India and China on climate and energy at the Aspen Institute’s Energy and Environment Program, and served as a Brent Scowcroft Fellow at the Aspen Strategy Group. Calli received her MA in international policy at Stanford University and her BA in diplomacy and world affairs and Chinese from Occidental College.
Aya Ibrahim
Ibrahim served as Senior Advisor on the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff, in the White House Office of Science Technology Policy and the National Economic Council, where she led on the President’s Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights and Digital Assets Executive Order. She previously served as Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley’s senior economic advisor. Ibrahim was most recently a Visiting Fellow at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy and is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Ibrahim is a graduate of Swarthmore College, where she received her B.A. in Political Science and Religion and studied Arabic and Spanish.
Cina Vazir
Cina Vazir was most recently a Managing Consultant at Wood Mackenzie, where he guided corporations on complex decisions related to capital allocation, strategy, and negotiations for minerals and energy. He previously worked in natural resources across multiple organizations, including Rio Tinto, the World Bank, and Steyn Reddy Associates. In these roles, he covered topics ranging from resource strategy to industrial policy and corporate responsibility. Earlier in his career, Cina served in the U.S. Peace Corps and later worked in strategy consulting. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan and a Master in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School.
Narayan Subramanian
Narayan Subramanian served as a political appointee in the Biden-Harris administration from 2021-2025, most recently, as Director for Energy Transition at the White House National Security Council. Prior to the White House, he was an Advisor to the Secretary and Legal Advisor in the Office of General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Energy, where he played a key role in the implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act. His commentary and analysis have been featured in outlets such as the New York Times, Foreign Policy, Politico, Scientific American, and the National Geographic. Subramanian holds a JD from Columbia Law School, an MPA from Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs, and a BS in Earth and Environmental Engineering from Columbia University.
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