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July 7, 2025 - July 8, 2025 • 6:00 pm edt

Third Annual Energy Opportunity Forum

This year, the Third Annual Energy Opportunity Lab (EOL) Forum will take place July 7th and 8th in Washington, DC, offering a chance for the Washington policymaking community...

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Cina is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University. His work focuses on the intersection of geopolitics, economic development, and commodity markets. In addition to his role at Columbia, Cina independently advises various entities with interests in real assets.

Most recently, Cina was a Managing Consultant at Wood Mackenzie, where he guided corporations on complex decisions related to capital allocation, strategy, and negotiations. 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. Cina first entered the commodity industry as a retail investor in publicly listed junior mining equities.

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.

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