Evelyne Williams is a Research Associate at Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA, where she focuses on the intersection of international trade, energy, and decarbonization. She most recently served as a Foreign Affairs Officer in the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Global Change, where she was the deputy lead negotiator on carbon pricing at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and represented the United States in international climate negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
A recipient of the State Department’s Colin Powell Leadership Program fellowship for emerging policy leaders, Evelyne also held roles at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York, the Office of the Geographer and Global Issues, and the Humanitarian Information Unit, where she contributed to socio-economic and climate-related policy initiatives.
Raised in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Evelyne has a longstanding interest in island economies, economic policy, and climate resilience. As a student at Columbia, she led a property tax reform and infrastructure resilience initiative in Puerto Rico and collaborated on the development of a graduate course on international monetary policy with Professor Richard Clarida. Earlier in her career, she interned at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration, supporting export strategies for U.S. firms.
Evelyne holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with Distinction from Barnard College, Columbia University, and has pursued a Master of International Affairs at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs.
