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October 29, 2026 • 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm ist

Columbia India Energy Dialogue 2026

The Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and ReNew invite you to Columbia India Energy Dialogue 2026, taking place...

Event • The Oberoi, New Delhi
Dr Zakir Hussain Marg, Delhi Golf Club, Golf Links
New Delhi, Delhi 110003, India
Columbia India Energy Dialogue 2026

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Roxanna Vigil is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University. Her research focuses on U.S. sanctions and energy policy toward Venezuela. She has served in the U.S. government at the National Security Council, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of State, specializing in sanctions and foreign policy toward Latin America and the Caribbean.

Most recently, Vigil was an International Affairs Fellow in National Security at the Council on Foreign Relations, where she wrote about sanctions policy, regional energy security, U.S. control of Venezuelan oil revenues, and Colombia’s peace process. Before that, she was a senior sanctions policy advisor in the Treasury Department. Office of Foreign Assets Control (2023–2025). She previously served as Director for Andean Affairs at the National Security Council (2022–2023), overseeing foreign policy and national security matters for Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia. Earlier at Treasury, she led the U.S. delegation to the Financial Action Task Force of Latin America, the regional body for anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism standards. She began her career at the Department of State, where she held several roles, including on the Venezuela desk in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs.

Her writing has appeared in Council on Foreign Relations publications and War on the Rocks. She provides commentary to the media and has been featured by outlets including Bloomberg TV, CBS News, CNN, Fox News, NPR, and The Washington Post.

Vigil holds an M.A. in Latin American Studies from Georgetown University and a B.A. from the University of Michigan. She speaks fluent Spanish and is based in Washington,
D.C.

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