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Sarah manages the direction and portfolio of RMI’s work in the United States, specifically in the areas of federal, state, and local engagement as well as economic development. Sarah also runs the New Energy Industrial Strategy Center, a new initiative to motivate intentional efforts to develop industries that support and expand the clean energy economy in the United States, Europe, and other high-potential developed and developing economies.
Background
Sarah returned to RMI in Sept. 2024 after serving as Senior Director for Climate and Energy, National Security Council at the White House from Jan. 2023 to Aug. 2024.
Prior to RMI, Sarah was senior vice president and director of the Energy Security and Climate Change Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where she led the think tank’s work in energy policy, geopolitics, and technology analysis. She spearheaded new work at CSIS on climate change and foreign policy, deep decarbonization, and just transitions.
Before CSIS, Sarah worked in the Office of the Americas in the US Department of Energy’s Office of Policy and International Affairs, where she covered a range of economic, political, and energy issues in the Western Hemisphere. In addition, she spent a short time working at Statoil as its senior director for international affairs in the Washington office.
Education
B.A., International Affairs/East Asian Studies and Japanese language, The George Washington University
M.A., International Affairs/International Security, The George Washington University
Location
Washington, D.C.
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