Thomas C. Heller
Executive Director
Thomas C. Heller has served as CPI's Executive Director since the organization's start in September 2009. Before joining CPI, Heller was a professor at Stanford University for thirty years...
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Executive Director
Thomas C. Heller has served as CPI's Executive Director since the organization's start in September 2009. Before joining CPI, Heller was a professor at Stanford University for thirty years...
Director, Brazil
Juliano J. Assunção, the director of CPI’s Rio Office, is a professor in the Department of Economics at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). Juliano’s research...
Director, Communications
Ruby has been a communications counselor for more than 20 years. At Fleishman-Hillard, an international communications agency, she was a senior vice president in the San Francisco office...
Director of Strategy and Chief Operating Officer
Keven serves as the Director of Strategy and Chief Operating Officer for CPI. Prior to joining CPI, Keven was a Program Officer for the power sector at the ClimateWorks...
Senior Director
Barbara Buchner is the head of CPI Europe. Her work focuses on the qualitative and quantitative analysis of market-based mechanisms and of other policy approaches to GHG mitigation...
Senior Director
As Senior Director, David manages CPI’s global research program. Before joining CPI, David worked for more than 20 years as an investor and strategic advisor...
Analyst, India
Charith has nearly six years of work experience with various professional services firms and has undertaken several business research assignments on the global energy industry.
Fellow, India
Gireesh Shrimali is an Assistant Professor of Energy Economics and Business at the Monterey Institute of International Studies...
Executive Assistant, Brazil
Marina supports Director Juliano Assunção and CPI Rio de Janeiro’s team. Prior to joining CPI, she worked for five years as an Executive Assistant at Shell Company...
Senior Analyst, Brazil
Joana holds a PhD in Analysis and Governance of Sustainable Development from the University Ca’ Foscari of Venice. At CPI, Joana manages the work of the Rio de Janeiro officeon renewable energy finance, focusing on evaluating the effectiveness...
Senior Analyst and Operations Associate, Brazil
Clarissa received her Bachelor's and Master's in Economics from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) with high honors, having spent one year as...
Senior Analyst, Brazil
Dimitri received his PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and his masters and bachelor's degree in Economics from the Universidade Federal do Dio de Janeiro. During his PhD, Dimitri focused on auction theory and empirics...
Senior Analyst, Brazil
Pedro received his BA in Economics from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) and went on to his Masters at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV-Rio). He is currently pursuing his PhD at Université de Toulouse,...
Senior Analyst, Brazil
Romero received his PhD in Economics from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). Romero's work to date has focused on impact evaluation of programs in areas such as education, health, and social protection...
Analyst, U.S.
Elinor is a recent Phi Beta Kappa graduate from UNC-Chapel Hill, where she earned a B.A. in Economics with a minor in Environmental Studies/Sciences.
Senior Associate, Strategy and Operations
Alex has spent the past ten years working with startups in both the not-for-profit and for-profit sectors focused on social justice, human rights...
Senior Analyst, U.S.
Originally from Chicago, Jeff moved to California for college. He received a BS in Earth Systems and an MS in Environmental Engineering and Science from Stanford...
Analyst, U.S.
Prior to joining CPI, Andrew studied economics at the University of British Columbia and the University of Utah, where his research focused on the political economy of environmental policy...
Executive Assistant
Kate joined the San Francisco office in the summer of 2012. Prior to working at CPI, she managed an elementary school in Kenya and served as an executive assistant at a Hollywood talent agency...
Comptroller
Barbara began work with CPI in August of 2010. She is in charge of finance and accounting for all of CPI’s global offices. A consultant for the last seven years, she has been a comptroller...
Senior Analyst, U.S.
Karen joins CPI from Washington, D.C., where she served as a Senior Policy Advisor at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
Analyst, U.S.
Brendan joined CPI's San Francisco office in November 2010. Before CPI, Brendan spent the last three years working at Analysis Group, where he conducted research and analysis for regulatory and litigation cases...
Senior Communications Associate
Elysha Rom-Povolo joined CPI in July of 2012 after five years with Fenton, a global communications consultancy known for its results-focused campaigns for nonprofits and foundations...
Senior Analyst, U.S.
Uday joins CPI from Washington, D.C., where he was a program examiner in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the Executive Office of the President and oversaw the budget...
Associate, Knowledge Management
Tim comes to CPI after three years at TerraPass, a leading originator of carbon offsets, where he saw 500,000 mT of greenhouse gas reductions through verification and sale...
Analyst, U.S.
Julia comes to CPI from Princeton University, where she completed a master’s degree in public affairs focused on economics and environmental policy.
Analyst, China and U.S.
Xueying is a recent graduate of Cornell University, where she received a master's degree in public administration with a concentration in environmental policy.
Analyst, Europe
Since 2006, Rodney has been involved in the energy and climate change sector, with a focus on renewable energy and carbon economics and an interest in market-based...
Analyst, Europe
Angela works as an analyst at CPI Europe and is currently enrolled in Ca’ Foscari University of Venice’s PhD program on the “Science and Management of Climate Change.”
Fellow, Europe
Gianleo works as an analyst at CPI Europe and is currently enrolled in a PhD program on the “Science and Management of Climate Change” at Ca’ Foscari University...
Senior Analyst and Manager, Europe
Morgan Hervé-Mignucci is a Senior Analyst and Manager in the CPI Europe Office. His work focuses on climate finance issues, especially climate finance tracking and private finance investment. Prior to joining CPI, Morgan worked for JPMorgan, EDF, and Caisse des Dépots/CDC Climat.
Analyst
Federico works as an analyst at CPI Europe and is currently finishing his Degree in Economics and Finance at Ca’Foscari University of Venice. As an undergraduate Federico studied and worked in London and San Francisco.
Analyst, Europe
Valerio works as an analyst in the CPI Europe office where his work focuses on risk analysis and green finance. Prior to joining CPI, Valerio was a researcher at Bocconi University, where he worked on various projects related to sustainability and corporate environmental accountability.
Senior Analyst
Martin Stadelmann is a Senior Analyst at CPI Europe, and obtained his Ph.D. on international climate finance at the Department of Political Science, University of Zurich early 2013. His work at CPI focuses on climate finance effectiveness and.....
Senior Analyst, Europe
Anja was most recently an environment and climate change adviser for the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), working in close cooperation with different Ministries in Indonesia.
Fellow, Europe
Chiara works as an analyst at CPI Europe and is currently enrolled in a PhD program on the “Science and Management of Climate Change” at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, where her research focuses on international climate finance and, specifically, adaptation finance.
Associate Director, Europe
Jane Wilkinson is the Associate Director of the CPI Europe Office. Prior to joining CPI, Jane served the Australian government on climate change and international policy issues for more than eight years. She joined the Department of Climate Change...
Operations Associate
Ingrid joined CPI in January 2012 and provides operations, event, and communications support for the CPI Europe office.
Senior Executive Assistant, Europe
Marni provides support for the CPI Europe office. Before joining CPI, she was the secretariat for the Advanced School of Economics at the University Ca’ Foscari...
Board of Directors
Paul Brest is the President of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in Menlo Park, California. Mr. Brest received an A.B. from Swarthmore...
Board of Directors
Stewart J. Paperin is the Executive Vice President of the Open Society Foundation and is the President of the Soros Economic Development Fund...
Board of Directors
Orville Schell is the Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society in New York. He was formerly a professor and Dean at the University of...
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