Meet the Team

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Executive Team

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Ted Nordhaus
Founder and Executive Director
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Alex Trembath
Deputy Director
Katie Salam
Kathryn Salam
Executive Editor — Breakthrough Journal
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Ann Wang
Director of Operations

Program Directors

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Patrick Brown
Co-Director, Climate and Energy Team
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Seaver Wang
Co-Director, Climate and Energy
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Adam Stein
Director, Nuclear Energy Innovation
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Dan Blaustein-Rejto
Director of Food and Agriculture
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Vijaya Ramachandran
Director for Energy and Development
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Ashley Nunes
Washington Co-Director for Climate and Energy
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Thia Bonadies
Director of Events

Staff

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Jennifer Bernstein
Academic Liaison, Breakthrough Institute; Editor in Chief, Case Studies in the Environment
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Guido Núñez-Mujica
Senior Data Scientist
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Emma Kovak
Senior Food and Agriculture Analyst
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Alex Smith
Senior Food and Agriculture Analyst
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Charlyne Smith
Senior Nuclear Energy Analyst
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Leigh Anne Lloveras
Nuclear Energy Analyst
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Juzel Lloyd
Climate and Energy Analyst
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Peter Cook
Climate and Energy Analyst
Emily Bass
Emily Bass
Assistant Federal Policy Manager, Food and Agriculture
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Angela Bell
Office Manager
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Chris Gambino
Senior Sustainable Livestock Analyst

Fellowships

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The Breakthrough Institute is an environmental research center based in Oakland, California. Our research focuses on identifying and promoting technological solutions to environmental and human development challenges in three areas: energy, conservation, and food and farming.

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