Author

Jason E. Bordoff

Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs. Director, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia School of International and Public Affairs

As of latest THP publication:

Jason Bordoff is founding director of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, where he is a professor of professional practice, and is also co-founding dean of the Columbia Climate School. Bordoff joined the Columbia faculty after serving until January 2013 as special assistant to the president and senior director for energy and climate change on the staff of the National Security Council, and, prior to that, holding senior policy positions on the White House’s National Economic Council and Council on Environmental Quality—joining the Administration in April 2009.

Bordoff’s research and policy interests lie at the intersection of economics, energy, environment, and national security. Prior to joining the White House, Bordoff was the policy director of The Hamilton Project. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a consultant to the National Intelligence Council, and serves on the board of the Association of Marshall Scholars. During the Clinton Administration, Bordoff served as an advisor to the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department. He was also a consultant with McKinsey & Company, one of the leading global strategy consultancies. Bordoff graduated with honors from Harvard Law School, where he was treasurer and an editor of the Harvard Law Review, and clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He also holds an MLitt degree from Oxford University, where he studied as a Marshall Scholar, and a BA magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Brown University.