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David Greely

Job Title: 
Chief Economist
Organization: 
Abaxx Exchange

Earning a PhD in Economics at the University of Chicago, David Greely wrote his dissertation under the mentorship of Nobel laureates Bob Lucas and Gary Becker. Mr. Becker imparted valuable lessons on asking the right questions to clarify problems and solutions, emphasizing the power of economic reasoning. This collaboration extended to working on Mr. Becker's Business Week column, providing practical insights into addressing both significant and minor questions in everyday life.

During his tenure at Goldman Sachs, David Greely contributed to commodities research amid a notable shift in crude oil prices, witnessing the transition from $20/bbl to $145/bbl. He thrived on the challenge of collaborating with his team, traders, and clients to generate real-time insights into the evolving market dynamics. This period involved managing risk and navigating unprecedented market conditions.

Following an 11-year stint at Goldman Sachs, David seized an opportunity to join Bridgewater Associates as a Portfolio Strategist, seeking to learn from and collaborate with another group of accomplished professionals. Intrigued by Ray Dalio's insights into the Financial Crisis, he found this role to be a great opportunity to understand Ray's approach to the economy and investing. This experience, accompanied by a 3-year non-compete, allowed him time to redirect his curiosity to diverse interests, concluding old research projects, initiating new ones, connecting with colleagues, spending time with his children, and honing his woodshop skills.

Upon the conclusion of the non-compete period, David Greely returned to the professional investing and research arena as the Principal of Global Purview LLC and assumed the role of Chief Economist at Abaxx Technologies. On Saturday mornings, you can find him hosting the SmarterMarkets™ podcast, exploring the redesign of markets and technology to better serve participants and society as a whole.

Alvina Aui

Job Title: 
Postdoctoral Researcher
Organization: 
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Alvina is a postdoctoral researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Her research focuses on the techno-economic analysis, life cycle assessment, and process design for biomass energy systems and carbon capture and conversion systems. Alvina holds a Ph.D from Iowa State University in Mechanical Engineering.

Credentials: 
PhD

Yiqi Luo

Job Title: 
Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor
Organization: 
Cornell University

Jimmy Voorhis

Job Title: 
Head of Biomass Utilization and Policy
Organization: 
Kodama

Hannah Murnen

Job Title: 
CTO
Organization: 
Graphyte

USEA Annual Holiday Reception

December 7th, 2023

John Sodergreen

Job Title: 
Founder and Publisher of Scudder Publishing Group
Organization: 
The Desk
John Sodergreen has served as a journalist and news publisher for over three decades in the DC-metro area. He has worked for some of the biggest trade news publishers in the business, covering energy markets, federal agencies, and congress. During his career he has created and launched nearly a dozen daily, weekly, and monthly publications focused on energy commodity markets, policy, risk management, regulation, and high tech. He is founder and publisher of the energy trade news company, Scudder Publishing Group, publishers of the weekly commodity markets newsletter, The Desk. In 2000 he launched the energy sector chat and market intel platform, enelyst.com.
Credentials: 
Journalist and News Publisher

Dr. Kelli Roemer

Job Title: 
Program Advisor, Engagement
Organization: 
U.S. DOE - Office of Fossil Energy & Carbon Management
Kelli Roemer is a social scientist at the US Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM). Kelli supports the implementation of Community Benefit Plans framework and guidance in FECM. Previously, she was at the US EPA’s Office of Research and Development in the Integrated Climate Sciences Division working on equity, resilience, and hazard assessment. Kelli earned her doctorate in Ecology and Environmental Sciences at Montana State University, where she studied community resilience and planning in transitioning coal communities in the US West.

Building Understanding and Improving Engagement through Community Benefits Plans

December 4th, 2023

Join us for an informative workshop to enhance your understanding of and quality of Community Benefit Plans (CBP) developed for Department of Energy Carbon Management projects. Participants will gain insights into CBP requirements and lessons learned from engagement experts and practitioners. This webinar brings together expertise from federal resources, engagement specialists, and communities to expand understanding of CBP development, implementation, and improvement.

Dr. Colin McCormick

Job Title: 
Principal Scientist
Organization: 
Carbon Direct

Colin McCormick is a Principal Scientist at Carbon Direct and an Adjunct Professor at the Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. Trained as an experimental physicist, he has a wide range of experience in energy and climate technology development, science and technology policy, and data science. His research focus areas include technology development priorities for carbon dioxide removal, pathways for industrial deep decarbonization, and remote sensing methods for greenhouse gas emissions monitoring.

Colin served as Senior Technical Advisor at the US Department of Energy during the Obama Administration, where he helped coordinate R&D strategy across the applied energy offices, including building technologies, vehicle technologies, renewable energy, power transmission and control, fossil energy, and nuclear energy. Before that he worked as an energy and security analyst at the Federation of American Scientists, a staff member with the House Science and Technology Committee, and a AAAS Congressional Fellow in the Office of Rep. Ed Markey. Colin has a PhD in atomic and optical physics from UC Berkeley and was a postdoctoral researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

Profile Type: 
Speaker
Credentials: 
PhD

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