Robin Millican is the Director of Research Programs and Strategic Partnerships at Columbia University SIPA’s Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP), where she provides strategic oversight and coordination of the Center’s research agenda, ensuring rigor, coherence, and policy relevance across CGEP’s portfolio of interdisciplinary work. She brings more than fifteen years of experience in organizational strategy, program design, and U.S. and international energy policy. Prior to joining Columbia, Ms. Millican served as Head of Strategic Initiatives and Integration at Breakthrough Energy, a network of initiatives founded by Bill Gates focused on scaling clean energy technologies. At Breakthrough Energy, she served as the Head of Strategic Initiatives and Integration, overseeing a team of experts who developed long-term strategies to advance federal and state policy priorities across sectors such as power, industry, buildings, transportation, and agriculture. Robin’s team was also responsible for philanthropic giving to partner organizations. Before her role at Breakthrough Energy, Robin led the clean energy innovation policy portfolio at Gates Ventures, the private office of Bill Gates. With over a decade of experience in energy, science, and technology policy, Robin has also served as a senior strategy consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton and as a legislative aide to U.S. Senator John Cornyn. B.A. from Southern Methodist University, Master of Public Policy from Duke University Public Policy, Strategy, PhilanthropyBiography
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