Jason Bordoff
Jason Bordoff is the Founding Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy and Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs at Columbia University’ School of International and Public Affairs. He is also on the faculty of the Columbia Climate School, where he is Co-Founding Dean Emeritus. Since joining the Columbia SIPA faculty in 2013, he has been teaching and mentoring the world’s future energy and climate leaders in government, business and civil society. Bordoff is one of the world’s leading energy and climate policy experts. His research and policy interests lie at the intersection of economics, energy, environment, and national security. Previously, he served as Special Assistant to President Barack Obama and Senior Director for Energy and Climate Change on the Staff of the National Security Council. He also held senior policy positions on The White House's National Economic Council and Council on Environmental Quality.
Jason Bordoff Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs
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Founder and Director
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Special Assistant to the President, Senior Director for Energy and Climate Change
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Policy Director, The Hamilton Project
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Special Assistant to Deputy Secretary
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Consultant
Academic History
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J.D., Law
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M.Litt., Politics
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A.B., Political Science, Judaic Studies
Under his leadership, CGEP has become widely recognized among the world's leading energy policy research institutes.
He also co-led and created the nation’s first graduate school devoted to tackling climate change, the Columbia Climate School.
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Board Member, Winrock International and Foreign Policy 4 America
Member, Trilateral Commission
Member, National Petroleum Council
Member, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Energy Advisory Council
Member, World Economic Forum’s “Future of Energy Stewardship
EARLY CAREER & RESEARCH
Bordoff also has extensive experience advising the private sector and non-profit organizations.
Earlier in his career, he was a Scholar at The Brookings Institution, served in the Treasury Department during the Clinton Administration, and was a consultant with McKinsey & Company.
Bordoff has written prolifically about how to address our greatest energy and climate change challenges and has developed innovative programs and tools to train future leaders to bridge the gap between academic research and policy, focused on delivering research insights in formats and timeframes that are accessible and useful to decision-makers outside of academia.
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
He frequently publishes articles in leading outlets such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Economist, and other leading outlets.
He appears on NPR, CNN, NBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, CBS, and the BBC as a commentator.
His Foreign Affairs article with Meghan O’Sullivan, “Green Upheaval: The New Geopolitics of Energy,” was selected as one of the “Top Ten” print articles published in that journal in 2022.