Arctic Initiative Year in Review 2020

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OUR TEAM

Co-Directors

John P. Holdren is the Teresa and John

Halla Hrund Logadóttir is the

Henry Lee is the Jassim M. Jaidah

Heinz Professor of Environmental

Co-Founder and Co-Director of the

Family Director of the Environment

Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School;

Arctic Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy

and Natural Resources Program at the

Co-director of the Science, Technology,

School’s Belfer Center. She also teaches

Belfer Center, Faculty Co-Chair of the

and Public Policy Program at the Belfer

Harvard’s interdisciplinary Arctic course

Sustainability Science Program, and

Center; Professor of Environmental

on Policy and Social Innovation for the

a Senior Lecturer in Public Policy. He

Science and Policy in the Department

Changing Arctic.

also serves on the Advisory Board of

of Earth and Planetary Sciences;

the Harvard Kennedy School’s Kuwait

Affiliated Professor in the School of

Ms. Logadóttir co-curates the

Engineering and Appliied Science;

World Economic Forum’s Arctic

and Senior Advisor to the Director at

Transformation Map where she focuses

Before joining the school, Mr. Lee spent

the independent, nonprofit Woodwell

on environmental issues. In her native

nine years in Massachusetts state

Climate Research Center.

Iceland, Ms. Logadóttir serves on the

government as Director of the State’s

advisory board to Iceland’s Minister of

Energy Office and Special Assistant to

Holdren is a member of the U.S.

Industry and Commerce on Iceland’s

the Governor for environmental policy.

National Academy of Sciences, the

Energy Fund and chairs the Arctic

He has served on numerous state,

U.S. National Academy of Engineering,

Innovation Lab, that she established

federal, and private boards, and advi-

the American Academy of Arts

to encourage business and social

sory committees on both energy and

and Sciences, and the American

innovation across the Arctic region. Ms.

environmental issues.

Philosophical Society. From January

Logadóttir is the former Director of the

2009 to January 2017, he was President

Iceland School of Energy at Reykjavík

Obama’s Science Advisor and the

University where she lectures on Arctic

Senate-confirmed Director of the White

policies.

Program.

House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).

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