Stephanie Epner leads the Climate and Energy Directorate of the National Security Council staff at the While House, serving as Special Advisor and Acting Senior Director. Stephanie previously held the role of Senior Advisor to the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, while concurrently serving as the climate and energy lead on the Secretary of State's Policy Planning Staff. Prior to joining the Administration, Stephanie was the founder and director of the Climate in Foreign Policy Project at the UN Foundation and a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. During the Obama-Biden Administration, Stephanie served as senior advisor and speechwriter to the Secretary of State, as well as chief speechwriter to the Administrator at the Environmental Protection Agency. She has a bachelor's from Vanderbilt University and a master's degree from Princeton University. 

Session:

• A Conflict of Interest? Minerals and the Renewable Energy Transition
• Spotlight on the USA: A conversation on USG action for Climate and Environmental Security
• Blue Security: The Geostrategy of Water 

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