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Teryn Norris (Director) is a leading young energy policy analyst and strategist.  Currently a public policy major at Stanford University and Director of Americans for Energy Leadership, he has developed and advanced clean energy policy at the federal and state level, and his writing has appeared in the Harvard Law & Policy Review, San Francisco Chronicle, Baltimore Sun, Yale Environment 360, Huffington Post, and other publications. As a former Project Director at the Breakthrough Institute, he supported successful advocacy to achieve a $150 billion clean energy investment platform for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign and co-authored the National Energy Education Act proposal, which helped create the Obama administration’s RE-ENERGYSE initiative. He is co-author of several policy reports, including “Rising Tigers, Sleeping Giant,” and his work has been featured by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, Financial Times, Newsweek, CNN, CNBC, BusinessWeek, Fortune Magazine, The Guardian, Issues in Science & Technology, and other media outlets. He is founder of Breakthrough Generation, the young leaders initiative of the Breakthrough Institute, and he co-directed its fellowship program in 2008 and 2009 to train a group of the nation’s leading college and graduate students.  Before joining the Breakthrough Institute and transferring to Stanford, Teryn worked with Environment California to advance the California Global Warming Solutions Act.  He served as president of his class at Johns Hopkins, where he led a successful student campaign to achieve a university-wide climate initiative, and he served on the Johns Hopkins President’s Task Force on Climate Change.  Contact: Email and Twitter

T.J. Augustine recently completed a Ph.D. in Bioinorganic Chemistry from Stanford University, where he was a John Stauffer Stanford Graduate Fellow, and previously graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a degree in Chemistry. His research focused on enzymes that catalyze reactions important to generating carbon free energy. He has published articles in a variety of scholarly journals, including the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Biochemistry, and Dalton Transactions, and has also presented his research at several national conferences. T.J. is now working to bridge the gap between science and policy. He is obtaining a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from Stanford, as well as leading the development of a science and technology policy curriculum within the Public Policy Program. In addition to working with Americans for Energy Leadership, he is founding the Stanford chapter of Scientists and Engineers for America, a group dedicated to promoting debate of science and policy related issues and encouraging those with scientific backgrounds to become in engaged in the political process. T.J has worked as a volunteer with the Obama campaign and been active in California politics.  Contact: Email

Ashley Carlisle (National Outreach Coordinator) is currently a senior at Stanford majoring in Public Policy with a concentration in energy and the environment. Aside from her work with Americans for Energy Leadership, she is helping to develop policies that promote energy efficiency at Stanford through the sustainability subcommittee, a branch of the Stanford student body government. She is working on the Stanford University Solar Initiative, an effort within the Stanford Solar and Wind Energy Project to assess the potential of a solar photovoltaic installation on Stanford’s campus. Ashley conducted research and provided recommendations for Redwood City’s Climate Action Plan for a class project in the fall of 2009. Specifically, she focused on programs and incentives for decreasing residential energy consumption in Redwood City. Right now, she is working on a group project for Joint Venture to develop infrastructure for electric vehicles throughout Silicon Valley cities. Contact: Email

Ishan Nath (Communications Director) is currently a sophomore at Stanford double-majoring in Economics and Earth Systems with a concentration in energy science. In addition to his work with Americans for Energy Leadership, Ishan serves on the Stanford Daily Editorial Board, represents the undergraduate student body on the Stanford Committee for Environmental Health and Public Safety, and works with Plugview Corps, a student group dedicated to instilling energy-conservation habits by developing real-time monitoring systems. Ishan recently began serving as President of the Stanford Chapter of IDEAS, a group that aims to make a sustainable impact in the developing world by working with a global network of universities to implement hands-on projects. This past summer, Ishan taught environmental science to low-income 7th graders in Cambridge, MA, through a program called Breakthrough Collaborative. In high school, Ishan led the Westminster Campus Conservation Corps, which organized assemblies and wrote articles to spread environmental awareness, raised over $500 dollars to donate to Trees Atlanta, and had its efforts to improve the school’s recycling infrastructure and use of energy-efficient lightbulbs documented by local newspapers and Atlanta’s NBC affiliate. The group also organized the inaugural Southeast Green Cup Challenge, which has expanded to include more than a dozen Georgia schools in an annual energy conservation competition, and raised over $30,000 through the Lexus Environmental Challenge; money the school is now using to install its first solar panels. Contact: Email

Eli Pollak (National Outreach Coordinator) is a sophomore at Stanford University majoring in Atmosphere and Energy Engineering. He is currently the Co-Director of Students for a Sustainable Stanford’s climate program, where he has led an effort to strength the administration’s energy and climate plan and improve the university’s curriculum related to clean energy and sustainability. In summer 2009, Eli worked for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on climate change policy, and in the past he worked with the 1Sky campaign. Eli recently attended the Copenhagen COP15 negotiations, where he served as part of the delegation from Stanford University. Eli is originally from Washington, DC, where he grew up immersed in the world of United States politics, and he considers himself an avid political junkie.  Contact: Email

Juliana Williams (Field Organizer) is a youth organizer and writer. She is currently pursuing a Master of Public Policy from the University of Maryland, with a specialization in energy and the environment. She recently worked as a fellow with the Breakthrough Institute, researching the factors that drive cost reductions for clean energy technologies and with the Sierra Student Coalition, organizing youth across the Midwest around clean energy and sustainability initiatives. While with the Sierra Student Coalition, Juliana mobilized students in Iowa to secure state funding for high speed passenger rail, in Missouri and Illinois on university expansion of coal, and around the region on federal climate and energy legislation. She is an Editor for It’s Getting Hot In Here, the largest youth issue blog in the world, and was a co-founder of the Cascade Climate Network. In 2005, Juliana represented the Sierra Club at the United Nations climate negotiations in Montreal. She graduated from Whitman College with a degree in geology, and her organizing work there was recognized by the Thomas Cronin Award from Whitman College; Dr. Joseph Barbosa Award from the Sierra Club; and the Adam Werbach Award from the Sierra Student Coalition.  Contact: Email and Twitter

Associated Students of Stanford University: the purpose of ASSU is to serve the needs of 14,000+ undergraduate and graduate students at Stanford University. As the only student group of which every Stanford student is a member, the ASSU is tasked with advocating on behalf of the student body.

Breakthrough Generation: the young leaders initiative of the Breakthrough Institute, a public policy think tank, Breakthrough Generation works to empower America’s progressive young leaders to advance bold ideas for a stronger, safer, and more prosperous world. Each summer, Breakthrough Generation hosts a highly competitive summer fellowship – including a group of the country’s top young writers, analysts, and thought leaders – to perform high-level policy research, analysis, and development. Website: www.breakthroughgen.org

Energy Crossroads is a global coalition of rising young leaders from across sectors, disciplines, and borders to advance clean energy as a unifying solution to national security, environmental, and economic competitiveness challenges. Founded at Stanford University in 2007, featuring a large national energy conference with Thomas Friedman, Energy Crossroads has quickly grown into several international chapters and maintains active chapters around the world. Website: www.energycrossroads.org

Focus the Nation is a national non-profit headquartered in Portland, Oregon founded in 1999. Focus the Nation believes in the science of climate change and the opportunity it presents to rebuild American communities and US leadership at the local and international level. We are driven by a fierce commitment to empower young people with the leadership, educational and civic engagement opportunities that will accelerate our transformation to a more just and prosperous clean energy future. Website: www.focusthenation.org

Roosevelt Institute Campus Network is a national student initiative that engages young people in a unique form of progressive activism that empowers them as leaders and promotes their ideas for change. Through communication and coordination with political actors and community members, students identify pressing issues facing their towns, counties and states. Taking advantage of the unique resources on their college campuses, they engage in policy research and writing and then connect the fruits of that research to the political process, delivering sound, progressive proposals to policymakers and advocacy groups. Website: www.rooseveltinstitution.org

Scientists & Engineers for America is a youth-led organization that seeks to bridge the gap between science and policy using today’s technology, including efforts to raise the level of debate on science and policy in elections and beyond; encouraging people with training in science and engineering to run for office; facilitating the participation of scientists and engineers in politics and civic life; and providing timely information on the science policy positions of elected officials and candidates for elected office.