On January 27, 2022, EEMI faculty met with European Commission Director-General for Energy Ditte Juul Jorgenson and other European Commission officials to discuss a partnership between GW and the European Commission to promote worldwide sustainability, including energy security and response to the global climate change challenge.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the geopolitical context surrounding Europe's Green Deal and GW’s involvement through the EEMI in that major initiative. It was conducted at the building of the Delegation of the European Union to the United States of America on K Street, N.W., just a block from GW’s Foggy Bottom campus.
Participating in the meeting from EEMI were the following individuals:
- Ambassador András Simonyi, EEMI Visiting Scholar, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Global Energy Center of the Atlantic Council and former Hungarian Ambassador to the United States
- Dr. Edward Saltzberg, Director of Professional Education, Environmental and Energy Management Institute
- Dr. Jonathan P. Deason, Co-Director, Environmental and Energy Management Institute and Lead Professor, Environmental and Energy Management concentration in the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering at GW
Participating in the meeting from the European Commission were the following individuals:
- Ms. Ditte Juul Jørgensen, Director-General for Energy, European Commission
- Ms. Mercedes García Pérez, Head, Global Issues and Innovation, Delegation of the European Union to the United States
- Mr. Jamie Michael Kern, Policy Officer, Energy, Delegation of the European Union to the United States
- Ms. Dagmara Maria Koska, Deputy Head, Global Issues and Innovation and Counsellor, Energy and Climate, Delegation of the European Union to the United States
- Ms. Maria Cristina Lobillo Borrero, Director, Energy Policy, European Commission
- Mr. Maciej Ciszewski, Policy Assistant, European Commission
Other U.S. senior officials participating in the meeting included the following:
- Mr. George T. Frampton, Distinguished Senior Fellow and Director, Transatlantic Climate Policy Initiative, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council
- Mr. David L. Goldwyn, Chairman, Energy Advisory Group, Atlantic Council
- Ambassador John Herbst, Director, Eurasia Center, Atlantic Council, and former US Ambassador to Ukraine
- Ambassador Richard L. Morningstar, Founding Chairman, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council, and former US Ambassador to the European Union
- Mr. Paddy Ryan, Program Assistant, European Energy Security, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council
- Mr. David Yellen, Assistant Director, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council
Ambassador John Herbst, Ambassador Richard Morningstar