Meha Ahluwalia is the Project Manager of the Aspen Tech Policy Hub. Previously, she interned at the Brookings Institution’s Center for Technology Innovation, assisted healthcare cybersecurity research at MIT, and helped develop a new feature for the Edge browser at Microsoft. Meha holds a BA in Cognitive Science from Wellesley College. In her spare time, she enjoys listening to podcasts, taking long drives, and getting lost in museums.

Betsy Cooper is Founding Director of the Aspen Tech Policy Hub. Previously, she was the founding Executive Director of the UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity and was a policy and legal counselor at the Department of Homeland Security. Betsy has a DPhil from the University of Oxford and graduated from Yale Law School. In her spare time, she likes to run experiments to see if her digital devices are listening to her.

Nikki DeVignes is the Associate Director of the Energy and Environment Program where she leads operations, logistics, finance, and accounting as well as provides critical support for all aspects of the program’s forums and convenings. Additionally, she serves as the Director of the Future Leaders Initiative. Nikki started as a summer intern working on the Aspen Environment Forum with National Geographic while attending the University of Virginia, where she attained a BA in International Relations.

Melanie Diaz is Program Assistant of the Aspen Energy and Environment program. Before joining the Aspen Institute, Melanie served as a freelance educational equity researcher with the Pivotal Network. She has also previously interned with the Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown Climate Center’s Adaptation team, and with the NASA Earth Science Disasters Program. Melanie graduated from Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service with a BSFS in Culture & Politics and a minor Environmental Studies, where she focused on environmental justice and equity. She is originally from the South Florida area.

Maeve Sneddon was a Program Assistant at the Aspen Tech Policy Hub. She is a graduate of UC Berkeley where she majored in Global Studies and minored in Spanish Linguistics. She previously worked for the Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley, where she worked on investigative projects utilizing open source information. In her free time, she is usually either baking or watching videos on how to bake.

Greg Gershuny is the Executive Director of the Aspen Institute Energy and Environment Program. Prior to joining the Aspen Institute, Greg served as the Associate Director and Chief of Staff for the US Department of Energy Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis, where he worked on clean energy and energy security policy as well as managing the policy office and the Quadrennial Energy Review. Greg also served as the Director of Energy and Environment for the Office of Presidential Personnel, oversaw the Presidential appointment process for the energy and environment mission agencies, and was a policy aide to the Associate Director for Science at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Greg is a graduate of George Mason University and originally hails from New Jersey.

Mai Sistla is the Deputy Director of the Aspen Tech Policy Hub. Previously, she was a project manager at the University of Chicago Crime Lab—a policy research center that generates evidence to inform crime, criminal justice, and education policy—and a field staffer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Mai holds a BA in economics from Northwestern University and an MPP from UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy. Her favorite hobbies include walking, coffee shops, and walking to coffee shops.