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Suzanne HuntSuzanne Hunt is a Board Member of Climate Lab. She is also the President of Hunt Green, LLC. Suzanne is based in Washington DC and works on energy, climate/environment, food/agricultural, and international development, policy and investment. Her current and past clients include the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy branch of the U.S. Department of Energy, the Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Wolfensohn & Co., the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), the Global Bioenergy Partnership, and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.
Suzanne has extensive environmental research, policy, education and planning experience. She directed the Worldwatch Institute’s bioenergy program for two years where she coordinated the landmark study, "Biofuels for Transportation: Global Potential and Implications for Energy and Agriculture.” Under her leadership, a team of international experts in the field of bioenergy assessed the opportunities and risks of large-scale international biofuels development. Before joining Worldwatch, she worked at Environmental Defense on social and environmental safeguard policy reform at the international finance institutions.
Suzanne meets regularly with government, industry, and civil society leaders and with members of the media, appearing on CNN International, CNN en Español, MTV, Voice of America, and public radio. She speaks frequently before diverse audiences ranging from European Parliamentarians to farm associations and has been a guest speaker at a number of universities including Georgetown, the University of Minnesota, and American University. She also gets out into the field whenever possible, and in the spring of 2007 drove a vintage truck fueled with biodiesel and waste grease from Washington DC to Costa Rica, visiting producers and policy makers along the way as part of an energy, environment and rural development publicity drive called the “Greaseball Challenge.” A documentary film of the trip premiered in German and in Norway and will soon be released in English. Science Magazine featured Suzanne as a “Pioneer” in 2007. She was a panelist on the annual World Food Day special broadcast hosted by Ray Swarez in 2007 where she was the youngest participant in the 24 year history of the program.
Suzanne’s agricultural roots sparked her interest in biofuels when she initiated the use of biodiesel at her family's farm and winery, Hunt Country Vineyards, in its efforts to become a more sustainable business. Suzanne has a BS in Environmental Science from Penn State and a dual master’s degree in International Affairs and Natural Resource Management from American University and the UN’s University for Peace in Costa Rica.
Selected Publications
- Biofuels, Neither Saviour nor Scam: The Case for a Selective Strategy. World Policy Journal. Spring 2008, Vol. 25, No. 1, Pages 9-17. Posted Online June 12, 2008. Author.
- Sustainable Biofuels Consensus Suzan Co-chaired the gathering at the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center that produced this consensus. April 2008.
- A Review of the Current State of Bioenergy Development in G8+5 Countries. Global Bioenergy Partnership. November 2007. Lead Author.
- Make Sure 'Alternative' Fuels are Clean. OpEd. The DesMoines Register. October 2007. Author.
- Sustainable Bioenergy: A Framework for Decision Makers A UN Energy Publication. 2007. Lead Author.
- Biofuels for Transportation: Global Potential and Implications for Energy and Agriculture A Worldwatch Institute Publication. 2007. Project Manager and Lead Author.
- American Energy: The Renewable Path to Energy Security. Worldwatch Institute and Center for American Progress. September 2006. Contributor.
- Vital Signs 2006-2007. Biofuels Hit a Gusher. Worldwatch Institute. July 2006. Co-author.
- State of the World 2006: Special Focus: China and India. Chapter 4: Cultivating Renewable Alternatives to Oil. Worldwatch Institute. January 2006. Co-author.
Director/Advisory Roles
- Suzanne is a board member of Climate Lab.
- Suzanne is a founding steering committee member of the “BioEnergy Wiki”, an information sharing hub.
- Suzanne is a board member of CHIBAS in Haiti.
- Suzanne serves as an advisor to the Art Center College of Design for their Sustainable Mobility Summits.
- Suzanne is an advisor to the Center for Strategic & Latin American Studies based in Colombia and the USA (Washington DC).
- Suzanne is a co-founder of “SmartFuel,” an organization dedicated to teaching children principles of science and business through hands-on biodiesel production as a cleaner-burning fuel for their school buses.
- Suzanne serves as an advisor to the Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance and was previously a member of the board of directors.
- Suzanne served as an expert advisor to a high level Task Force on the Global Food Crisis formed by the Center for Strategic and International Studies and was co-chaired by Senators Lugar (R) and Casey (D). The task force's recommendations were released at the end of July 2008 in the report: A Call for a Strategic U.S. Approach to the Global Food Crisis.
- Suzanne advised to the Club of Madrid on energy issues during 2006-2007.
- Suzanne sits on the Board of Advisors at Hunt Country Vineyards. Lifetime appointment. :)
Recent Speaking Engagements
- World Wildlife Fund. 2008 Kathryn Fuller Symposium. Washington DC, USA. November 19-20, 2008
- International Workshop on Sustainable Biofuel Development. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. October 20 & 21, 2008
- Biomass South 2008. Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. September 22, 2008
- Midwestern Legislative Conference and Council of State Governments. Annual Meeting. Rapid City, South Dakota, USA. July 12, 2008
- United Nations Economic and Social Council. High-Level Segment, Thematic Debate. NY,NY, USA. July 3, 2008
- American Enterprise Institute. Was Malthus Right? Was Today's Global Food Crisis Inevitable?. Washington DC, USA. July 2, 2008
- Center for Strategic & International Studies. Meeting on Global Food Insecurity. Washington DC, USA. June 17, 2008
- United Nations. 16th Session of the UN's Commission on Sustainable Development. NY, NY, USA. May 14, 2008
- CEELAT - El Centro de Estudios Estratégicos Latinoamericanos. Segunda Conferencia de Cooperación Energética: Construyendo una Estrategia Sostenible de Biocombustibles para Colombia y la Región. Bogotá, Colombia. April 24, 2008
- World Biofuels Markets. Brussels, Belgium. March 12, 2008
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