Sponsored by the Alumni Association of Princeton University

Moderator:

Jesse Jenkins

Panelists:     

Robert Klee ’96
Senior Lecturer, Yale School of the Environment

Marilyn Waite ’06
Managing Director, Capital for Sustainability

Marcus Stewart ’11

Hélène Benveniste *21
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Social Sciences, Doerr School of Sustainability, Stanford University

PANELISTS

Robert Klee ’96
Rob Klee is a leading energy and environmental practitioner, with more than 20 years of experience in academia, public policy, law and consulting. At Yale, he teaches energy, climate, and environmental law and policy, and serves as the managing director of clean energy programs at the Center for Business and the Environment. He also leads Yale’s certificate program in financing and deploying clean energy for working professionals. Outside of Yale, Klee is principal of Klee Sustainability Advisors, a firm that advises clients on the strategic, legal and regulatory issues surrounding clean energy deployment and sustainable materials management. He serves on the advisory boards of Audubon (Connecticut and New York) and the Trust for Public Land (Connecticut). From 2013 to 2018, Klee served as commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. A geology major at Princeton, he earned master’s, doctorate and juris doctor degrees at Yale.

Marilyn Waite ’06
Marilyn Waite has worked across four continents in renewable and nuclear energy, climate modeling and investment. She is the author of “Sustainability at Work: Careers That Make a Difference,” and her writing has been featured in outlets such as the Financial Times, Le Monde and the Boston Globe. Waite previously led the climate finance portfolio at the Hewlett Foundation, the energy practice at Village Capital, energy models as a senior research fellow at Project Drawdown, and innovation projects at Orano and Framatome (formerly AREVA). She holds a master’s degree with distinction in engineering for sustainable development from the University of Cambridge and a bachelor’s degree in civil and environmental engineering, magna cum laude, from Princeton University. She serves on multiple boards and investment committees, including Climate First Bank.

Hélène Benveniste *21
Hélène Benveniste works on international environmental policy and politics, with focuses on climate-related human migration, the politics of energy transitions and global governance of environmental issues. In her research at Stanford, she uses both quantitative and qualitative methods drawn from political and other social sciences. Her work has appeared in scientific journals including the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Climate Change. Prior to joining Stanford, Benveniste was a postdoctoral fellow at the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University. She holds a Ph.D. in science, technology and environmental policy from Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.