Shirley Ann Jackson co-chairs the Council on Competitiveness “Energy Security, Innovation & Sustainability Initiative,” convening leaders in business, academe, and labor to craft an agenda to enhance U.S. competitiveness and global energy security. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Independent Task Force on Climate Change, and the Brookings Institution’s Energy Initiative.

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