2019-Annual-Report

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CATHERINE HAUSMAN
Assistant Professor, Gerald Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan
Catherine H. Hausman is an assistant professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan and a faculty research
fellow at the National Bureau of Economics Research. Her work focuses on environmental and energy economics. Her research
has appeared in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, and the
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. Recent projects have looked at the economic and environmental impacts of shale gas;
the market impacts of nuclear power plant closures; and the effects of electricity market deregulation on nuclear power safety.
Prior to her graduate studies, Hausman studied in Peru under a Fulbright grant. She has taught statistics, a policy seminar on
energy and the environment, and a course on government regulation of industry and the environment.
She holds a B.A. from the University of Minnesota and a Ph.D. in agricultural and resource economics from the University of
California, Berkeley.
HIGHLIGHTS
POLICY DIGEST
PUBLIC LECTURE
PODCAST
SEMINAR SESSION
Plugging the Leaks: Why Existing Financial
Incentives Aren’t Enough to Reduce Methane
Reducing Methane Leaks:
Actions and Challenges
The Battle Over Methane Leaks
Energy Economics
& Finance Seminar
MARK TEMPLETON
Clinical Professor of Law, Director of the Abrams Environmental Law Clinic, University of Chicago
Mark N. Templeton is a clinical professor of Law, director of the Abrams Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Chicago
Law School, and research affiliate of the Energy Policy Institute at Chicago.
Previously, Templeton was a trustee and executive director of the Office of Independent Trustees for the $20 billion Deepwater
Horizon Oil Spill Trust. He served as the cabinet-level director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, leading the
state’s efforts in energy, environmental protection
From 2005 to 2009, Templeton served as associate dean and COO at Yale Law School. From 2001 to 2005, he developed
environmental and sustainability strategies at McKinsey & Company, among other projects. Prior to joining McKinsey, Templeton
was special assistant and senior adviser to the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor and
an adviser to the U.S. Delegation to the U.N. Commission on Human Rights. He was a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs from
1994 to 1996.
Templeton earned an A.B., magna cum laude, in social studies from Harvard College and a J.D. from Yale Law School.
HIGHLIGHTS
LECTURE
Environmental Management, Law, and Policy
Right: “Methane contributes about
16 percent of greenhouse gas
emissions,” explained Catherine
Hausman to an audience of students
and faculty, “and is substantially
more potent than CO 2
.”
Far Right: Mark Templeton with
Sarah Light, associate professor
of legal studies and business ethics.