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Griffin Thompson
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Griffin Thompson is director
of the Office of Electricity and Energy Efficiency at the US Department of
State. Thompson has worked on energy, development, and climate change
issues for over two decades. He is currently responsible for managing
the strategic direction and programmatic implementation of the office’s mission
in advancing US foreign policy and national security goals in priority
countries through the promotion of electricity system reforms and functioning
power markets; promoting increased access to clean and affordable energy; and,
supporting US government climate change goals. Before becoming the office director
in the Bureau of Energy Resources, Thompson served as senior program manager in the State Department's Climate Office. Before coming to the State
Department, Thompson served as director of the Office of Energy at the US Agency for International Development. Thompson has a B.A. in
English from Gonzaga University and a Ph.D. in Political Philosophy from
Georgetown University.
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