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ICF International Names Jan Mazurek Senior Fellow

By TechTaffy Desk

[Techtaffy Newsdesk]

ICF International, a provider of consulting services and technology solutions to government and commercial clients, has appointed Jan Mazurek, Ph.D., a senior fellow in the climate policy practice.

Most recently, Ms. Mazurek held the position of director of strategy and operations at Duke University’s Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, where she helped the California Air Resources Board (ARB) to update the cap-and-trade scoping plan and conducted research on related topics such as California offsets policy. In 2010, she was appointed by the governor of California to serve as senior policy advisor to the ARB chairman, where she helped devise California’s cap-and-trade regulation.

Ms. Mazurek holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of California at Riverside, and a doctorate from the University of California at Los Angeles’ Luskin School of Public Policy.

[Image Courtesy: Ms. Jan Mazurek]

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