Alan Ahn

As Senior Resident Fellow for Third Way’s Climate and Energy Program, Alan communicates the importance of carbon-free energy from an economic, climate, and national security perspective. He also helps demonstrate the economic benefits that investment in existing and advanced energy technologies offer for communities in the form of good-paying jobs.

Alan earned his B.S. in International Political Economy from Georgetown University and his Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (MALD) from the Fletcher School at Tufts University. Before joining Third Way, Alan spent 10 years as the Director of Programs and Communication at the Global America Business Institute (GABI), where he managed research and policy dialogues on a range of clean energy issues. His principal focus at GABI was energy, with an emphasis on the value of innovation and international cooperation in advancing robust development and use of science and technology worldwide. During his time at GABI, he helped convene various stakeholders across different communities to foster multinational and industry collaboration on energy, including multilateral dialogues involving experts and officials from the United States, Canada, Japan, South Korea, France, and the United Kingdom. These forums typically revolved around developing international cooperation and coordination on specific issues, including capacity building for civil nuclear development in aspiring entrant states, spent nuclear fuel management, clean energy technology R&D, and facilitating the global deployment of low-carbon energy solutions.