Katherine Hamilton
Visiting Senior Fellow
Katherine Hamilton, ’83, is an international energy policy expert, having been an original and longtime host of The Energy Gang podcast, then an original host of Open Circuit. In addition to founding 38 North, a clean energy and climate tech public policy consultancy, Katherine led several councils of the World Economic Forum as a global policy and technology thought leader. She served as Vice Chair of the board of Greentown Labs, with start-up hubs in Somerville, MA and Houston, TX and currently serves as a Non-Executive Director at Smarter Grid Solutions, as an Independent Director at Peak Power, and as an Advisor to MKB, a growth equity fund. Katherine majored in creative writing at Cornell and, after receiving her AB, went on to study French civilization at the Sorbonne and electrical engineering at Northern Virginia Community College. At Cornell Atkinson, Katherine serves as a Senior Visiting Fellow, tapping into her technical and policy experience to provide counsel and connections.