Karen Harbert

Karen Harbert

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Karen Alderman Harbert is president and chief executive officer of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy. Harbert leads the Energy Institute’s efforts to build support for meaningful energy action nationally and internationally through policy development, education, and advocacy. Under her leadership, the Energy Institute has evolved into a premier national and increasingly international organization dedicated to advancing a constructive energy agenda and transforming the energy and environmental debate into a widely supported plan of action.<br /> <br /> Harbert is the former assistant secretary for policy and international affairs at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and was a member of DOE’s Executive Board as well as the Credit Review Board. She was the deputy assistant administrator for Latin America and the Caribbean at the U.S. Agency for International Development. In the private sector, Harbert worked for a developer of international infrastructure and power projects.<br /> <br /> Harbert has a degree in international policy studies and political science from Rice University in Houston. She resides in Washington, D.C., with her husband and two children.