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Jeffrey Kupfer

Jeffrey Kupfer

Jeffrey Kupfer served as the Asia Society’s 2014 Bernard Schwartz Fellow. During his fellowship, Mr. Kupfer worked  on U.S.-Asia energy issues, focusing on how worldwide trends in supply and demand will impact geopolitical relationships, as well as on how government policies influence countries’ domestic energy sectors and cross border investment.

Before joining the Asia Society in February 2014, Mr. Kupfer was a senior advisor for policy and government affairs at Chevron. In that role, he led the policy, legislative, and regulatory initiatives for Chevron’s Marcellus Shale business unit and helped to steer the engagement and overall policy for the company’s unconventional natural gas operations. He was appointed by the Governors of Pennsylvania and Maryland to participate on their respective commissions to study and recommend policies for natural gas development. Jeff also served as a senior vice president at Atlas Energy, where he oversaw a multi-billion dollar joint venture with Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries.

From 2006 to 2009, Mr. Kupfer held a number of high level positions at the U.S. Department of Energy, including Acting Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer. He played a central role in the development and implementation of U.S. energy policy. He traveled extensively and represented the Department in numerous international meetings, including two U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogues as well as leading the U.S. delegation to the 2008 International Energy Forum and the London Energy Minister's meeting.

Before coming to the Department of Energy, Mr. Kupfer worked in the White House as a Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and as the Executive Director of the President’s Panel on Federal Tax Reform. He also has served as the Treasury Department’s Deputy Chief of Staff, as counsel for the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, and as a trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice.

Mr. Kupfer holds degrees from Yale University and Harvard Law School. He is currently an adjunct professor of policy and management at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College.

Writings

  • The Tamar drilling natural gas production platform is seen some 25 kilometers West of the Ashkelon shore in February 2013 in Israel. (Getty Images)

    Opinion: The Link Between Israel and America's Natural Gas Boom

    Jeffrey Kupfer, Bernard Schwartz Fellow with the Asia Society Policy Institute, looks at the strategic possibilities for Israel’s new domestic supplies of natural gas.
  • Construction workers specializing in pipe-laying work on a section of pipeline on July 25, 2013 outside Watford City, North Dakota. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

    Opinion: Why the U.S. Should End Its 40-Year Ban on Exporting Crude Oil

    Jeffrey Kupfer, Bernard Schwartz Fellow with the Asia Society Policy Institute, argues that the U.S. can help its allies in Asia and benefit its economy by ending its longstanding ban on exporting U.S. crude oil.
  • Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) applauds during the agreement signing ceremony in Shanghai on May 21, 2014, with Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller (C) and Chinese state energy giant CNPC Chairman Zhou Jiping (R) attending the ceremony. (Alexey Druzhinin/AFP/Getty Images)

    Why the China-Russia Natural Gas Deal Was All but Inevitable

    Jeffrey Kupfer, Asia Society's 2014 Bernard Schwartz Fellow, argues that long-term trends in global energy markets helped bring Russia and China for their "landmark deal" as energy supplier and consumer.

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