Jon A. Weiss
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Personal: Born & raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Wonderful wife Catrina Huynh-Weiss and our AMAZING son Sander Lake (7 yrs young)! We’ve been fortunate to live & work in NYC, Boston & Washington, DC; London, UK; Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
Present Professional:
Director @EQiGroup (http://eqi-group.com/about-us/meet-the-team/)
Founding Executive Director, Lake Climate Group LLC – Progressing Global Climate Finance and Local Policy.
Past Professional: For ten years I worked in-and-around the US Federal Government:
o 1997-2000: Legislative Assistant, US House of Representatives;
o 2001-2004: Legislative Assistant, US Department of Treasury, Office of General Counsel (Civil Servant);
o 2004-2007: Director of Strategic Initiatives, Office of Government, Community & Public Affairs at Johns Hopkins Institutions (JH University & JH Medicine).
Academic Background:
B.A., International Studies Program, The City College of New York (CCNY) 1993-1996
MSc. Global Politics Programme, The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) 2008-2010
o 2010 Dissertation: Global Politics of Carbon Markets -- Creation and Operation of Emissions Trading Schemes in the United States and European Union: How Do Private and Public Sector Mobilization Efforts Affect the Development of Carbon Trading Markets?