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Michelle Patron
PIRA Energy Michelle Patron directs PIRA Energy Group's Global Political Risk Service. She has over a decade of experience analyzing international energy issues. In addition, she is an adjunct professor of energy policy at New York University. Prior to joining PIRA, Ms. Patron was a Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and conducted energy research at Deutsche Bank. Earlier in her career, she served as an international policy advisor at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the Clinton and Bush administrations. During that time, she advised the U.S. Energy Secretary and other senior U.S. officials on relations with major energy-producing and -consuming countries, including Venezuela, Mexico, Brazil, China, Nigeria and the EU. In 2001, Ms. Patron served as Energy Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. Prior to the DOE, she worked at the International Energy Agency, the White House, UNICEF and the Center for International Environmental Law. Ms. Patron holds a BA from Columbia University and an MA from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. She has served as a commentator to CNBC, BBC, NPR, the New York Times and the Economist and has written for Foreign Affairs, The Financial Times and The Los Angeles Times. | 
