Jill Hamilton

Jill Hamilton

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Ocean-Climate Policy at Conservation International

  • Education

    • University of Otago

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      Exchange program Environmental Law
    • Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy

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      International Development Policy Certificate
    • Duke University

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      Master of Environmental Management Ocean Policy
    • University of Denver

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      Bachelor's degree Environmental Science, Strategic Communication
  • Experience

    • Project Xeri

      Sept 2012 - Jun 2015
      Co-Founder
    • The Nature Conservancy

      Mar 2013 - Jul 2013
      Marketing Assistant (Internship)
    • Xcel Energy

      May 2014 - Aug 2016
      • Communications Coordinator - Renewable Energy Programs

        Sept 2015 - Aug 2016
      • Marketing Assistant - Solar Energy Program

        Dec 2014 - Sept 2015
      • Business Intern, Energy Efficiency Program

        May 2014 - Dec 2014
    • Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability

      Aug 2016 - Jan 2019
      • Policy Associate - Ocean & Coastal Policy Program, Ecosystem Services Program

        May 2018 - Jan 2019
      • Research Assistant - Ocean & Coastal Policy Program

        Aug 2016 - May 2018
    • Environmental Defense Fund

      May 2017 - Aug 2017
      Cuba Oceans Program - Stanback Fellow
    • U.S. Department of State

      Feb 2019 - Jan 2020
      Foreign Affairs Officer, Sea Grant Knauss Marine Policy Fellow

      Marine Policy Fellow in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Office of Marine Conservation. 1-year fellowship term.

    • NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

      Apr 2019 - Jul 2019
      International Policy Fellow

      Detail as a NOAA Sea Grant Knauss Marine Policy Fellow at the NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement. Part of a 1-year fellowship through NOAA Sea Grant.

    • United States Senate

      Jan 2020 - Sept 2021
      Legislative Assistant - U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

      Managed the ocean and coastal policy portfolio in the office of Senator Whitehouse, including the Senator's work as Co-Chair of the Senate Oceans Caucus.

    • The Wilson Center

      Sept 2020 - Nov 2020
      Woodrow Wilson Foreign Policy Fellowship
    • Conservation International

      Sept 2021 - now
      Director, Blue Climate Strategy

      Global director for ocean-climate policy, working in partnership with 10+ countries and CI’s team of scientists, policy experts and practitioners.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Rescue Diver

      PADI
      Mar 2014
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Jill Hamilton
      Emerging Leader in Environmental Law and Policy Environmental Law Institute Apr 2020
    • Awarded to Jill Hamilton
      Outstanding Scholarship and Research University of Denver, Department of Natural Sciences & Mathematics Jun 2015
    • Awarded to Jill Hamilton
      "One to Watch" University of Denver Magazine 2014