In this episode, Erin and Mike discuss a recap of the Anchorage Security and Defense Conference, an event held in Anchorage November 19-21, 2024.
January 7, 2025
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AnneMarie Horowitz
AnneMarie Horowitz is the Chief of Staff for the Arctic Energy Office. She joined the Arctic Energy Office in May 2023, and previously served as the Acting Communications Director until September 2023. AnneMarie has been with the Energy Department since 2010, and was previously on the digital team of the Office of Public Affairs, where she managed digital projects and internal employee communications efforts. AnneMarie was the Digital Communications Manager from March 2023 - September 2023 for the Department of Health and Human Affairs' Public Education Campaign, We Can Do This, to share information about the COVID vaccine.
AnneMarie founded two active employee resource groups at the Department of Energy: POWER (Professional Opportunities for Women in Energy Realized) and the Emerging Professionals Group. From 2015 - 2017 she served as the Special Advisor on workforce issues for Deputy Secretary of Energy Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall. She has also previously worked in the Under Secretary for Management and Performance and the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity.
AnneMarie created the STEM Rising: Women @ Energy series, featuring profiles of women from the agency who work in STEM careers. She was critical to establishing the Equality in Energy Transitions Initiative, a dual-hatted effort of the International Energy Agency and the Clean Energy Ministerial to advance the transition to a clean energy economy by engaging more women in clean energy, and is involved with the U.S. C3E Initiative as an award reviewer and communication. During the Obama Administration she was a DOE designee to the White House Council on Women and Girls. AnneMarie was a U.S. delegate to the APEC Women in the Economy Forum in 2014 in Beijing, China.
AnneMarie has a BA in Political Science from the University of Portland and a Masters of Government from Johns Hopkins University. She resides in Philadelphia.
Welcome to our newest edition of Minute with Mike! This series of quick conversations between Director Erin Whitney and Senior Advisor Mike McEleney dives into recent international engagements, history, and energy innovations in the Arctic.
In this episode, Erin and Mike discuss a recap of the Anchorage Security and Defense Conference, an event held in Anchorage November 19-21, 2024. The Conference was organized by the Department of Defense’s Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies and the Department of Homeland Security’s Arctic Domain Awareness Center, an institution within the University of Alaska Anchorage.
The Conference was intended to bring together Arctic allies to discuss challenges and solutions in the region with a security and defense perspective. The Department of Energy is a member of the National Security Council, and various Department of Energy organizations including the Arctic Energy Office, National Nuclear Security Administration and the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response are deeply focused on security missions that impact the Arctic.
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Director Erin Whitney and Senior Advisor Mike McEleney visited a 49-foot deceased adolescent fin whale that washed up on the mudflats near Westchester Lagoon in Anchorage, where locals, scientists, and tourists have been stopping by to visit up close. Photo courtesy of Erin Whitney.