{"id":11382,"date":"2018-01-02T13:23:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T18:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capal.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&amp;p=11382"},"modified":"2018-01-02T13:23:27","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T18:23:27","slug":"2018-aanhpi-roundtable-series-iv-2","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.capal.org\/site\/event\/2018-aanhpi-roundtable-series-iv-2\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 AANHPI Roundtable Series: Sameer Kwatra"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Speaker<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/site.capal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sameer-quatra-450.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11681 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/site.capal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sameer-quatra-450-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"sameer-quatra-450\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Sameer Kwatra<\/strong> specializes in policy research that promotes clean energy, energy access, and sound climate policy in India. As a former NRDC Speth Fellow, he was tasked with analyzing India\u2019s solar energy policy, climate change initiatives, and building energy use. Prior to joining NRDC, Kwatra worked for the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, where he sought to improve energy efficiency in buildings. He became interested in environmental issues while working for a private insurer in rural India, where he witnessed how impoverished people are most vulnerable to climate change impacts despite contributing little to the cause. Kwatra holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in mechanical engineering from India\u2019s National Institute of Technology, an MBA in finance and marketing from the Indian Institute of Management, and a master\u2019s degree in environmental management from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He works out of NRDC\u2019s Washington, D.C., office.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Moderator<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/site.capal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/THSIEH-Photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11643\" src=\"http:\/\/site.capal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/THSIEH-Photo-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"THSIEH Photo\" width=\"300\" height=\"449\" \/><\/a>Tiffany Hsieh<\/strong>\u00a0manages social media for AAAFund and serves as the co-lead for the Young Professionals DC chapter. Dedicated to uplifting the Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander community, Tiffany previously served as a Board Member for the Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership. She is passionate about environmental justice and policy and her experience includes the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators, White House Council on Environmental Quality, California Governor\u2019s Office of Planning and Research, and the United Nations Environment Programme. She is a proud Taiwanese American, California native, and graduate of University of California Davis.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Support for this Roundtable\u00a0session is sponsored by\u00a0the\u00a0National Resources Defense Council<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/site.capal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/NRDC.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10195\" src=\"http:\/\/site.capal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/NRDC-300x127.jpg\" alt=\"NRDC\" width=\"300\" height=\"127\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Register<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">**If the form does not load, please try opening in a different browser and not on a mobile device**<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>More About CAPAL\u2019s AANHPI Roundtable Series<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The AANHPI Roundtable Series provides an opportunity for students and young professionals in Washington, DC to learn from public service leaders in our community in an intimate and conversational setting. Each roundtable features one public service leader and accommodates at most 25 attendees. Every roundtable session is free and open to the public, however, due to a limited seating we encourage attendees to register in order to ensure a seat.\u00a0Lunch will be provided.<\/p>\n<p>The Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership (CAPAL) seeks to empower Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) youth by increasing access to public service opportunities and building a strong AANHPI public service pipeline. We\u00a0envisions a future with equitable AANHPI representation throughout all levels of government and public service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker Sameer Kwatra specializes in policy research that promotes clean energy, energy access, and sound climate policy in India. As a former NRDC Speth Fellow, he was tasked with analyzing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capal.org\/site\/event\/2018-aanhpi-roundtable-series-iv-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2018 AANHPI Roundtable Series: Sameer Kwatra<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11726,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.capal.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/11382"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.capal.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.capal.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.capal.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.capal.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.capal.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/11382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.capal.org\/site\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.capal.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.capal.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11382"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.capal.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=11382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}