Shirley J. Neff

Shirley J. Neff is a senior associate with the CSIS Energy and National Security Program. Previously, she was adjunct lecturer and research scholar at the Center for Energy, Marine Transportation, and Public Policy in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and an adviser to Goldwyn International Strategies. Ms. Neff was chief economist for the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources from 1993 to 1996 and from 1999 to 2003. While on the staff of the committee, she was responsible for oil and gas policy, international energy security, renewable energy, climate change, and energy tax matters. In addition to her work for the Senate, she has extensive private- and public-sector energy experience, having held senior governmental affairs positions at Royal Dutch Shell and the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America. Ms. Neff also serves on the advisory board of the Center for Energy Economics at the Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin. She holds a B.S. in economics from Iowa State University and a M.S. in economics from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. She is past president and senior fellow of the U.S. Association for Energy Economics.