| Susannah V. Howieson is serving in the office of Representative Bill Foster (D-IL). Howieson has spent the past 8 ½ years conducting science and technology policy analysis for the IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute, a federally funded research and development center that supports the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and other Federal agencies. She has worked on many topics relevant to the Nuclear Security Working Group and national security more broadly. Most notably, Ms. Howieson co-led the research team for the Commission to Review the Effectiveness of the National Energy Laboratories (CRENEL), an assessment of all 17 Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories that was mandated by Section 319 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014. Other relevant work includes a review of the launch approval process for space nuclear power systems and an evaluation of DOE’s Agreements for Commercializing Technology (ACT) pilot. Ms. Howieson also supports OSTP in its role on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). Prior to joining STPI, she worked as an attorney at Sidley Austin, LLP in New York, NY, and for the Office of Climate Change Policy and Technology at DOE. Ms. Howieson has a BA from Rice University, a JD from Boston University, and an MEM in Environmental Economics and Policy from Duke University. |
