In this episode, Mike and Erin dive into the topic of France. An observer of the Arctic Council, an ally of NATO, and member of the EU, France has a central role in furthering scientific exploration and knowledge.
July 3, 2024
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Welcome to our fourth edition of Minute with Mike! We're bringing you installments of conversations between Director Erin Whitney and Senior Advisor Mike McEleney on recent international engagements, history, and energy innovations in the Arctic. Give our last episode about the United Kingdom a listen here.
In this episode, Mike and Erin dive into the topic of France. An observer of the Arctic Council, an ally of NATO, and member state of the EU, France has a central role in furthering scientific exploration and knowledge. France’s polar strategy advances their climate research and partnerships while outlining environmental and security challenges. (Here’s the Polar Strategy in French).
In this Minute with Mike episode, Mike also explains the Arctic’s key role in enabling the D-Day invasion on the beaches of Normandy and the importance of scientific data in the Arctic to national security. Plus hear about what brought Mike to France this month, and why France is closer than you think to the Arctic.
Erin and Mike closed out with their favorite food and place in France – see what Erin thinks is “just better in France than everywhere else”.
AnneMarie Horowitz
AnneMarie Horowitz is the Chief of Staff for the Arctic Energy Office. She joined the Arctic Energy Office in May 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.
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 in the Office of Minority Economic Impact.
AnneMarie has a BA in Political Science from the University of Portland and a Masters of Government from Johns Hopkins University.