Nancy E. Brune

Authored for Print issue Vol 69.1 The Geopolitics of Energy published in 2015-16

Dr. Nancy E. Brune is the Executive Director of the Kenny Guinn Center for Policy Priorities, a policy analysis and research center providing in dependent data on issues of economic development, education, tax and fiscal policy, and natural resource security. She is the author of more than 60 peer-reviewed journal articles, reports, essays, blogs, and op-ed pieces on topics ranging from energy security, natural resource security, homeland security, economic security, and public sector reforms. Her work has appeared in the IMF Staff Papers, Social Science and Medicine, Foreign Policy, and Americas Quarterly. Previously, she worked at Sandia National Laboratories assessing security in Africa and Latin America and working on energy security policy. Dr. Brune received her Ph.D. from Yale University and her Master of Public Policy and B.A. degrees from Harvard University.