Arushi Sharma Frank

Senior Associate (Non-resident), Energy Security and Climate Change Program

Center for Strategic & International Studies
Speaker
Arushi Sharma Frank

Biography

Arushi Sharma Frank is an energy technology innovation leader and advisor working on the triple challenge of community energy resilience, AI data center integration, and moving private capital to better returns in the energy industry.  She advises the Partners Group on its U.S. utilities sector investments, NVIDIA-seeded startup Emerald AI, and multiple data center-power strategy firms.  Sharma Frank is a non-resident expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, where she exercises thought leadership on complex energy regulatory innovations that can solve for grid power needs for people and AI.  Her career history includes the Tax Foundation, the American Gas Association, the Electric Power Supply Association, Exelon-Constellation, and Tesla. She is a regular guest speaker and columnist and engages across the aisle from a nonpartisan abundance mindset. Sharma Frank is on the Executive Council at Kay Bailey Hutchison Energy Center, Univ. of Texas and an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins SAIS in Washington, DC. She holds degrees from the University of Delhi, India, the University of Pennsylvania, and Antonin Scalia School of Law.