Jocelyn Brown-Saracino is the Executive Director of the DOE Alumni Network.  Jocelyn joins the Network following 15 years of service at the Department of Energy.  In her most recent role with the Department, Jocelyn served as the Department’s Offshore Wind Lead.  In this position she had the opportunity to work with colleagues across the Department and the Federal government on efforts such as the Floating Offshore Wind Shot, offshore wind transmission planning efforts, supply chain development, and policy analysis.  Prior to that, Jocelyn served as program manager for DOE’s Wind Energy Environmental, Siting, Workforce Development and Grid portfolio, and managed the Department’s Wind, Ocean Energy, and Hydropower environmental research portfolios.

She came to the US Department of Energy through the NOAA Sea Grant John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program.  She holds a master’s degree in marine science from the University of New England and a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from Smith College.

Interim Executive Director

Tarak Shah is an advisory board member of the Department of Energy Alumni Network and founded the network in 2025. 

Shah served as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Department of Energy from 2021-2022. From 2017-2021, Tarak worked for a variety of advocacy organizations that championed DOE’s role in advancing America’s energy future.

From 2014-2017, he served as Chief of Staff to the Under Secretary for Science and Energy at DOE. Earlier in his career, Tarak served at the Pentagon spearheading efforts to optimize the U.S. military's energy use and at the White House Council on Environmental Quality.

Advisory Board Member

Kathleen Hogan is a member of the Department of Energy Alumni Network Advisory Board and most recently served as DOE’s Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Infrastructure. Prior positions include the Acting Under Secretary for Science and Energy where she helped the Agency launch its Energy Earthshot program and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency.  

Earlier, in her career, she led an EPA division for more than ten years in the development and implementation of a suite of clean energy policies and programs to cost-effectively address climate change. 

Kathleen has served under six different Presidential administrations and has been recognized throughout her career for her leadership in public service, most recently with Presidential Rank Awards (2015, 2024), The Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals Career Achievement Award (2016), and a Secretary of Energy Exceptional Service Award (2018).

Advisory Board Member

Corey Hinderstein is a member of the Department of Energy Alumni Network Advisory Board. Corey is also vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, overseeing the Technology and International Affairs Program, the Nuclear Policy Program, and the Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program. She works primarily on nuclear strategy, security, and nonproliferation issues; and emerging and disruptive technology of strategic consequence.

Hinderstein is a past president and fellow of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management and served on the board of directors for the World Institute for Nuclear Security. She has also served in advisory capacities for multiple U.S. national laboratories.

Prior to joining Carnegie, she was the acting principal deputy administrator for DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration and the deputy administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation. Before her confirmation by the Senate in 2021, Hinderstein was a vice president at the Nuclear Threat Initiative. Corey also served at DOE from 2017-2019.