Michelle Patron

Michelle Naomi (Billig) Patron (born 1974) is an energy policy expert who currently serves as the director of sustainability policy at Microsoft. From 2013 to 2015, she served in the White House as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for energy and climate change on the U.S. National Security Staff.

Patron received her bachelor's degree from Columbia University in 1996 and her master's degree in international studies from Johns Hopkins University in 1999.

From 1999 to 2003, Patron was an international policy advisor at the U.S. Department of Energy, advising on relations with major energy producing and consuming countries and designing strategies to address climate change, energy security, and market reform. During 2001, she served as Energy Attache at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.