Update from the CoBank Executive Director of the J.P. Morgan Center for Commodities

This article provides a brief update from Dr. Thomas Brady on the many events and initiatives that have taken place this year, including (a) the addition of four new Industry Advisory Council members; (b) the appointment of four new GCARD Editorial Advisory Board members; (c) the Center’s outreach & applied research, which has included energy transition webinars with the Commodity Trading Alumni Association (of Geneva, Switzerland); (d) the redesign of graduate and undergraduate courses; (e) the JPMCC’s professional education courses, including the Center’s partnership with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the “Leadership in Commodity Trading & Supply Networks” Executive Program; and (f) the JPMCC’s 5th Annual International Commodities Symposium. The symposium, in turn, was co-organized by Dr. Jian Yang, CFA, the JPMCC’s Research Director, and Dr. Brady with Erica Hyman, the JPMCC’s Assistant Director, providing logistical coordination.