Advisory Board

  • William (Bill) Bates

    Executive Vice President & Board Treasurer, Council on Competitiveness

  • Yassine Cherkaoui

    Bidra Innovation Ventures

  • Dominic (Nick) Clausi

    Vice President, Research, Exxonmobil Technology and Engineering Company

  • Dorian Cockrell

    Vice President and Central Program Officer, Global Philanthropy, JPMorganChase

  • Jason Cooper

    CEO – Advanced Nuclear, GE Vernova Hitachi

  • Shawn Cumberland

    Managing Partner, Energy Transition, Encap Investments, L.P.

  • Ira Ehrenpreis

    Founder and Managing Partner, DBL Partners | Independent Director, Tesla Board of Directors

  • Peter Green

    Emeritus Deputy Laboratory Director for Science and Technology (DLD S&T)

    Chief Research Officer (CRO) for the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR), formerly the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

  • Ashley Grosh

    Vice President at Breakthrough Energy Discovery

  • John Hand

    Manager, Technology ConocoPhillips

  • Marilu Hastings, Chair

    Executive Vice President of the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

  • Brett Hauser

    Operating Partner, Operating Partners Group

  • Lotfi Hedhli

    President & CEO, TotalEnergies E&P Research & Technology USA

  • Shaffiq Jaffer

    VP Corporate Science and Technology Projects, TotalEnergies North America

  • Ki-hong Kim

    Vice President of Personnel, Korea Southern Power Co., Ltd., (KOSPO)

  • Michael Lapides

    Vice President of Investor Relations for GE Vernova

  • Akilah LeBlanc

    General Manager, Open Innovation, Shell

  • Chris Matos

    Energy Market Development Strategic Negotiator, Google

  • Edward (Ted) Mickelson

    Manager, Technology Ecosystems in the Innovation function of Chevron’s Technical Center

  • Kenan Ögelman

    Vice President, Strategic Projects and Optimization, Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA)

  • Steven H. Pruett

    President and CEO of Elevation Resources LLC

  • Liz Ramsay Dalton

    Co-Founder and Partner, Mission Strategies

  • Anissa Rodriguez Dickerman

    CEO, Pecan Street Inc.

  • Kyle Simpson

    Principal, KSE Holdings LLC

  • Charles (Chuck) Taylor

    Chevron Corporation (retired)

  • Gail Vittori

    Co-director, Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems

Ex Officio Members

  • Roger T. Bonnecaze

    Dean, Cockrell School of Engineering

  • Bobby Chesney

    Dean, School of Law

  • JR DeShazo

    Dean, LBJ School of Public Affairs

  • Lillian Mills

    Dean, McCombs School of Business

  • Claudia Mora

    Dean, Jackson School of Geosciences

  • David A. Vanden Bout

    Dean, College of Natural Sciences