Advisory Board
Marilu Hastings, Chair
Executive Vice President of the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation
William (Bill) Bates
Executive Vice President & Board Treasurer, Council on Competitiveness
Jack Broodo
Business President, Feedstocks & Energy, The Dow Chemical Company
Dominic (Nick) Clausi
Vice President, Research, Exxonmobil Technology and Engineering Company
Shawn Cumberland
Managing Partner, Energy Transition, Encap Investments, L.P.
Helen Currie
Chief Economist, ConocoPhillips
Michael Deal
Vice President, Research, Technology and Digital Development, ExxonMobil Upstream Integrated Solutions
Ira Ehrenpreis
Founder and Managing Partner, DBL Partners | Independent Director, Tesla Board of Directors
Peter Green
Deputy Director, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Brett Hauser
Operating Partner, Operating Partners Group
Akshay Sahni
General Manager-Strategy and Technology, Chevron Technology Ventures
Jacqueline (Jackie) Sargent
CEO, Austin Energy
Kyle Simpson
Principal, KSE Holdings LLC
Gail Vittori
Co-director, Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems
Haibin Xu
General Manager, Shell Research Alliance
Ex Officio Members
Michelle Addington
Dean, School of Architecture
Roger T. Bonnecaze
Interim Dean, Cockrell School of Engineering
JR DeShazo
Dean, LBJ School of Public Affairs
Ward Farnsworth
Dean, School of Law
Lillian Mills
Dean, McCombs School of Business
Claudia Mora
Dean, Jackson School of Geosciences
David A. Vanden Bout
Dean, College of Natural Sciences