Advisory Board
Our Advisory Board brings with it an enormous experience from government, private sector, and academia. Their advice and guidance is fundamental to the success of the Institute. For media or interview inquiries with any of our Payne Institute Advisory Board please contact Greg Clough at (303)384-2218 or gclough@mines.edu.
Nawal Al-Hosany
Executive Director, Sustainability and Brand; Director of the Zayed Future Energy Prize, Sustainable Energy for All
Mimi Alemayehou
Managing Director, Black Rhino Group; Executive Advisor and Chair, Blackstone Africa Infrastructure L.P.
Atul Arya
Senior Vice President and Chief Energy Strategist, IHS Markit
Deborah Avant
Director, Sié Chéou-Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy
Sally Benson
Professor, Energy Resources Engineering; Professor at the Precourt Institute for Energy
Roberto Bocca
Head of Energy and Basic Industries, Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum
Ken Caldeira
Climate Scientist, Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Global Ecology, Stanford University
Gary Dirks
Senior Director of Global Futures Laboratory, Director LightWorks at Arizona State University
David Donoghue
Ambassador (retired), Ireland Department of Foreign Affairs
Kelly Sims Gallagher
Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Paula Gant
President and CEO, GTI Energy
Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy
Deborah Gordon
Director, Energy and Climate Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Mark Howells
Editor-in-Chief, Energy Strategy Reviews; Department of Energy Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Daniel Kammen
Professor of Energy,
University of California, Berkeley
Steven Kokuda
Vice President/Executive Director, International Copper Association
RICARDO LABÓ FOSSA
Vice Minister of Mines, Ministry of Energy and Mines of Peru
Sarah Ladislaw
Managing Director, RMI
John Lynch
Managing Director, Principal Investments, Infrastructure Investments Group, J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Marcelino Madrigal Martinez
Commissioner, Mexican Energy Regulatory Commission
Valérie Marcel
Associate Fellow, Chatham House; Project Lead, New Producers Group
KENNETH MEDLOCK
Senior Director, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute
Todd Mitchell
Founder and President,
Two Seven Ventures
David Monsma
Vice President and
Executive Director, Energy and Environment Program,
Aspen Institute
Carol Nakhle
Founder and CEO,
Crystol Energy
Ignacio Pérez-Arriaga
Professor, Electrical Engineering, Comillas University, Spain
Michael Ross
Professor, UCLA Department of Political Science
Nick Sangermano
Managing Director,
CohnReznick Capital
Tisha Schuller
Consultant, Speaker, Writer
Principal, Adamantine Energy
Stephen H. Simon
Founder of Simon Equity Partners, LLC
Youba Sokona
Special Advisor, Sustainable Development, South Centre
Sandra Stash
Executive Vice President, Safety, Operations, Engineering & External Affairs, Tullow Oil
David Victor
Professor, International Relations, School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego
Meredith Whitney
Senior Vice President,
Arch Capital