Carving a path to the energy future with the Payne Institute for Public Policy

Payne Institute Senior Advisor and Mines Alum Rick Tallman ’85, MS ’92, is featured in this article about his work as a key strategist for the Payne Institute’s Native American Mining and Energy Sovereignty Initiative (NAMES) and as a member of the Mines Foundation Board of Governors.  Tallman said he began working with the Payne Institute because their substantive work is influencing how Mines—and Mines students—can change the world.  May 6, 2025.