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Kjell Aleklett, President, ASPO InternationalKjell Aleklett is Professor of Physics at Uppsala University, Sweden, and leader of Global Energy Systems research and the Uppsala Hydrocarbon Depletion Study Group. He holds a doctorate degree from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and worked as a post-doctoral staff scientist, 1977-85, at the Natural Science Laboratory at Studsvik, Sweden. In 1986 he was appointed as associated professor at Uppsala University and later as full professor. In 1978-79 and again in 1983, he was invited to work with Nobel Prize winner Glenn T. Seaborg, Lawrence Berkley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA. His interest in the global energy situation started in 1995 and has since then grown dramatically.Extended Biography |
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Terry Backer, State of ConnecticutTerry Backer has served as a State Representative for Stratford since 1993. Terry serves currently as Assistant Majority Leader, as well as on the Energy and Technology Committee, Appropriations Committee where he is the sub committee on Conservation and Development's House Chairman and on the environment committee. In passed years Terry has served as Vice Chair of the Appropriation Committee, Chairman of the Energy and Technology Committee, the labor Committee, Regulation Review and many working groups.Extended Biography |
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Albert Bartlett, University of Colorado, BoulderAl Bartlett is a retired Professor of Physics. He joined the faculty of the University of Colorado in Boulder in September 1950. His B.A. degree in physics is from Colgate University and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in physics are from Harvard University. In 1978 he was national president of the American Association of Physics Teachers. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1969 and 1970 he was the elected Chair of the four-campus Faculty Council of the University of Colorado.Extended Biography |
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Arthur E Berman, Labyrinth Consulting Services, Inc.; ASPO-USA Board MemberArthur E. Berman is a geological consultant with thirty-one years of experience in petroleum exploration and production. He is specialist in prospect and play evaluation, reserve assessment, risk evaluation, subsurface geological and geophysical interpretation, and database management.Extended Biography |
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Jason Bradford, Vital Farmland LPDr. Jason Bradford's work has spanned academia, non-profit activism, and business. He is currently a Managing Partner of Farmland LP, a private equity fund that acquires conventional farmland, converts it to organic farmland, and promotes the development of local food systems. He is an advisor and board member of the Post Carbon Institute, a regular contributor to The Oil Drum, and hosts the radio program "The Reality Report" which appears on Energy Bulletin.Extended Biography |
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Jeffrey J Brown, Independent Petroleum Geologist; ASPO-USA Board MemberJeffrey J. Brown graduated from Texas A&M University with a B.S. in Geophysics. He is a member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, and he is a licensed Professional Geoscientist in the State of Texas. Since the early Eighties, he has worked as an exploration geoscientist, primarily in Texas, but with some exploration work in Australia and in other basins in the United States, and he has found several commercial oil and gas fields. He is currently managing an aggressive exploration program looking for "leftover" oil and gas fields in West Central Texas.Extended Biography |
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Susan Capalbo, Oregon State UniversitySusan Capalbo is currently Department Head and Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at Oregon State University. She leads a department that includes over 25 faculty throughout the State, and a nationally ranked Ph.D. program in applied economics with a focus on environmental and resource issues in the West. She received her Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of California-Davis and was until recently the Director of Special Research Projects in the Office of the Vice President for Research, Creativity and Technology Transfer and a Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics at Montana State University. She was the founding Director of the DOE Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (Big Sky Partnership) from 2003-2007 and provided the direction and leadership for a $20+ million partnership among industry, academics, and the government.Extended Biography |
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Dave Cohen, ASPO-USADave Cohen is a weekly columnist for ASPO-USA. His commentaries cover a wide variety of subjects, including the global economy, the oil markets, fossil fuel resources as they pertain to economic growth, and global warming. Dave was writing search engine software before he gave up on the software industry in 2005. Dave has a M.A. in theoretical linguistics and was working on a Ph.D. before leaving The University of Texas in 1985 to do research in Artificial Intelligence.Extended Biography |
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Peter A Dea, Cirque Resources LPPeter A. Dea is President, CEO and Founder of Cirque Resources LP, an exploration and production company. Mr. Dea was President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Western Gas Resources, Inc., Denver, Colorado from 2001 through 2006, until their merger with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. He was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Barrett Resources Corporation until the sale of Barrett in August 2001. He had held several other geologic and executive positions at Barrett since 1993 including Executive Vice President - Exploration. Prior to joining Barrett, Mr. Dea held various management and geologic positions for Exxon Company USA. Mr. Dea has 26 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. In addition to receiving geology degrees from the University of Montana, MS, and Western State College, BA, Mr. Dea also attended the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program.Extended Biography |
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Jeffrey S Dunn, Southern California Association of GovernmentsJeffrey S. Dunn is the Legislative Analyst for the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), the nation's largest Metropolitan Planning Organization comprised of 189 member cities in 6 counties throughout Southern California, encompassing a jurisdiction of over 19 million residents.Extended Biography |
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Ken Eklund, WriterguyKen Eklund is Writerguy, a game designer and writer focusing on serious "alternate reality" experiences. He created WORLD WITHOUT OIL, the massively collaborative online "historical pre-enactment" of a global oil crisis, for ITVS in 2007 (see worldwithoutoil.org), and RUBY'S BEQUEST, a collaborative exploration into the future of our systems for caring, with Institute For The Future in 2009. WORLD WITHOUT OIL broke new ground as the first alternate reality game to confront and attempt to solve a serious and timely real-world problem, and has received awards and recognition internationally as a key innovation to effect serious change.Extended Biography |
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RoseAnne Franco, PFC EnergyRoseAnne Franco is a Senior Analyst in PFC Energy's Markets & Country Strategies Group, having joined the firm in 2002. As part of the firm's Latin America consulting practice, she assesses above ground risk for international oil and gas projects and advises companies on forming country entry strategies and engaging National Oil Companies.Extended Biography |
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Jeremy J Gilbert, Barrelmore LtdJeremy is the recently retired Chief Petroleum Engineer from British Petroleum (BP) where he was responsible for the company's worldwide petroleum engineering performance and associated research and development program. He joined BP in 1964.Extended Biography |
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Daniel Gomez, President of ASPO SpainDaniel Gomez is a self-taught writer and as a journalist he has been writing about new information technologies since 1997, his background is in philosophy and since 2003 he is editing, along with Pedro Prieto the Crisis Energetica website, the leading source in Spanish for oil depletion in the WWW. In 2004 he also co-founded the Association for the Study of Energy Resources (AEREN - ASPO Spain), of which he is the president.Extended Biography |
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Nate Hagens, University Of Vermont, Editor of The Oil DrumNate Hagens is completing his Ph.D. in Natural Resources with a specialization in Ecological Economics at the University of Vermont's Gund Institute. Formerly, Nate received an MBA with honors from the University of Chicago and had a career at Salomon Brothers, Lehman Brothers and Sanctuary Asset Management. Nate's research focuses on 'net energy' and environmental externalities on the energy supply side, and the evolutionary drivers of human conspicuous consumption on the demand side. Nate is also an editor of The Oil Drum.Extended Biography |
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Jim Hansen, Ravenna Capital ManagementJim Hansen has been an Independent Financial Consultant with Ravenna Capital Management based in Seattle. He has focused on issues surrounding peak oil and gas since 2003. In addition to investment consulting, he speaks frequently on peak oil and gas to both public and private groups. He also distributes a weekly report on a broad range of topics related to issues surrounding peak oil.Extended Biography |
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Richard Heinberg, Post Carbon InstituteAuthor of nine books, including The Party's Over, Peak Everything, and the newly released Blackout, Richard Heinberg is widely regarded as one of the world's most effective communicators of the urgent need to transition away from fossil fuels. With a wry, unflinching approach based on facts and realism, Mr. Heinberg exposes the tenuousness of our current way of life and offers a vision for a truly sustainable future.Extended Biography |
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John Hickenlooper, Denver, ColoradoHickenlooper was born in Narberth, Pennsylvania and is a graduate of Wesleyan University where he received a B.A. in English in 1974 and a master's degree in geology in 1980. His wife, Helen Thorpe, is a writer whose work has been published in The New Yorker, New York Times Magazine, George, and Texas Monthly. They currently live in Denver's Park Hill neighborhood.Extended Biography |
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Robert Hirsch, MISIDr. Hirsch has been involved in the analysis of maximum world oil production and its mitigation for the past five years. His background includes 15 years in the oil industry -- Upstream, midstream and downstream, research and research management in industry, government and the non-profit sectors.Extended Biography |
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Eric Janszen, iTulip, Inc.Eric Janszen is the Founder and President of iTulip, Inc. He has 28 years' executive experience in high technology, finance, and economics. CEO of two venture capital backed companies, previously VP sales and VP marketing at several successful start-up companies, and managing director of a seed stage venture capital firm, he founded economics and finance forecasting and analysis firm iTulip, Inc. in 1998. As EIR of Trident Capital he performed due diligence on several sectors of the energy industry. Eric Janszen holds a B.S. degree in Resource Economics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He serves and has served on more than a dozen boards of directors as board observer or board director and several advisory boards. Board Director Member of Massachusetts Networking and Communications Council. He writes for several online and printed publications and newspapers, includes Harper's Magazine and Harvard Business Review. Frequently interviewed and quoted on CNBC, NPR, WSJ, Barron's, USA Today, BBC, Reuters, Al Jazeera, Italian, German, Australian, CBCNews.CA, and other international media.Extended Biography |
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Byron W King, Agora Financial, LLCByron King is the resident energy and natural resource expert at Agora Financial, LLC. A geologist by training, he worked for the former Gulf Oil Company and has followed oil industry developments for over 30 years. Byron’s career path also took him into the U.S. Navy, both active duty and reserve. In the 1990s and 2000s Byron engaged in a vigorous private law practice. For the past five years Byron has been writing about energy and natural resource issues for an international audience. Currently, Byron writes and edits two major publications, Outstanding Investments and Energy and Scarcity Investor. Byron holds degrees from Harvard, the U.S. Naval War College and the University of Pittsburgh.Extended Biography |
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Tom Konrad, AltEnergyStocks.comTom Konrad is a regulatory consultant and financial analyst specializing in renewable energy and energy efficiency. In his consulting role, he testifies on behalf of clients before public utilities commissions and state legislatures to promote clean energy. He writes as a freelancer as well as for AltEnergyStocks.com. He has a Ph.D. in mathematics from Purdue University, where he wrote his thesis on Complex Dynamics, a branch of chaos theory. His study of chaos theory led to his conviction that knowing the limits of our ability to predict is much more important than predictions themselves.Extended Biography |
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Steven Kopits, Douglas Westwood LLCSteven is the Managing Director of Douglas Westwood LLC (USA), our New York affiliate. He has more than 20 years experience in strategic management consulting and investment banking. He has raised capital for oil and gas technologies companies, assisted oil majors in acquisition and disposal projects, and assisted power companies with plant acquisition and divestiture due diligence. Steven most recently worked for the investment bank of Dahlman Rose & Co. and earlier for New Jersey power developer LS Power. He worked in Central Europe for many years, including as a Director for Financial Advisory Services at Deloitte & Touche and as a Senior Consultant to the Barents Group, a KPMG subsidiary.Extended Biography |
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Rembrandt Koppelaar , The Oil DrumRembrandt Koppelaar is President of Peakoil Netherlands, the Dutch cluster of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas (ASPO). Peakoil Netherlands was founded in 2005 and concerns itself with increasing knowledge of and awareness on the depletion of fossil fuels as well as alternatives to oil, natural gas and coal. In 2008 he published his first book on the subject in Dutch, de permanente oliecrisis.As a member of the American institute for the study of energy and our future he regularly contributes to www.theoildrum.com, the largest weblog on the internet on energy. Besides his activities at Peakoil Nederland he studies a Master in environmental economics at Wageningen University of Life Sciences in the Netherlands. In 2008 he worked at an energy internship at Nidera trading company in Rotterdam.Extended Biography |
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Hannes Kunz, IIER, ZurichHannes Kunz holds Masters degrees in Law and Economics from the University of Zurich, and a PhD in Economics from St. Gallen University. He worked as a senior manager in a number of industries and as a partner in international management consulting companies with assignments in Europe, the Americas and in Asia.Extended Biography |
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Chuck Kutscher, National Renewable Energy LaboratoryDr. Chuck Kutscher is a Principal Engineer and Manager of the Thermal Systems Group at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado where he leads research on parabolic trough solar collector systems and geothermal power. He is a Past Chair and Fellow of the American Solar Energy Society (ASES). He was General Chair of the SOLAR 2006 national solar energy conference held in Denver, which brought climate and energy experts together to address the climate change crisis and led to the publication of the ASES report, "Tackling Climate Change in the U.S". He is an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he developed and taught a course entitled “Climate Change Solutions.” He also writes a monthly column about climate change for SOLAR TODAY magazine. He has given many invited presentations around the country on climate change and renewable energy.Extended Biography |
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Richard D Lamm, University of DenverRichard D. Lamm is Co-Director of the Institute for Public Policy Studies at the University of Denver, and the former three-term Governor of Colorado. (1975-1987) He is both a lawyer (Berkeley, 1961) and a Certified Public Accountant. He joined the faculty of the University of Denver in 1969 and has, except for his years as Governor, been associated with the University ever since.Extended Biography |
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Ray Leonard, Hyperdynamics CorporationIn July 2009, he accepted a position as CEO and President of Hyperdynamics, a NYSE-Amex company exploration for oil and gas in West Africa.Extended Biography |
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Feng Lianyong, School of Business Administration in the China University of Petroleum, Beijing(CUPB)Dr Feng Lianyong, born in 1966，professor of the School of Business Administration in the China University of Petroleum, Beijing.Extended Biography |
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Peter Maass, The New York Times MagazinePeter Maass is a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine and author of "Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil," which is being published in September by Alfred A. Knopf. For "Crude World," which looks at oil's impact on the countries that possess it, Maass conducted research throughout the world's petroleum regions, interviewing Saudi geologists, Russian billionaires, Texas executives, Nigerian warlords, Iraqi oilmen and Venezuelan politicians, among others. In 2005 Maass wrote "The Breaking Point," a cover story for The New York Times Magazine that featured Matthew Simmons and examined the argument for peak oil. Maass is also the author of the award-winning "Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War," which chronicled the war in Bosnia and was published by Knopf in 1996.Extended Biography |
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Lisa Margonelli, New America FoundationLisa Margonelli writes about the global culture and economy of energy. Her book about the oil supply chain, Oil On the Brain: Petroleum's Long Strange Trip to Your Tank, was published by Nan Talese/Doubleday in 2007. Recognized as one of the 25 Notable Books of 2007 by the American Library Association, Oil On the Brain also won a 2008 Northern California Book Award for general nonfiction.Extended Biography |
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Chris Martenson, CM & Co.Dr. Chris Martenson runs a popular website and seminar series devoted to exploring the interdependence of the "Three E's"--the economy, energy and environment, with a primary focus on the economy. His main body of work, the Crash Course, is a rigorously researched online video presentation exploring the systemic factors that led to our current crisis and charting a course for a dramatically different future. Chris's background as a scientist informs his work. As he describes, "I gather data, I develop hypotheses, and I continually seek to accept or reject my hypotheses based on the evidence at hand. I let the data tell me the story." His vision is to create a future of true prosperity that can result from living within our natural and economic budgets.Extended Biography |
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Brian Maschhoff, The Oil DrumDr. Brian Maschhoff is a scientific consultant and software developer residing in the Pacific Northwest. He writes for The Oil Drum under the name Joules Burn and created the website Satellite o'er the Desert, a way above ground look at the ground way under Saudi Arabia. When not writing articles or playing various musical instruments, he spends time carelessly wasting energy like everybody else.Extended Biography |
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Vincent Matthews, Colorado Geological SurveyVINCE MATTHEWS became State Geologist and Director of the Colorado Geological Survey in 2004. He received Bachelors and Masters degrees in Geology from the University of Georgia, a Ph. D. from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and is a graduate of the Stanford Executive Program.Extended Biography |
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Marcio R Mello, HRT PetroleumDr. Marcio Rocha Mello, Ph.D., petroleum geologist with expertise in petroleum exploration, petroleum systems and petroleum geochemistry. Dr. Mello worked for 24 years in PETROBRAS, where he developed highly specialized studies about petroleum systems for all of the sedimentary basins of Brazil, Africa and the whole Latin America.Extended Biography |
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Rick Munroe, National Farmers Union of CanadaRick Munroe and his wife farm on Howe Island, which is one of the picturesque "Thousand Islands" near Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He has been researching energy security issues for Canada's National Farmers Union for several years.Extended Biography |
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David J Murphy, The Oil Drum, EROI Institute, SUNY-ESFDavid is currently working towards a Ph.D. in Environmental Science, largely focused on the interplay between energy and economics. In addition to academic work, David contributes to The Oil Drum: Net Energy and is an independent consultant within the energy field. David has published in peer-reviewed journals; his recent articles analyze the minimum EROI for sustainable societies and review recent work within Energy Return on Investment (EROI) analysis. David's current research involves the spatial distribution of the EROI from corn-based ethanol, the influence of the Urban Heat Island on electricity demand, the EROI from unconventional natural gas, and the energy-GDP relation from a thermodynamic perspective. David also has a Master's degree in Environmental Science.Extended Biography |
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Pat Murphy, Arthur Morgan Institute for Community SolutionsPat Murphy is the Executive Director of the Arthur Morgan Institute for Community Solutions and the author of the new book Plan C - Community Survival Strategies for Peak Oil and Climate Change. He was the co-writer and co-producer of his organization's award-winning documentary film, "The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil" (2006). Pat lectures widely across the country on energy, Peak Oil, geopolitics, and lifestyle solutions.Extended Biography |
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Thomas A Petrie, Merrill LynchThomas A. Petrie was a co-founder of Petrie Parkman & Co., a Denver and Houston based energy investment banking firm that merged with Merrill Lynch in December 2006. With this transaction, he became a Vice Chairman of Merrill Lynch and a member of its Executive Client Coverage Group. He was a former Managing Director and Senior Oil Analyst of The First Boston Corporation.Extended Biography |
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Kevin Phillips, Commentator and Author of Bad MoneyKevin Phillips became nationally known in 1969 for his first book, The Emerging Republican Majority, which was described as "the political bible of the Nixon era." In 1982, the Wall Street Journal identified him as "the man who predicted the Emerging Republican Majority, invented the Sun Belt and named the New Right." Since 1969, he has written 13 other books, including five national bestsellers.Extended Biography |
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Scott Pugh, U.S. Department of Homeland SecurityScott Pugh, a former nuclear submarine commanding officer who also served as dean of mathematics and science at the US Naval Academy. Since retiring from the Navy as a Captain in 2005 he has worked with Amory Lovins as Rocky Mountain Institute's Military Principal to implement the strategies outlined in "Winning the Oil Endgame" and serves on the Defense Science Board DoD Energy Strategy Task Force. He has served as the executive secretary of a White House Electric Grid Vulnerability Task Force and is a member of the Federal Smart Grid Task Force. He lives in Annapolis, Maryland.Extended Biography |
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Simon Ratcliffe, Department for International DevelopmentUntil recently Simon was a senior strategic planner and management consultant with over 20 years analytical and transformational experience in both the private and public sectors focused on energy. He spearheaded the establishment of ASPO in South Africa based on his research into peak oil and climate change. He has just moved to the UK to take up an Energy Advisor position with the Department for International Development.Extended Biography |
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Bill Ritter, State of ColoradoBill Ritter, Jr. was elected as Colorado's 41st governor in 2006 -- the first Colorado-born governor in more than 35 years. Governor Ritter has tackled some of the state's biggest challenges. Understanding the vital links between energy and the economy, he has an established reputation as a national and international leader in promoting sustainable practices, building a New Energy Economy that is establishing hundreds of new companies and creating thousands of new jobs. He also spearheaded an aggressive business development agenda that is focused on knowledge-based industries of the future, such as energy, aerospace, biosciences, information technology and tourism.Extended Biography |
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Adam Robinson, RBS Sempra CommoditiesAdam Robinson is a Vice President at RBS Sempra Commodities, a top-tier global market maker and trader of commodities products. At RBS Sempra, Mr. Robinson designs trading strategies for investors and hedging strategies for energy consumers. He is also responsible for the distribution of the RBS Sempra platform to the hedge fund community.Extended Biography |
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Mike Rodgers, PFC EnergyMichael Rodgers is a PFC Energy Partner and a senior member of the firm's Upstream practice. During his 28-year career, Michael developed expertise in geotechnical and economic risk assessment in numerous basins of South America, Africa, the Middle East, the Indian sub-Continent, and Southeast Asia. At PFC Energy his focus is commercial risk assessment, expected value analysis, project economics and portfolio analysis. In addition, he directs the Global Deepwater Competition Service.Extended Biography |
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Carlos Rossi, Venezuelan Hydrocarbon Association (AVHI)A Caracas based economist (educated in the USA/England) with a decade in hydrocarbon specialization both in the public sector (PDVSA E&P) and now as the principal economist in the Venezuelan Hydrocarbon Association AVHI. AVHI is the institutional chamber that represents the privately owned national and international oil companies that operate in Venezuela.Extended Biography |
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Kyle Saunders, Colorado State UniversityKyle Saunders is Associate Professor of Political Science at Colorado State University, where he also serves as a member of the executive board of CSU's clean energy "supercluster" effort. Saunders' research interests include American elections, political parties, public policy (namely energy policy) and political methodology. Of late, his efforts have been directed towards composing a book which investigates the "frames" used in the persuasion efforts in public and political discourse on alternative energy in the US. Saunders is also Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of Energy and Our Future (ISEOF), which facilitates The Oil Drum, of which he is an editor.Extended Biography |
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Paul Sears, Natural Resources CanadaPaul was born in the UK, and did a bachelor's degree in Natural Sciences and a Ph.D. in chemistry at Cambridge University. After a post-doctoral studentship in chemistry at the University of Western Ontario, he worked at the Institute for Aerospace Studies and then the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry at the University of Toronto, doing teaching and energy-related research. He joined the Canadian public service in 1982, doing research first in coal liquefaction, then in heavy oil upgrading and then in the integration of community energy systems. In his present post he is pursuing the ways in which ideas from the technology sector can be integrated into energy policy.Extended Biography |
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David Shields, Pemex: The Oil ReformDavid Shields is a journalist and a private consultant on energy matters in Mexico.
Mr. Shields was born in Glasgow, Scotland, is a graduate in arts and social studies from Strathclyde University, Scotland, having specialized in media and communication. He is a naturalized Mexican citizen, has resided in Mexico City for 26 years, and for almost all of that time he has been a journalist, specializing in analysis of the oil and energy industries. He has written for a wide range of Mexican and international media.
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Matt Simmons, Ocean Energy InstituteMatthew Simmons is Chairman of Simmons & Company International, a specialized energy investment banking firm. The firm has completed approximately 600 investment banking projects for its worldwide energy clients at a combined dollar value in excess of $65 billion.Extended Biography |
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Chris Skrebowski, Energy Institute, LondonChris Skrebowski is the editor of the Petroleum Review since June 1997. This publication is a monthly magazine published by the Energy Institute in London. He is also a member of ODAC. Skrebowski is the author of the important Oilfields Megaprojects Report for the Petroleum Review.Extended Biography |
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Bengt Soderbergh, Global Energy SystemsBengt Soderbergh, Sweden, has a Master of Science in Business and Economics with International Specialization, including Russian language studies, and a Master of Science in Sociotechnical Systems Engineering from Uppsala University. Bengt Soderbergh has been working with Uppsala Hydrocarbon Depletion Study Group (UHDSG) since August 2004.Extended Biography |
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Allen Stevens, Stifel-NicolausAt Stifel Nicolaus, we believe in doing business face to face. We want to understand your unique financial objectives so that we can develop a strategy specific to your needs and long-term financial goals. Whether you want to plan for retirement, save for your children's college education, reduce your tax bills, or increase your income to meet monthly expenses, you can expect personalized, professional service and advice.Extended Biography |
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John Theobald, University of California, DavisJohn Theobald studied international relations and resource issues at UCLA (B.A., 1980), communication and military intervention at San Diego State (M.A., 1985), and public communication and media at the University of Texas (Ph.D. candidate). His course themes include media and globalization, technology, national security, reporting, and analysis. His seminars study peak oil, ecology and communication, tourism, and the collapse of complex societies. He runs the University of California Oil Forum, an alumni-driven group that promotes energy education. Theobald is a former television news writer and a frequent commentator for various news organizations. He lives near Calistoga.Extended Biography |
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Gail E Tverberg, The Oil DrumGail Tverberg is a writer, consultant, and speaker on peak oil-related subjects. She writes as "Gail the Actuary" on The Oil Drum; many of her articles are also published on the Energy Bulletin. Ms. Tverberg is known for her writing on the expected financial impacts of peak oil; her peak oil educational materials; her writing for actuarial and insurance audiences; and her many investigative articles. Some of these include "The US Grid: Will It Be Our Undoing?"; "The Path from Petroleum Shortages to Electricity Shortages"; "Hawaii: Peak Oil Canary in a Coal Mine"; and "The Disconnect Between Reserves and Production".Extended Biography |
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Randy Udall, ASPO-USARandy Udall is a consulting energy analyst and one of the nation's leading activists in promoting energy sustainability. He is the former Director of the Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE) in western Colorado. During his tenure, CORE's partnerships with individuals, governments and utilities led to Colorado's first solar energy incentive program, the world's first Renewable Energy Mitigation Program which has raised $6 million, the world's stiffest carbon tax, and some of the most progressive green power purchasing programs in the country. Udall is a Co-Founder of ASPO-USA and was one of the peak oil experts interviewed by the National Petroleum Council when they researched their 2007 report on the Hard Truths about Energy. He writes and speaks widely on why "energy is an IQ test Americans tend to fail."Extended Biography |
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Jeff Vail, The Law Office of Jeff Vail, LLCJeff Vail works in the trial department of the law firm of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP in Denver, Colorado and is a contributor to The Oil Drum website. He is a former Air Force intelligence officer and Department of the Interior counter-terrorism analyst where he specialized in energy infrastructure protection. Jeff has spoken extensively on energy and infrastructure security to audiences including the FBI's Anti-Terrorism Advisory Committee, the Interagency Forum on Infrastructure Protection, the Chief of Staff of the US Air Force, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. He is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy and the University of Denver's Sturm College of Law.Extended Biography |
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Heidi VanGenderen, Worldwatch InstituteHeidi VanGenderen is a third generation Colorado native who served as the state's first gubernatorial climate advisor. She has worked on energy and climate issues in the non-profit, public, academic and private sectors and recently completed a Chevening Fellowship on Finance and Investment in a Low-Carbon Economy in Edinburgh and London. She currently serves as Senior Energy Advisor for the Worldwatch Institute’s natural gas and sustainable energy initiative which will build coalition support for and document the efficacy of expanded use of natural gas, energy efficiency and renewable energy as a means of lowering greenhouse gas emissions and moving forward from primary reliance on coal.Extended Biography |
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Richard Vodra, Spire Investment Partners, LLCRichard (Dick) Vodra, JD, CFP, has been a financial planning practitioner in Northern Virginia since 1985. He is a graduate of the College of Wooster and the Yale Law School. He is an active member of the Financial Planning Association. He has been following the Peak Oil and Global Climate Change issues carefully since 2002, and has been an ASPO member since 2006.Extended Biography |
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David Wann, Affluenza; SuperbiaDavid Wann is a master gardener and holds a Master's degree in environmental science. He is the author of 10 books including Simple Prosperity and Deep Design, and is a co-author of the best seller, Affluenza. He has written for YES! Sierra, Utne Reader, Terrain, and many other magazines. He also has produced many award-winning documentaries, including Designing a Great Neighborhood and Building Livable Communities, for then-Vice President Al Gore's office. He lives in a co-housing community in Golden, Colorado, where he continues to coordinate a community garden and orchard.Extended Biography |
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Edward Warner, Expedition Oil CompanyMr. Edward M. Warner earned a Bachelor's degree in geology from Colorado State University and a Master's degree in geology from UCLA. Ed was chief scientist and partner in Jonah Field, one of the largest natural gas development projects in the U.S. He maintains a close relationship with Colorado State University, serving as a faculty affiliate in Geosciences, sits on the Development Council, the President's Capital Campaign Task Force and the Geosciences Advisory Committee. His active association with the university began with yearly funding of a graduate teaching assistantship, seminars, discussions, and field trips he took with the university's Geology Club. Ed has funded two endowed chairs in the Geosciences Department, a spatial analysis laboratory, graduate teaching assistantships, and a research assistantship. His funding will further allow for the creation of an innovative community-based conservation institute, the Center for Collaborative Conservation, college-wide research grants, and further endowments to the Department of Geosciences and what is now known as the Warner College of Natural Resources.Extended Biography |
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Michael Webber, University of Texas, AustinMichael Webber is the Associate Director of the Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy in the Jackson School of Geosciences, Fellow of the Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, and Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, where he trains a new generation of energy leaders through research and education. Prior to joining UT Austin, Michael was a principal investigator for analytical studies of policy issues relevant to energy, innovation, the U.S. industrial base, and national security at the RAND Corporation. Previously, he was a Senior Scientist at Pranalytica, a startup making high-fidelity sensors for homeland security, industrial and environmental monitoring applications. Michael has published more than a dozen peer-reviewed scientific articles; been awarded two patents; and given dozens of lectures, speeches, and invited talks in the U.S. and Europe, including briefings for members of Parliament, senior decision makers in Government, and executives in the private sector.Extended Biography |
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Steve Andrews, ASPO-USASteve Andrews has been a Denver-based energy consultant and freelance writer for over 25 years. After interviewing Dr. M. King Hubbert at his home during the 1980s, Steve steadily followed the world oil picture. He began speaking and writing about world oil issues during the 1990s and he co-chaired Denver's "World Oil Forum - When Will Global Oil Production Peak?" in 1998. After attending and presenting at previous European ASPO Conferences, he helped establish ASPO-USA in 2005.Extended Biography |
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David L Bowden, ASPO-USAA lifelong communicator and committed advocate of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies, Bowden became conversant with energy topics in 1997, joining the Colorado Renewable Energy Society (CRES), the state's leading clean energy advocacy organization, in 1999. He served on CRES' Board of Directors for 5 years, going on to lead the group as its President in 2004. That year, as a key member of the statewide committee that won Amendment 37, America's first direct vote on renewable energy, Dave worked on fundraising and voter education for the campaign.Extended Biography |
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Debbie Cook, Post Carbon InstituteDebbie Cook served eight years on the Huntington Beach, California City Council, serving as Mayor in 2002 and 2008. She held leadership positions on many regional boards and commissions including the Southern California Association of Governments and League of California Cities. As the Democratic Party nominee for the 46th Congressional race in 2008, Debbie further expanded the region's understanding of our energy vulnerabilities.Extended Biography |
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Dick Lawrence, ASPO-USA co-founderDick Lawrence graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a BS in Physics. For most of his professional career, he worked for Digital Equipment designing graphics workstations, and later for Intel developing processors for cellphones and PDAs. In 2005 Dick co-founded ASPO-USA with 4 others from Colorado, Texas, and California, and they organized national conferences in Denver, Boston, Houston, and this year in Sacramento.Extended Biography |
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Sally Odland, ASPO-USA Advisory BoardSally Odland, a former geologist and project manager, has worked in mineral exploration, oil & gas exploration, and environmental remediation. She currently administers a division of research geophysicists at Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. Sally holds advanced degrees in Geology and Business Administration. Her MBA dissertation, "Strategic Choices for Managing the Transition from Peak Oil to a Reduced Petroleum Economy" is posted at www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~odland/. She is an Advisory Board Member of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil (ASPO-USA).Extended Biography |
