2024 Energy Forum Speakers

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Public Policy, Tulane University School of Liberal Arts

Jung Chair of Materials Engineering and Physics Professor, Tulane University School of Science & Engineering

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Tulane University School of Science & Engineering

Special Counsel, renewable energy, Fishman Haygood; former Governor of Louisiana

Professor, Physics & Engineering Physics and Instrumentation for Nanoscience and Innovation Core Facilities, Tulane University School of Science & Engineering

Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Professor of Mathematics, Tulane University

Vice-President C.O.O., Governmental Affairs, Louisiana Chamber of Commerce Foundation

Senior Director and Development Lead, Houston Energy Transition Initiatives (HETI) at the Greater Houston Partnership

David & Marion Mussafer Chief Innovation & Entrepreneurship Officer, Tulane University Innovation Institute

Presidential and Energy Historian; Author, The Presidents and the Planet – Climate Change Science and Politics from Eisenhower to Bush

Laboratory Program Manager – Building Technologies R&D, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL); U.S. Department of Energy Oppenheimer Fellow

Professor in Architecture, Program Co-Director of Landscape + Engineering, Tulane School of Architecture

Assistant Professor, Management Science, Tulane University A.B. Freeman School of Business

Associate Director and Professor of Practice for John Lewis Public Administration Program, Tulane University School of Professional Advancement

Director, Latin America Energy Program, Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy

Vice President for Public Affairs and Chief Communications Officer, Tulane University Communications & Marketing

Assistant Vice Chancellor for Education, Training, and Student Success, Nunez Community College

Executive Director, Institute for Materials Research and Innovation; Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Lee and Ken Matherne/BORSF Endowed Professor in Engineering , University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Senior Vice President of Business Development at the Baton Rouge Area Chamber (BRAC)

Associate Dean for Research and PhD Programs, Professor, Tulane University School of Science & Engineering

Program Director, NSF Engines - Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP) | Division of Innovation and Technology Ecosystems (ITE) | Innovation Programs Section

Senior Director of Decarbonization Environmental Policy, NextEra Energy / Florida Power & Light

Exec. Dir. & Dean, Energy Sciences Division/EPIC Consortium, River Parishes Community College

Executive Director & Associate Professor-Research, LSU Center for Energy Studies