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IAGS Directors
Dr. Gal Luft
Gal Luft is executive director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS) a Washington based think tank focused on energy security and co-founder of the Set America Free Coalition, an alliance of national security, environmental, labor and religious groups promoting ways to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil. He specializes in strategy, geopolitics, terrorism, energy security and economic warfare. Newsweek Magazine called him a “tireless and independent advocate of energy security,” the business magazine Poder called him
"one of the most recognizable figures in modern energy and security issues," and Esquire Magazine included him in its 2007 list of America's Best and Brightest. Dr. Luft has published numerous studies and articles on security and energy issues in various newspapers and publications such as Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The American Interest, Commentary Magazine, Middle East Quarterly, LA Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. He appears frequently in the media and consults to various think tanks and news organizations worldwide. Dr. Luft testified before committees of the U.S. Congress, including Senate Foreign Relations, House International Relations, House Science and the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
He is a board member of the Center for Energy Defence and a member of the Society of Industry Leaders, the Committee on the Present Danger and other non-profit groups.
He holds degrees in international relations, international economics, Middle East studies and strategic studies and a doctorate in strategic studies from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS,) Johns Hopkins University.
Anne Korin
Anne Korin is co-director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS) and editor of Energy Security.
She is also chair of the Set America Free Coalition, an alliance of national security, environmental, labor and religious groups promoting ways to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil. Korin focuses on energy supply
vulnerabilities, OPEC, Africa, maritime terrorism, energy security, energy strategies and
technological innovation. She appears in the media frequently and has written articles for
Foreign Affairs, The American Interest, The National Review, Commentary Magazine, and the Journal of International Security
Affairs. Ms. Korin has advised myriad high tech companies, and has worked on a wide
variety of projects for corporations including Exxon International (Esso,) KPMG, and Goldman
Sachs. She appears frequently on Capitol Hill and her advice is sought by members of Congress. Her education includes engineering degree in computer science from Johns Hopkins
University and work towards a doctorate at Stanford University.
Senior Fellows
Dr. Kevin Rosner
Kevin Rosner, PhD is a specialist in Russian oil and gas, security of critical energy infrastructure, and international energy-security policy. In 2006 he served as the Co-Director for the NATO Forum on Energy Security. He is a Senior Fellow both at the UK Defence Academy and at the IAGS. Dr. Rosner is the editor of a series of reports published (2005-2007) by Global Markets Briefings on Russian Foreign Energy Policy covering Russian downstream investment in Central European and FSU energy systems. Past positions held include Senior Oil and Gas Advisor, Thales Information Systems, Senior Security Advisor to the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline company, Project Director with the Program on Cooperation with the Russian Federation at the OECD, and Project Manager with the UNESCO Science Division in Paris. Dr. Rosner is the founder of Therosnergroup® serving leading members of the global oil and gas community with intelligent energy and security analytical products.
Dr. Isaac Berzin
Dr. Isaac Berzin is a highly respected authority in alternative energy. Dr. Berzin has been named one the 100 most influential people in politics,
business, and science in 2008 by the Time magazine. He is the founder of GreenFuel Technologies in Cambridge, MA.
GreenFuel's energy farms employ biotechnology to recycle carbon dioxide from flue gases to produce biofuels (biodiesel, ethanol). His innovative work
in CleanTech and BioTech has won several awards, including the 2006 Platts Global Energy Award for Energy Emission Project of the Year and the
2006 Frost & Sullivan Bio-Based Fuels Technology Innovation of the Year Award, and been widely highlighted by, among others, the MIT Energy Research
Council, American Scientific Frontiers, National Geographic Magazine and the Boston Museum of Science.
As a scientist at MIT's Center for Space Research Dr. Berzin won a NASA award for his work on bioreactor design for the International Space
Station. Dr. Berzin is an inventor of over 12 patents (some pending) relating to biomaterials, bioreactor design, biotechnology of microalgae,
CO2 mitigation, and biofuel production. He works closely and collaboratively with leaders from industry, economy, academy, and US National
Laboratories. He is a Senior Fellow at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya (IDC), and an Affiliated Scientist at MIT. He holds degrees in
Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Associate Fellows
Dr. Christopher J. Fettweis
Christopher J. Fettweis received his PhD in international relations from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 2003. His doctoral
work examined the potential for oil to be the cause of major warfare in the 21st century. He has taught US foreign policy and international relations at the US Naval Academy, the University of Maryland, and
George Washington University, and has published numerous articles on security-related issues. He is currently assistant professor of national security affairs at the U.S. Naval War College.
Jeremy Carl
Jeremy Carl is a Research Fellow at the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development (PESD) and the Freeman Spogli Institute of International Studies at Stanford University. His primary research interests are in energy security, political economy, and the environmental effects of energy development, with a particular focus on China and India. Jeremy has been a featured speaker at numerous energy-related events around the world, and he has been quoted and interviewed about energy issues by numerous newspapers and magazines ranging from the New York Times to Wired. He came to Stanford by way of New Delhi, India where he researched energy and resource economics at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). Prior to that, he enjoyed a successful career in technology management. He received his B.A. with distinction in history from Yale University, and an MPA from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
Adnan Vatansever
Adnan Vatansever has worked in energy consulting with a
primary research focus on Russia and the Newly
Independent States. He is the author of IAGS publication
Russian Involvement in Bulgaria's Oil Sector as well as a number of
studies on energy issues for Cambridge Energy Research
Associates. He is currently working on a dissertation
thesis on the role of Russia's energy resources in
Russia's transition to democracy.
Adnan holds a B.A. in International Relations from the
Middle East Technical University in Ankara, a Masters
degree in Russian and Eastern European studies from
Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and
he is currently a PhD candidate at the Paul H. Nitze
School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins
University.
He is fluent in English, Russian, Turkish and Bulgarian.
Dr. Cyril Widdershoven
Dr. Cyril Widdershoven is owner of Mediterranean
Energy Political Risk Consultancy (MEPRC), a
Dutch based consultancy, focusing on advice and consulting services related to investments and
operations in the oil, natural gas, energy and infrastructure sectors worldwide and editor of
Global Energy Security Analysis (GESA)
a biweekly publication providing information and analysis
news-service for industry professionals. He is a Middle East specialist, military-strategic analyst and energy
investment consultant.
Dr. Widdershoven taught at the Center of Peace Research,
University of Nijmegen and was visiting lecturer at the Royal Dutch Military Academy. Between
1995-1999 he worked for oil and gas consultancy Petrodata UK
(ODS-Petrodata), Middle East Consultants (MEConsultants London), SMI London, CWC and IIR. He
was a contributor to Petroleum Economist, Jane's Pointer and Intelligence
Review, Jane's Sentinel Gulf Yearbooks, Walden Publishing and others. After 1999 he worked
as Head of Research of Artoc Group for Investment and Development Cairo, was chief-editor of
Pharaohs Magazine for International Affairs and founded the Oil & Gas North Africa
Magazine.
During this period he was a regular contributor to Cairo Times, The Middle East and other
Middle East focused publications.
Richard A. Giragosian
Richard Giragosian is an analyst for a private consulting firm, Abt Associates, Inc., specializing in the evaluation of federal government policies and programs and homeland security issues. He writes extensively on international relations, with a focus on economics, security and political developments in the former Soviet Union and the Caucasus. He is a regular contributor to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) publications and for the London-based Jane's Information Group.
Giragosian has published analyses in publications of the Central Asia and Caucasus Institute of the Johns Hopkins University's School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS), the Soros Foundation's Eurasia Insight, the Bertelsmann Foundation, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Transitions Online, Hong Kong's Asia Times, and the Harvard International Review. He has also contributed chapters to three books dealing with the Caucasus and is the author of the publication, "TransCaucasus: A Chronology," a monthly news summary of the Caucasus now in its thirteenth year of consecutive monthly publication.
For nine years, Giragosian served as a Professional Staff Member of the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress. As the committee's principal staffer on the former Soviet Union and China, Giragosian was a liaison to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), and the Library of Congress, conducting Congressional hearings and issuing joint reports on international relations for Members of Congress.
Giragosian has also written and lectured on developments in international affairs and has participated in select research and consulting projects for the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force, as well as for NATO, the United Nations, the World Bank, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). He is a member of the Academy of Political Science, the Central Eurasian Studies Association (CESS), the U.S. Naval Institute and the U.S. Naval War College Foundation.
He is also a guest lecturer for the U.S. Army's John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center & School, at Fort Bragg, NC.
Ali Koknar
Ali Koknar is a private security and defense industry consultant based in both
Washington, DC and Turkey. He is an expert on terrorism, militant Islam, maritime
security, pipeline security and organized crime. Ali studied law and business management
in Turkey and in South Africa. He served in the artillery and ordnance corps of the
Turkish Army as well as in the South African Police Force. He is an Associate of the
Terrorism Research Center and a member of the American Society of Industrial Security
(ASIS), the International Association for Counterterrorism and Security Professionals
(IACSP), the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) and the American Iraqi Turkish
Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AITCCI).
Fariz Ismailzade
Fariz Ismailzade is political analyst based in Baku, Azerbaijan.
His research focuses primarily on the geopolitics of the Caucasus region and
CIS affairs. He is a regular correspondent for Eurasianet.org, Transitions
on Line, Jamestown Daily Monitor and Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst and has
written on the politics and economics of Azerbaijan and the Caucasus region
for Institute for War and Peace Report, East-West Institute, Analysis of
Current Events, Freedom House, CaucasUS Context, Azerbaijan International
and Collage. He has presented at international conferences, including
the Middle Eastern Studies Association (MESA) in San Francisco, California;
NATO Advance Reserch Workshop in Kiyev, Ukraine and the Association for
Studies of Nationalities (ASN) in New York. Mr. Ismailzade is also a part-time lecturer at the department of political
science at the Western University in Baku.
Mr. Ismailzade has done research at the Center for Strategic and
International Studies in Washington, DC, and also worked at the Embassy of
Azerbaijan in the US. He is currently also working with the International
Republican Institute in Baku. He worked for 6 years in the NGO sector in
Azerbaijan, mainly in the area of youth, refugees and civil society.
He holds a
Masters Degree in Social and Economic Development from Washington University
in St. Louis, and a BA in Political Science from Western University in Baku
with one-year interim studies at Wesleyan University in Connecticut.
Natali Parasiuk
Natali Parasiuk has ten-years experience in international cooperation
and project management in Ukrainian public service, academia and NGOs
with a record of 30+ international research & outreach projects
administered. She worked on improving administration, economic
development, energy use, and the environment in local communities,
professional networks and government. Exploring innovative US-EU
practices, specifically energy policy and management, has been her
major research activity that resulted in about 20 scientific articles.
She was also recognized as an academic teacher and training
instructor. Serving as an intern-analyst at Congressional Research
Service in Washington DC in 2004-2005, Natali studied energy policy
and security issues in the US and Eurasia, wrote several draft
reports, and provided documentary support to the inquiries of
Congressional staff.
She holds a M.S. in Physics from Lviv State University and MBA from
Lviv Institute of Management (1997).
Director of Development
Ms. Jerami Shecter
Advisors
R. James Woolsey
R. James Woolsey is a former director of the U.S. Central
Intelligence Agency and currently a Vice President at Booz Allen
Hamilton, an international management consulting firm, which he
joined in 2002. Mr. Woolsey heads a team within Booz Allen's Global
Strategic Security practice that helps companies protect themselves
from potential threats and vulnerabilities. Before joining Booz
Allen, Mr. Woolsey enjoyed a distinguished career in both public
service and private legal practice. His career in government
service has included high-level positions in two Republican and
two Democratic administrations. In addition to serving as Director
of Central Intelligence, he served as Ambassador to the Negotiation
on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), Under Secretary of the
Navy, General Counsel to the US Senate Committee on Armed Services,
and Delegate at Large to the US-Soviet Strategic Arms Reduction
Talks (START). He has been a member of numerous defense and security
related commissions including the Rumsfeld Commission to Assess the
Ballistic Missile Threat to the US, and the National Commission on
Terrorism. In the private sector he practiced law for 22 years as a
Partner in the law firm of Shea & Gardner in Washington, D.C.
In September 2002, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Fire Commissioner
Nicholas Scoppetta named Woolsey Chief Advisor to the newly created
FDNY Terrorism Preparedness Taskforce. The Taskforce examines and
evaluates the FDNY's terrorism preparedness capabilities. In 2003,
Consulting Magazine named James Woolsey to its annual list of top 25
consultants in the United States.
Mr. Woolsey received his B.A. degree from Stanford University, Phi
Beta Kappa (With Great Distinction); an M.A. from Oxford University,
where he was a Rhodes Scholar; and an LL.B. from Yale Law School,
where he was Managing Editor of the Yale Law Journal.
George Olah
Professor Olah received the 1994 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and is currently the director of the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute at the University of Southern California. In his pioneering work Olah revolutionized understanding of organic chemistry, leading to new discoveries, new fields of research and countless applications. He has made significant research contributions to the practical development of improved lead-free gasoline, cleaner high-octane gas and other promising nonpolluting fuels, as well as many chemical processes now used in pharmaceutical and industrial chemistry. His research has also led to the development of a new kind of fuel cell, called the direct liquid methanol fuel cell, that is a highly efficient and convenient source of electricity. His most recent research centers on the conversion of two greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide and methane, into useful fuels and products, investigations driven by his long-standing interest in energy and environmental issues. To find new solutions to these pressing issues, Olah is working to develop new, cleaner and renewable fuels, based on methanol, to replace diminishing oil reserves while reducing levels of greenhouse gases. His latest book Beyond oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy was
published in February 2006.
General Richard L. Lawson
General Lawson is chairman of Energy, Environment and Security Group, Ltd. and vice chairman of the International Committee on Coal Research. He serves on the board of directors of the United States Energy Association and as vice chairman of the Atlantic Council. He is a member of the Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs and the World Energy Council.
General Lawson was president and chief executive officer of the National Mining Association for fourteen years. During his tenure at NMA, he also served as president of the American Coal Foundation. He served on the board of directors of the National Energy Foundation, the United States Energy Association and various positions on the board of the Atlantic Council. He was the U.S. chairman of the World Mining Congress.
General Lawson came to NMA after a distinguished military career spanning four decades. Over his career, Lawson logged over 7,000 hours of flying time, including 73 combat missions during the Vietnam War. He received 22 military awards and decorations during a career that spanned 40 years. From enlistment, Lawson served as a private in the Army National Guard at age 16 through duty as Sergeant Major of the 133rd Infantry Regiment, ending his distinguished military career as the deputy commander-in-chief, Europe. Retiring as a four-star general of the Air Force in December 1986, Lawson served from 1983 to 1986 as deputy commander-in-chief of the U.S. European Command, Stuttgart, Germany. There he commanded operations, formulated policy and negotiated with host governments for all U.S. land, sea and air forces in Europe, portions of the Middle East and most of Africa. The command encompassed 77 countries.
From 1981 to 1983, he was chief of staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe, Mons, Belgium. From 1980 to 1981 he was the U.S. representative to the Military Committee of NATO and from 1978 to 1980, Lawson served as director of plans and policy, Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, D.C.
He served as commander, 8th Air Force, Shreveport, Louisiana from 1977 to 1978, and from 1975 to 1977 as director of plans, U.S. Air Force in Washington.
From March 1973 to April 1975, he served in the White House as military assistant to the president. There he facilitated communications between the Department of Defense and the president and he directed operations, communications and logistics support for all presidential activities.
General Lawson is a graduate of Parsons College, where he received a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering, and the George Washington University, where he received a master of public administration degree. He is a graduate of the National War College and has been awarded an honorary doctorate of political science by Centenary College, Shreveport, Louisiana, and an honorary doctorate of laws by Boston University.
General Charles F. "Chuck" Wald
General Charles F. "Chuck" Wald was Deputy Commander, Headquarters U.S. European Command, responsible for all U.S. forces operating across 91 countries in Europe, Africa, Russia, parts of Asia and the Middle East, and most of the Atlantic Ocean.
General Wald earned his commission through the Air Force ROTC program in 1971. He has combat time as an O-2A forward air controller in Vietnam and as an F-16 pilot flying over Bosnia. The general has served as a T-37 instructor pilot and F-15 flight commander. Other duties include Chief of the U.S. Air Force Combat Terrorism Center, support group commander, operations group commander, and special assistant to the Chief of Staff for National Defense Review. He was also the Director of Strategic Planning and Policy at Headquarters U.S. Air Force, and served on the Joint Staff as the Vice Director for Strategic Plans and Policy.
General Wald commanded the 31st Fighter Wing at Aviano Air Base, Italy, where on Aug. 30, 1995, he led one of the wing?s initial strike packages against the ammunition depot at Pale, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in one of the first NATO combat operations. He also commanded the 9th Air Force and U.S. Central Command Air Forces, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., where he led the development of the Afghanistan air campaign for Operation Enduring Freedom, including the idea of embedding tactical air control parties in ground special operations forces. Prior to assuming his current position, he was Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations at the Pentagon.
General Wald is a command pilot with more than 3,600 flying hours, including more than 430 combat hours over Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Iraq and Bosnia.
Robert C. McFarlane
After a distinguished career of public service culminated in President Ronald Reagan's cabinet
as his National Security Advisor, Robert McFarlane founded his own energy development company,
Global Energy Investors LLC, sponsoring major international power projects in Brazil,
Pakistan, the Philippines, and China. He has also served as a consultant to foreign
governments on energy, infrastructure, and privatization policies and is principal of Energy and Communications Solutions LLC. Apart from his business
activities, Mr. McFarlane remains a respected figure in international affairs. He is frequently called upon to advise the U.S. and other governments, the U.S. Congress, and the news media.
Prior to his career in the public sector, Mr. McFarlane saw extensive combat as a Marine Corps officer after graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy. Later he was chosen as an Olmsted Scholar and was awarded a Master's Degree in Strategic Studies from the Institut de Hautes Etudes Internationales in Geneva, Switzerland.
Dr. Kenneth M. Pollack
Dr. Kenneth M. Pollack is an expert on Middle Eastern political-military affairs, with particular emphasis on Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the other nations of the Persian Gulf region. He is currently a Senior Fellow and Director of Research at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution.
Dr. Pollack began his career as an Iran-Iraq military analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency, where he was an employee from 1988 until 1995. During that time, he was the principal author of the CIA’s classified post-mortem on Iraqi strategy and military operations during the Persian Gulf War of 1990-1991. Dr. Pollack received the CIA’s Certificate of Distinction for Outstanding Performance of Duty for work before and during the Persian Gulf War. He also twice received the CIA’s Exceptional Performance award, also for work related to the Persian Gulf War.
Dr. Pollack has also twice served on the staff of the National Security Council. In 1995-1996, he was Director for Near East and South Asian Affairs, and in 1999-2001 he served as Director for Persian Gulf Affairs. In this latter capacity, he was the principal working-level official for U.S. policy toward Iraq, Iran, Yemen and the Gulf Cooperation Council States at the White House.
In addition to these positions, Dr. Pollack has also been a Senior Research Professor at the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the National Defense University where he principally worked on long-term issues related to Middle Eastern political and military affairs for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He has been the Director for National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, and a Research Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
Dr. Pollack is the author of two books. His first book, Arabs at War: Military Effectiveness, 1948-1991 was published in 2002 by the University of Nebraska Press in its Studies in War, Society, and the Military Series. His second book, The Threatening Storm: The Case for Invading Iraq was published in 2002 by Random House and has been a New York Times and Washington Post bestseller. Dr. Pollack is also the author of numerous articles including “Securing the Gulf,” in the July/August 2003 issue of Foreign Affairs, “Next Stop Baghdad?” in the March/April 2002 issue of Foreign Affairs; “Democracy in Iraq?” co-authored with Daniel Byman in the Summer 2003 issue of The Washington Quarterly, “The New Transatlantic Project: A Response to Robert Kagan,” co-authored with Ronald Asmus in the October/November issue of Policy Review; “Armies of Snow and Armies of Sand: The Impact of Soviet Doctrine on Arab Armed Forces,” co-authored with Michael Eisenstadt in the Autumn 2001 issue of Middle East Journal; and “Let Us Now Praise Great Men: Bringing the Statesman Back In,” co-authored with Daniel Byman in the Spring 2001 issue of International Security.
Dr. Pollack received his B.A. from Yale University and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Professor Eliot Cohen
Eliot Cohen is Professor of Strategic Studies at the
Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of the
Johns Hopkins University. He graduated Harvard College in 1977 in government (political science) and received his
Ph.D. there in the same subject in 1982. From 1982 to 1985 he was Assistant Professor of
Government at Harvard, and Assistant Dean of Harvard College. In 1985 he became a member
of the Strategy Department of the United States Naval War College. In February 1990 he joined
the Policy Planning Staff of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, where he worked on a range
of issues, including force planning and regional conflict, and in July of that year he was appointed
professor of strategic studies at SAIS.
Eliot Cohen authored Supreme
Command: Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime (Free Press,
2002,) Commandos and
Politicians (Harvard University Center for International Affairs, 1978)
and Citizens and Soldiers (Cornell
University Press, 1985). He co-authored Military Misfortunes: The Anatomy of
Failure in War (Free Press, 1990), and Revolution in Warfare? Air Power in the Persian Gulf (Naval Institute Press, 1995.) He wrote and edited numerous other works. His articles have appeared in
International Security, Foreign Affairs, The National Interest, Studies in Intelligence,
Commentary, Military History Quarterly, Foreign Policy and other journals. His shorter
articles and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Slate,
The New Republic, National Review, and other publications.
In 1982 he was commissioned in the United States Army Reserve, and served for several years in
reserve status as Military Assistant to the Director of Net Assessment, Office of the Secretary of
Defense. He is a member of the Defense Policy Board and other governmental advisory groups. On March 2, 2007, Cohen was appointed by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to serve as Counselor of the State Department.
Dr. Ruth Davis
Dr. Ruth Davis is President and CEO of The Pymatuning Group, Inc. which specializes in
industrial modernization strategies and technology development. Dr. Davis was Chairman
of the Aerospace Corporation. She served on the Boards of Air Products & Chemicals Inc.
BTG, Inc.; Consolidated Edison Company of New York; Ceridian Corporation; Giddings & Lewis,
Inc.; the Institute for Defense Analysis, Premark International, Inc., The Principal Financial
Group, Inc., Sprint Corporation, SSDS Inc., Tupperware, Inc., USO World Board of Governors,
and Varian Associates. She has also served on the Board of Regents of the National Library of
Medicine from 1989-1992 and as Chairman of that Board from 1991-1992.
Dr. Davis was Assistant Secretary of Energy for Resources Applications and Deputy Under
Secretary of Defense for Research and Advanced Technology. Prior to 1977 she served as
Director of the Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology at the National Bureau of
Standards and as the first Director of the National Center for Biomedical Communications
in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Along the way, Davis received many honors and awards:
Computer Science Man-of-the-Year for 1979; National Civil Service League Award; Rockefeller
Public Service Award for Professional Accomplishment and Leadership; Federal Woman of the Year
Award; Department of Commerce Gold Medal, National Women's Economic Alliance Director's Choice
Award, Distinguished Service Medals in both the Department of Energy and the Department of
Defense. Washingtonian magazine once named Dr. Davis one of the District's most powerful women
in a list that included Hillary Clinton, Jeane Kirkpatrick and Elizabeth Dole.
In 1993, the University of Maryland honored Davis with the Distinguished Alumnus Award.
Dr. Davis received all her degrees summa cum laude in mathematics. She obtained Ph.D. and M.A.
degrees from the University of Maryland, and her B.A. degree from American University.
Neal Adams
Neal Adams' expertise in the oil industry as a firefighter, blowout control specialist,
engineer, and consultant makes him one the most influential voices on terrorism in the oilfield.
His book Terrorism & Oil
(Pennwell 2003) is one of most authoritative studies on energy security. Mr. Adams has worked in 35 countries, including all the oil producing regions. He was
instrumental in extinguishing the fires set by Saddam Hussein in the Kuwaiti oil fields
during the Gulf War, and was honored with a plaque from the Kingdom of Kuwait in appreciation
for his efforts. His heroics were documented in a technical video called Kuwait
in Flames, which took top awards at the New York Film Festival in the industrial video
category and first place in the 1993 Telly Awards. Adams has previously held top-secret
clearance with the CIA, consulting on the Russian oil economy and its relationship to military
issues. He conducts courses and has consulted for numerous international regulatory groups,
including Lloyd's of London, on issues of safety, security, and terror. In addition, he
was technical advisor to Steven Seagal on the Warner Bros.® movie On Deadly Ground.
Adams is the author of five books, 60 journal publications, and numerous technical research
reports. He has been featured by many local, national, and international media outlets,
including the BBC and Forbes Magazine. He is a black belt in martial arts and an
eight-time karate world champion.
Dr. Ariel Cohen
Ariel Cohen, L.L.B., Ph.D., is a well-known Washington-based foreign, economic and security
policy expert. His particular expertise lies in the areas of Russia's economic and financial
policy; U.S.-Russian relations; Caspian pipeline security; ethnic conflict; and relationships
between Russia and the New Independent States (NIS). He also has expertise on Turkey and
Israel. Dr. Cohen has conducted policy briefings at the White House and produced numerous
analyses, which were published in the leading journals and newspapers in the U.S. and around
the world. He has organized and conducted conferences spanning a broad range of subjects,
including international financial institutions' aid to Russia; international organized crime;
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and other topics.
Cohen is Research Fellow in Russian and Eurasian Studies at the Davis International Studies
Institute at the Heritage Foundation. Cohen manages a successful policy research program on
Russia, the New Independent States and Central Europe, working closely with Congressmen and
Congressional staff members and cabinet-level Russian, Eurasian and Eastern and Central
European decision makers.
Dr. Cohen was a Senior Consultant in charge of Legal Reform projects at the International
Development practice at Burson-Marsteller, a leading international public information firm. He
has consulted for the U.S. Agency for International Development, The World Bank, the United
States Government, the U.S. Senate, and Radio Liberty-Radio Free Europe. He lectured at the
Central Intelligence Agency and appeared in CIA/Department of State-sponsored conferences. He
also advised multinational corporations and law firms in energy, retail, aerospace, and
financial sectors in the former Soviet Union and Easter and Central Europe.
Dr. Cohen frequently testifies before committees of the U.S. Congress, including House
Foreign Relations, House Armed Services, House Judiciary Committees and the Helsinki
Commission. He regularly appears on CNN, NBC, BBC-TV and other major radio and TV networks.
In addition to his work at Heritage, Dr. Cohen serves as a weekly commentator for Voice of
America and United Press International, and writes as a guest columnist for The Washington
Post, the Washington Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Journal of
Commerce, Harvard
International Review and other journals and magazines in the U.S. and abroad. He is a
member of
Editorial Board of Central Asia and the Caucasus (Stockholm). Dr. Cohen has served as an
adjunct faculty member at Georgetown University and in a number of West Coast universities,
including Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles. His book,
Russian
Imperialism: Development and
Crisis, was published by Praeger Publishers/Greenwood in
hard
cover (1996) and paperback (1998).
Dr. Amos Korin
Dr. Korin is President and founder of Kortech, Inc., a technology based company. In Kortech he has developed
and commercialized several proprietary technologies such as integrated filtration disinfection systems, water ozonation
systems, air purification systems, and heating and cooling environmentally friendly heat pumps. Dr. Korin is an expert in separation technology including refinery processes, hydrogen and natural gas processing, and water treatment. He has consulted
to several multinational corporations and served in peer reviews and advisory boards for the U.S. Dept. of Energy
for various projects on energy related separation processes. He has
numerous papers and patents on diversified chemical engineering
subjects.
Dr. Korin
served as Director of Industrial Technology in Standard Oil of Ohio / BP, where he was responsible for the engineering
and production of large-scale membrane separation systems. He then joined W.R. Grace & Co., working for Amicon in
and Grace Membrane Systems on various projects related to biotech separation-processes,
natural gas separation, hydrocarbons separation and oil wells completion. He later became the Technical
Director of Exxon Chemical Separation Venture, directing research projects that included: hydrogen separation,
natural gas separation, wastewater treatment, and hydrocarbons separation.
Dr. Korin graduated from the Weizmann Institute of Science with a Doctorate in Polymer Science in
1978. His Masters work was also at the Weizmann Institute of Science,
in Physical/Nuclear Chemistry. He has a BSc in Chemical Engineering.
Dr. Stephen F. Paul
Dr. Paul earned his Ph.D., 1981, M.Phil, 1980, and M.S., 1978, in Plasma Physics from Columbia
University. Prior to that, he graduated from Cornell University with distinction with a Bachelors in Applied Physics in 1975.
He is principal research physicist at Princeton University's Plasma Physics Laboratory.
He developed a liquid alternative motor fuel derived primarily from renewable, domestically
produced, low-cost waste materials which was approved by the Department of Energy. He is
responsible for conceptualization, design, installation and calibration numerous instruments
for measuring aspects of thermonuclear plasmas. Dr. Paul served as committee chairman of
Princeton University's alternative fuel vehicle strategy for Princeton's Employer Trip
Reduction Program.
David Haberman
David Haberman is one of the leading experts in the field of hydrogen development and its applications to both the private and public sector in the world today. As an early pioneer of this technology, he began his work with hydrogen in the defense industry fifteen years ago. His extensive experience as a systems and applications engineer in the aerospace and aviation sector (1980 to 1994) provided him with an in-depth understanding of command/control systems and situational awareness, his specialty. He was the designer of the battlestaff console of the Airborne Battleship Command and Control Center deployed in Desert Storm. His initial work in hydrogen was related to the generation of ultra-cold hydrogen for the Space and Strategic Defense Initiative.
In 1998, Mr. Haberman was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Energy to represent the perspectives of commercial product developers and safety on the Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel (HTAP). This panel created by the Hydrogen Futures Act, reports directly to the Secretary and contributes significantly to his reports on the National Hydrogen Program to the Congress. He was the HTAP's expert witness to the Congressional Science Committee hearings on the approval of the reauthorization of the Hydrogen Futures Act in 2001. The administration of President Bush has nominated Mr. Haberman to a new panel of hydrogen advisors to be formed under the pending energy legislation.
Mr. Haberman is an American delegate to the International Standards Organization's working group on hydrogen safety. Mr. Haberman developed the first hydrogen fueling station and the first commercialized fuel cell program in Iceland, a country dedicated to the hydrogen economy.
In 1995, Mr. Haberman became the Co-founder and Chairman of DCH Technology, Inc., which was a publicly traded company (stock symbol AMEX: DCH). In this role, he commercialized a portfolio of DoE patents ranging from sensors to fuel cells. His goal was to leverage significant taxpayer investments in innovation by deploying products based on inventions from national laboratories including Los Alamos, Sandia, The National Renewal Energy Lab and Oak Ridge.
Having retired from DCH in 2002, Mr. Haberman is currently the principal of IF, LLC., a consultancy focused on the hydrogen economy. His clients include technology firms facing commercialization challenges and international conglomerates that desire to be postured for a value-added role in the hydrogen economy. He is also a senior advisor in the area of hydrogen energy and fuel cells for investment banks where he specializes in the creation of valuation strategies and alliances. As the Co-founder of the California Hydrogen Business Council, and a partner in the fuel cell programs of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, he is a leader in state level initiatives.
He continues to be an active member of the "hydrogen community" at large and, as a result of his extensive background in technology, he has made significant contributions to hydrogen safety (most notably having equipped the Leningrad Nuclear Power facility with a modern hydrogen safety system). He is an advisor to the Nuclear Energy Institute on the utilization of nuclear energy for hydrogen production and to the Gas Technology Institute on bridging the natural gas infrastructure to the hydrogen distribution requirements of the future. Additionally, as a major team builder within the renewable energy community, he has organized public/private partnerships to integrate renewables (solar, wind, geothermal) with hydrogen energy systems.
Mr. Haberman is a Trustee of the Desert Research Institute of the University of Nevada. He is also a member of the National Hydrogen Association, American Council of Renewable Energy and works closely with RAND and the Hydrogen Safety Institute. Mr. Haberman is a cited author of or contributor to many publications reporting on hydrogen, technology, infrastructure, business and policy. A native of Wisconsin, Mr. Haberman received a degree in electrical engineering from The University of Minnesota and a patent in applied optics.
Dr. Allan R. Hoffman
Dr. Allan R. Hoffman is on detail from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), to serve as senior adviser to Winrock International's Clean Energy Group. Dr. Hoffman came to Washington, D.C., in 1974 as a Congressional Fellow of the American Physical Society and served in several roles, including staff scientist for the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation; director, Advanced Energy Systems Policy Division, U.S. Department of Energy; assistant director for Industrial Programs, Energy Productivity Center, Mellon Institute; consultant and senior analyst, Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress; executive director of the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, NAS/NRC; and executive director of the National Research Council's Office of Government and External Affairs. In 1990, he returned to DOE where he has served as associate and acting deputy assistant secretary for Utility Technologies in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. He also served as U.S. representative to and vice chairman of the International Energy Agency's Working Party on Renewable Energy and as U.S. representative to the World Bank's Energy and Environment Steering Committee. Dr. Hoffman holds a Ph.D. in physics from Brown University. He also is a fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
David Sweet
David Sweet is executive director of the World Alliance on Distributed Energy (WADE).
He started in the natural gas industry at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as a technical
analyst on various unique pipeline construction and service proposals, including proposals for LNG
facilities and service, and as an expert witness on financial and rate issues concerning natural gas and
oil pipelines.
After earning his M.B.A. and law degrees at night, he moved into private legal practice where he represented
a diverse clientele on energy matters before federal regulatory agencies and courts.
David then joined the Independent Petroleum Association of America as vice president where he directed natural gas,
electricity and legal policy efforts and served as legal counsel to the Natural Gas Council.
David later became executive director of the International LNG Alliance. In this capacity he served as the sole U.S. representative to the International Gas Union on LNG, as president of the Natural Gas Roundtable, as co-Chair of the LNG Subcommittee of the Alliance for Energy & Economic Growth and member of the Natural Gas Steering Committee, as a member of the North American Energy Standards Board, as a vice chairman of the ABA Section of Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law and its gas committee, as member of the World Energy Council Committee on Cleaner Fossil Fuel Systems, and as Education Chairman for GasWeek.
David received his law degree with honors from George Washington University, an M.B.A. from the University of Maryland, and a B.S. degree magna cum laude also from the University of Maryland.
In Memoriam
Milton Copulos
For more than three decades, Milton R. Copulos has been a prominent figure in national political circles. He served as a Cabinet-level advisor in the Bush and Reagan Administrations, working closely with the Secretaries of Defense, Energy, Interior and Commerce, as well as the Director of Central Intelligence. While working for the Executive Office of the President in the White House, he authored a number of important studies including the National Critical Minerals Report and Advanced Materials Program Plan, and the DOE’s assessment of the Soviet natural resource base, as well as a number of classified documents. He was an advisor on energy to the Secretary of Defense for the Defense Industrial Base Initiative and the principal consultant to the Department of Defense on the Defense Environment Initiative.
Copulos is considered one of the nation’s leading energy economists and an expert in the field of military logistics as they apply to energy use. DOD has used his studies in the area of energy alternatives as training materials for military officers responsible for matters related to energy and transportation. His study of the comparative economic costs of alternative fuels is considered the most comprehensive examination of these factors to date, and his book “America’s Achilles Heel, the Hidden Cost of Imported Oil” has become a staple among energy researchers. Copulos was a member of the National Petroleum Council, the nation’s highest advisory body on matters related to oil and natural gas for twelve years; serving on its finance committee for eight.
As a prominent expert on natural resources, national defense and international politics, Copulos is frequently called upon to lecture at prominent academic institutions around the nation. He has been a visiting lecturer at MIT and the Maryland University’s Graduate School of Nuclear Engineering.
Copulos has published more than 900 articles, books and monographs. His writing has appeared in such prominent national news media as The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times and The Chicago Tribune. He is also a frequent contributor to periodicals such as Insight Magazine, VFW Magazine and Regulation Magazine. His book “Energy Perspectives” was a Washington Post nonfiction best seller, and for four years he wrote a nationally syndicated column on energy and environmental issues distributed by the Heritage Features Syndicate. He also has appeared on nationally broadcast news and information programs including FOX News Network’s “FOX and Friends”, CNN’s “Crossfire”, and “War Room with Wolf Blitzer” as well as local broadcasts for major network affiliates. During the Afghanistan War he was an on-air military analyst for MSNBC.
A veteran of two tours of duty in Vietnam, Copulos was awarded the Bronze Star and Army Commendation Medals, The Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm and The Vietnamese Civic Action Honor Medal, as well as five battle stars. He is a graduate of The American University in Washington, D.C. and lives in Crofton, Maryland.
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