Natural Gas: Prospects and Policies for the Nation Speaker Bios
Natural Gas: Prospects and Policies for the Nation -- Speaker Bios
Robert Fri is a Visiting Scholar and Senior Fellow Emeritus at Resources for the Future. He has served as director of the National Museum of Natural History, president of Resources for the Future, and deputy administrator of both the Environmental Protection Agency and the Energy Research and Development Administration. Fri is currently a director of American Electric Power Company and of the Electric Power Research Institute; a Trustee of Science Service, Inc.; vice-chair of the Board on Energy and Environmental Systems at the National Research Council; and a member of the National Petroleum Council. He received his B.A. in physics from Rice University and his M.B.A. from Harvard University.
Mark Finley is BP's senior US economist, based in Washington DC. He serves as the Chief Economist's "eyes and ears" in the US, analyzing the US economy as well as domestic oil and natural gas markets and downstream/refining issues. He also covers OPEC issues and contributes to analyses of global economic and energy matters performed by BP's London-based economics team. Prior to joining BP, Mr. Finley served for 13 years as an energy economist and Middle East analyst for the US government. Prior to that, he developed trading programs and hedging strategies for Transworld Oil, a Bermuda-based trading company. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Michigan (BA in economics), and holds graduate degrees from Northwestern University (MA in economics) and the George Washington University (MS in Finance).
Hillard G. Huntington is executive director of Stanford University’s Energy Modeling Forum. He has been an active participant in the International Association for Energy Economics, having served as president of the US chapter and vice-president for publications. Prior to coming to Stanford in 1980, he worked in the government and in private consulting. He has written on a range of energy issues, including energy demand, energy and the economy, and the restructuring of markets for oil, natural gas and electricity.
