The Energy Institute: The Generational Transition in Energy
Robert sits down and co-moderates a thoughtful interview of environmentalist turned energy proponent, Tisha Schuller alongside former Secretary of Energy, C. Michael Ming.
About Tisha Schuller: Tisha Schuller consults private clients from Fortune 500 energy companies to non-profit organizations in energy policy, business strategy, politics, and community engagement. She also serves as the Strategic Advisor for Stanford University’s Natural Gas Initiative (NGI). In this role, she chairs NGI’s symposium to reduce energy poverty in the developing world using natural gas. Tisha conducts public speaking and consulting focused on energy policy, managing the divestment movement, understanding the polarized landscape, and navigating successful stakeholder engagement strategies. Tisha most recently worked as President & CEO of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association in one of the most dramatic and contentious times for energy development in Colorado’s history. Previously, she served as a Principal and Vice President with Tetra Tech, a national environmental consulting and engineering firm for 15 years. Tisha has a B.S. in Earth Systems with an emphasis in Geology from Stanford University.
About C. Michael Ming: C. Michael Ming is the President and Founder of Ming Energy Partners, LLC. He retired in 2018 as the VP - Executive Liaison for Marketing & Technology for Baker Hughes, a GE Company. Formerly, Mike served as the original General Manager of General Electric’s Global Research O&G Technology Center in Oklahoma City. Mike previously served as the Oklahoma Secretary of Energy under Governor Mary Fallin, the President of the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA), and as an independent natural gas producer as a Managing Member and principal of K. Stewart Energy Group and K. Stewart Petroleum Corp. He holds a BS degree with distinction in Petroleum Engineering and an MS degree in Engineering Management, both from Stanford University, and is a registered professional engineer in Oklahoma. He is a Life Member of SPE and has been a member since 1979. He served as an SPE Distinguished Lecturer in 2011-2012.
At Stanford Mr. Ming is an emeritus member and past Chairman of the Petroleum Investments Committee and co-sponsored the MAP/Ming Visiting Professorship on Energy and the Environment. He currently teaches in the Executive MBA in Energy program at the University of Oklahoma. He also serves on the Central Oklahoma United Way BoD, as Chairman of the Oklahoma City Riversport BoD, and on university industry advisory boards at Stanford, the University of Texas BEG, OU, and Tulsa. He authored the “Oklahoma First Energy Plan,” Oklahoma’s first formal energy plan, in 2011. He is a frequent speaker on energy and energy systems across the United States and around the world. He also co-chaired the 2019 Oklahoma Academy Town Hall on energy, served on the MIT Future of Natural Gas Study, and as a strategic planning advisor to the U.S. Department of Energy.
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