John Hofmeister is the retired President of Shell Oil Company and the Founder and CEO of the not-for-profit (501(c) (3)), nation-wide membership association, Citizens for Affordable Energy. This Washington, D.C. registered, public policy advocacy firm exists to promote sound U.S. energy security solutions for the nation, including a range of affordable energy supplies, efficiency improvements, essential infrastructure, sustainable environmental policy, and public education on energy issues. Hofmeister was named President of Houston-based Shell Oil Company in March 2005...

After a twenty-year career with energy companies ARCO Oil and Gas and Ashland Oil, where she focused on organization and talent development, including coaching and development programs that impacted the senior leadership of the companies, and multi-cultural training for expatriate staff, as well as skills training for local staff in China and Indonesia, for the last seventeen years Dr. Karen Otazo Hofmeister has been a no-holds-barred, dynamic thinking partner and executive coach for executives in the US, Asia...

Diana Espitia is the managing partner of a Houston-based consulting firm that focuses on supporting and advancing the philanthropic and business agendas of a diverse clientele. With twelve years of experience working in the not-for-profit sector, she is ideally positioned to guide Citizens for Affordable Energy in its startup, development and implementation. Currently, one of her roles demands that she work as an extension of a private company’s Social Investment team on a project aimed at grooming non-profit leaders...

Jane is a Managing Director in the Washington, D.C. office of Major, Lindsey & Africa. She focuses on the representation of individual law firm partners and groups. She also conducts searches for senior in-house positions.

Prior to joining MLA, Jane was the Professional Development Partner and the Executive Partner for Talent Development at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in Washington, D.C. Before assuming this role Jane was a partner in Pillsbury’s Global Technology...

Over the past 10 years, Brenda W. McDuffie has been serving as President and CEO of the Buffalo Urban League, Inc. In her position with the Urban League, she is able to commit her energy and talent to making real positive difference in the lives of people in the Buffalo Niagara community.

Before joining the Buffalo Urban League, Mrs. McDuffie was the Executive Director for the Buffalo and Erie County Private Industry Council, Inc. (PIC)...

Walter Ulrich is president and CEO of the Houston Technology Center. The Houston Technology Center (HTC) is the largest non-profit technology business incubator/ accelerator in Texas and the center for technology entrepreneurship on the Gulf Coast. The HTC provides in-depth management guidance, business planning assistance, introductions to capital providers, entrepreneurial education and a wide array of services to emerging technology client companies.

Stephen E. White is dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of geography at Kansas State University. Previously, he served as head of the department of geography for 12 years and as associate dean for more than four years. He has authored or co-authored more than 75 articles and book chapters and made more than 125 professional presentations on topics related to migration, population change and economic development in Appalachia as well as demographic and groundwater issues in the American High Plains...

Harvey Lunenfeld currently serves as President and CEO of Internet Corporation and President and CEO of U.S. Patent International. Mr. Lunenfeld started his professional career at Wheeler Laboratories. He is a forerunner in environmental protection, the development of environmental laws and regulations, and a pioneer in internet and network technology, communications, antenna theory, highly sophisticated electronic systems, remote sensing, satellite and space...

Retired Navy Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Ph.D., recently joined CSC serving as the Vice President of Polar Programs for the Applied Technology Division (ATD), and concurrently as the President of Antarctic Research Support (ARS), a joint venture of CSC and EG&G division of URS. Lautenbacher is currently engaged in expanding CSC expertise to support national research and presence in the polar areas of the globe. He holds an M.S. and Ph.D. from Harvard...