Steering Committee

The Natural Gas Initiative is championed by an interdisciplinary steering committee, representing stakeholders from four different departments on campus. Expertise ranges from energy policy to ecosystem and biodiversity conservation.

• Bill Ritter, Director, Center for the New Energy Economy
• Maury Dobbie, Assistant Director, Center for the New Energy Economy (Symposium chair)
• Bill Farland, CSU Vice President of Research
• Bryan Willson, Director, Engines and Energy Conversion Lab and ARPA-E Natural Gas Program Director
• Morgan Defoort, Co Director, Engines and Energy Conversion Lab
• Diana Wall, Director, School of Global Environmental Sustainability
• Rich Conant, Associate Director, School of Global Environmental Sustainability
• Ken Carlson, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Joyce Berry, Dean, Warner College of Natural Resources
• Sally Sutton, Professor, Department of GeoSciences
• Tom Sale, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Thomas Borch, Associate Professor, Department of Soil and Crops Sciences
• Mark Paschke, Research Associate Dean, Warner College of Natural Resources