PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Dr. David A. T. Donohue is the Founder and President of both IHRDC and Arlington Storage Corporation. Dr. Donohue is a technical specialist, businessman, attorney and lecturer who has worked in the development of energy projects where he has a senior equity position. He is a former Associate Professor of Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering at Pennsylvania State University, and held various positions in engineering and research for Exxon before becoming a developer of energy projects. He is an active developer of underground gas storage fields in New York State, an explorer for oil and gas in the US and Ireland, and a developer of innovative learning systems for the energy industry. He lectures broadly in the industry management programs. Dr. Donohue holds a Ph.D. degree in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering from Pennsylvania State University and a J.D. degree from Boston College Law School.

Owen L. Anderson is the Eugene Kuntz Chair in Law in Oil, Gas & Natural Resources at the University of Oklahoma and a consultant on energy law and transactions. He has lectured on petroleum law in several countries, including Norway, China, and Canada. Professor Anderson is the co-author of several books including International Petroleum Transactions, Cases and Materials on Oil and Gas Law, and a multi-volume legal treatise, the Law of Oil and Gas, as well as the author of numerous articles on oil and gas law. Professor Anderson is a member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators and a Trustee of both the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation and the Energy and Mineral Law Foundation. He has B.A. and J.D. degrees from The University of North Dakota.

Meg Annesley, former President of Tricentrol Oil Trading in London and Houston, has more recently acted as an independent trading advisor and consultant. During this period, she has concentrated on the international oil trading markets for crude oil and petroleum products, hedging and risk management strategies, and trading in domestic markets. Previous experience includes eight years with BP involved in international supply and trading. Ms. Annesley is a Fellow of the Institute of Petroleum, former Director of the International Petroleum Exchange of London, and Secretary of the Association of U.K. Oil Independents.

Marshall E. Frank retired in September 2000 from Chem Systems where he was President and Managing Director, responsible for its international consulting activities in North and South America and Asia Pacific. During his more than thirty years with the company, he had technical and administrative responsibility for a large number of multidisciplinary projects, both single client and multi-client sponsored. Mr. Frank's areas of expertise include natural gas utilization and conversion, the petrochemical industry, the refining/petrochemical interface and alternative fuels. He also directed Chem Systems' Financial Practice, which provided assistance to lenders on assessing the various risks associated with the financing of major international energy, petrochemical and polymer projects. Prior to Chem Systems, he was involved in process evaluation, process engineering and startup of many of Halcon/SD's proprietary processes at Scientific Design Company. Mr. Frank received a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University.

Carl Gustin is President and Chief Operating Officer of Clarke & Company. He has more than 30 years of experience as a public relations executive, practitioner and consultant. His clients include public utilities, e-commerce and information technology companies, energy technology developers, and trade associations. In 2000, Carl retired as senior vice president of corporate relations at NSTAR, a leading electricity and natural gas delivery company. In his 20 years with NSTAR and its predecessor, Boston Edison Company, Carl guided development of integrated communication strategies involving energy efficiency, electric transportation and renewable energy programs; electric industry restructuring; merger integration and branding; the launch of non-regulated subsidiaries; controversies surrounding nuclear power; and power plant and transmission line siting issues. Before joining NSTAR, Carl spent several years in Washington, DC as director of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s press office and as a speech writer for senior DOE officials. Carl is a graduate and Distinguished Alumnus of Boston University’s College of Communications. He performed graduate work in business administration at the University of South Florida, where he was a guest lecturer on public relations principles and practices.

Maher Habbal is Manager, Business Simulators Development/Applications for IHRDC. He is responsible for developing and implementing the business simulation models used in IHRDC management programs and workshops. To date he has built five such simulators: one for the oil industry, two for the gas, and two for power. His other responsibilities include internal financial reporting, analysis and forecasting. Before joining IHRDC, Mr. Habbal worked three years with Arthur D. Little, Inc. as a Senior Financial Analyst on financial reporting and modeling. Also, as a member of the teaching staff at the Arthur D. Little School of Management Master of Science in Management Program, he taught Finance, Economics and Accounting. Mr. Habbal holds a Master of Science Degree in Management from Arthur D. Little School of Management and a B.S. in Business Economics from the Lebanese American University.

Derek Harvey is a Human Resource Specialist who spent 32 years with Mobil Oil Corporation specializing in Human Resource Management. His career focus has been dedicated to finding ways to improve organization effectiveness and enhancing employee contributions. He has made major contributions at the corporate as well as the international operating affiliate levels (Far East, Middle East, West Africa, Europe and the US). His experiences have included grass roots new projects, turnaround situations, mature organizations, and corporate reorganizations. His most recent assignment was as the Assistant to the Vice President of QatarGas. He has a record of pioneering change, including the use of benchmarking, sophisticated workforce analysis, a new succession planning and executive career development program, work family programs; and global employee surveys. He received the BSc in Economics (Honors) from Kingston University and the Diploma of Industrial Administration (M.Sc. equivalent) from Bath University.

James E. Huston is the founder of J.E. Huston and Associates, a major provider of custom consulting services for the international energy and environmental markets, and Chief Executive Officer for Nuon Global Solutions, where he directs the company's Global Water and International Renewable Energy businesses. Previously, he held key consulting and line management positions for Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Metzler & Associates, Gemini Consulting and TRC Environmental Consultants. From 1980 to 1994, he held various posts with Stone & Webster, Inc., including that of Vice President of Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation. Prior to joining Stone & Webster, he held positions with Environmental Research and Technology, Inc., Sandia Laboratories and the University of New Mexico. Mr. Huston is a veteran of the U.S. Navy and a graduate of the U.S. Naval Nuclear Power School. Mr. Huston completed undergraduate studies in Physics and Liberal Arts at George Washington University and holds a Bachelor of University Studies in Nuclear Engineering from the University of New Mexico.

Lynn Kettleson is executive Vice President of Clarke & Company and a senior member of the Crisis Communication Center. Specializing in media and financial relations and corporate reputation management, he has developed, directed and implemented comprehensive reputation management and media strategies for hundreds of clients large and small. Mr. Kettleson spent 15 years in the newspaper business with the last five years as a business and financial editor at The Boston Herald. Prior to that, Lynn was business editor at The Patriot Ledger in Quincy, Massachusetts. He was named among “The Best in the Business” in the first annual Washington Journalism Review. Other awards include the Small Business Media Advocate for Massachusetts, and several writing honors awarded by the New England Press Association. Lynn has taught corporate reputation management and media relations at Boston University. He also has been a guest lecturer at Harvard University, Boston College, Boston University, Emerson College, Simmons College, and Bentley College. He is a graduate of Iowa State University and attended Boston University graduate school.

Dr. N. Shashi Kumar is a Professor and Department Chair of the Loeb-Sullivan School of International Business and Logistics at Maine Maritime Academy. His areas of teaching include International Business, International Logistics, International Transportation, Managerial Economics and Transportation Economics and Policies. He is a licensed Master Mariner (UK), and has a M.S. degree in Maritime (Business) Management from the Maine Maritime Academy, and a Ph.D. degree in Maritime Economics from the University of Wales, United Kingdom.

Michael Lynch is Vice President, Global Oil, at WEFA Energy, and a research affiliate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for International Studies. He has combined S.B.–S.M. degrees in Political Science from M.I.T., and has performed a variety of studies related to international energy matters, including forecasting of the world oil market, energy and security and corporate strategy in the energy industries, as well as analysis of oil and gas supply. His most recent major report, published in 1996 by the Gas Research Institute, is International Petroleum Price, Supply and Demand: Projections Through 2020. He is the past–President of the United States Association for Energy Economics, and was the Program Chairman of their 1996 North American Conference, as well as being an appointed council member of the International Association for Energy Economics. His publications have appeared in Spanish, Arabic and Japanese, as well as English.

Richard A. Norman is Founder and Partner of Essex Hydro Associates, a developer and operator of nine small-scale hydroelectric projects regulated by the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. He also serves as Vice President and Treasurer of Honeoye Storage Corporation where he actively directs the construction, financing, and operations of this underground gas storage company in New York State. Mr. Norman has held energy project management positions at the Cabot Corporation, J. Makowski Associates, Inc., and Oxford Energy, Inc. He has served as Special Assistant to the United States Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs, advising on a program to construct LNG tankers, and has been active in the development of gas-fired cogeneration projects, LNG facilities, and underground gas storage projects. Mr. Norman graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, after which he served as an officer in the nuclear submarine fleet for seven years. He then received the MBA degree from Harvard Business School.

Robert F. Ryan, the former Chief Executive Officer of McBer and Company in Boston, is a management consultant who works with corporations to increase individual and group effectiveness and performance. The primary focus of his work is improving leadership through coaching, assessment and selection, and the design and implementation of leadership development systems. Mr. Ryan’s clients include Mobil Oil Corporation, General Electric, Rohm and Haas and Texas Instruments, both domestically and internationally. He received both his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Boston College.

Rob Taylor is Director of International Business Development for IHRDC. He joined the company in 1999 to coordinate worldwide sales and oversee business development in Asia Pacific and West Africa. He has spent his full professional career in operations management, international sales and business development for petroleum related service companies, beginning with Otis Engineering in the United States and then progressing through positions of increasing responsibility in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Indonesia, Norway, Oman and United Arab Emirates. With the merger of Dresser Industries and Halliburton Company, he completed his tenure with Halliburton as their Manager of Business Development, Eastern Hemisphere. Mr. Taylor holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Kentucky and is a long term member of The Society of Petroleum Engineers. He has published numerous articles in energy industry periodicals.

Dr. Kermitt Walrond is Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Neal & Massy Energy Company in Trinidad & Tobago. He also serves as Special Advisor to the Board of Governors of the Trinidad & Tobago Institute of Technology. Prior to joining Neal & Massy in 2000, he has had 28 years of international service with Amoco, BP and Shell. His early experience was in engineering and operations with British Petroleum (Trinidad) Ltd. He served five years with Shell in their Houston Research Laboratory before joining Amoco, where he held progressively more senior positions including Regional Production Manager, Houston; Production Manager, Norway; Manager of Engineering, Worldwide; and Vice President, Production & Transportation, for BP's Caspian operations in Azerbaijan and Georgia. He has three degrees in Petroleum Engineering - a B.Sc. (Honors) from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, and the M.S. and Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University. Dr. walrond was a Distinguished Lecturer for the SPE in 1988-1989 and was elected a Distinguished Member in 1991. The Pennsylvania State University has honored him as a Centennial Fellow, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences (1996) and as an Alumni Fellow (1997).