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.

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.

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.

Peter H. Spitz is the founder of Chem Systems, which grew to be the premier consultant to the refining, petrochemical and chemical process industries. At Chem Systems he was very active in the growth of its offices in London, Tokyo and Bangkok and, over his career, directed its strategic, financial and venture practices. Prior to forming Chem Systems, he worked as a technical specialist for Esso Research and Engineering and as the Vice President, Corporate Development for Scientific Design/Halcon. He is the author of the very popular book Petrochemicals – The Rise of an Industry (John Wiley, 1988) and the soon to be published Chemical Industry at the Mellenium (Chemical Heritage Foundation 2003). He has lectured and is published widely on the state of the petrochemical industry and has been named to the Founders of the Petrochemical Industry by the Society of Chemical Industry. After retiring from Chem System in 1999 he formed Peter Spitz Advisory Services and provides advisory services international clients.