The External Advisory Board was established to help guide the Initiative and shape the MIT response to our energy imperatives. Comprised of high-level members from industry, NGOs, academia, and think tanks, and chaired by former Secretary of State George Shultz, the EAB provides high-level strategic direction for the initiative and reviews MIT's progress in energy fields.
Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber
Chief Executive Officer, Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company
Stephen D. Bechtel, Jr.
Chairman, SD Bechtel, Jr. Foundation and Stephen Bechtel Fund
Frances Beinecke
President, Natural Resources Defense Council
Samuel W. Bodman III
Former U.S. Secretary of Energy
Arunas A. Chesonis
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sweetwater Energy
Rafael del Pino
Chairman, Grupo Ferrovial SA
Susan Eisenhower
President, Eisenhower Group and Chairman Emeritus, Eisenhower Institute
Walter B. Hewlett
Chairman, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Frank E. Mars
President, Mars Symbioscience
Lamar McKay
Chairman and President, BP America, Inc.
Thomas F. McLarty III
President, McLarty Associates
Robert B. Millard
Managing Partner, Realm Partners LLC
Mario J. Molina
Professor, University of California, San Diego
Sam Nunn
Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nuclear Threat Initiative
Giuseppe Recchi
Chairman, Eni S.p.A
John S. Reed
Chairman, MIT
Güler Sabanci
Chairman and Managing Director, Haci Omer Sabanci Holding AS
Arthur J. Samberg
Manager, Hawkes Financial Services LLC
Gerald Schotman
Executive Vice President Innovation/R&D and Chief Technology Officer, Royal Dutch Shell
Philip R. Sharp
President, Resources for the Future
George P. Shultz (Chair)
Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow, Hoover Institution
Thomas F. Stephenson
Partner, Sequoia Capital
Robert M. Solow
Institute Professor Emeritus, MIT
Ratan N. Tata
Chairman, Tata Sons Limited
Daniel Yergin
Chairman, IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates