Richard G. Newell named next president of RFF:
Resources for the Future (RFF) today announced the appointment of Richard G. Newell of Duke University as its next president.
He will succeed current RFF president and former US congressman Phil Sharp, who will retire at the end of June after 11 years at RFF’s helm. Dr. Newell’s term begins on September 1, 2016.
From 2009–2011, Dr. Newell served by presidential appointment as Administrator of the US Energy Information Administration, the agency responsible for official US government energy statistics and analysis. He also served as Senior Economist for Energy and Environment on the President’s Council of Economic Advisers during 2005–2006.
At Duke University, Dr. Newell is the Gendell Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics at the Nicholas School of the Environment, Professor of Economics, and Professor of Public Policy. During 2011–2016, he was Founding Director of the Duke University Energy Initiative. ...
via www.rff.org
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