Professional Energy Economist and Adjunct Professor
Experience:
Battelle Pacific Northwest National Energy Laboratory - Research on Green Energy, Coal vs. Nuclear Energy, and Environmental Issues.
Western Company of North America - Sr. Economist Oil & Gas Services.
Chase Econometrics - Director Energy Forecasting Service, forecast world energy market conditions and prices in international, oil, natural gas and coal markets.
Texas Utilities Electric Company - Senior Economist - forecast regional demographics, and electricity demand.
Tucson Electric Power Company - Director Marketing / Director Corporate Benchmarking / Director Energy Forecasting / Director Economic Development.
Greater Tucson Economic Council - Loaned Exec. - Authored "Greater Tucson Strategic Economic Plan" (1996 & 2001).
Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities - Chief Economist (Loaned Exec.)
The University of Arizona - Senior Research Economist in Economic and Business Research Center, Eller College of Management.
El Paso Electric Company - Director Economic Research Department / Director of Economic Development - Chaired Steering Committee to develop "Borderplex Strategic Economic Plan" (includes El Paso, TX, Las Cruces, NM, and Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico).
Rotary District 5500 International Service Chair.
Education:
PhD - Texas A&M University -Agricultural Economics (emphasis on Natural Resource Economics, Environmental Economics and Water Resource Issues).
Executive MBA International Management (certified in Advanced Spanish) - Thunderbird.
BA & MA - Texas Tech University - Economics.
Teaching Experience:
Texas Christian University - taught graduate courses in "International Business", "Managerial Economics" and "Economics of Non-Profit Enterprise".
University of Arizona - taught courses in "Economic Development", "Agricultural Marketing" and "Regional Development".
Professional Affiliations:
Arizona Association for Economic Development
Border Community Alliance
Rotary International
Arizona / Mexico Commission
International Association of Energy Economists