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Dan Arvizu

MEMBER SINCE: 2010

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Chancellor, New Mexico State University System; Former Senior Advisor and CTO Elemental Group Emerson Collective; Former Director, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Executive Vice President, Midwest Research Institute; Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Federal and Industrial Client Groups, CH2M HILL Companies; Former executive roles at Sandia National Laboratories including Director of Advanced Energy Programs, Director of Technology Commercialization, and Director of Materials and Process Sciences; Member of Technical Staff, Customer Switching Laboratory, AT&T Bell Telephone Labs. Former Chairman National Science Board. Currently serves on the Board of the Western Electricity Coordinating Council; the Advisory Board of the Stanford Precourt Institute for Energy; Member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Public Administration.

History of Employment

Position
Division
Organization
Start
End
Chancellor
NMSU
2018
Present
Member
President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
2021
Present
Former Director
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
2005
2025
Energy Scholar
PreCourt Energy Institute
Stanford
2016
2019
CTO
Elemental
Emerson Collective
2016
2018
Executive Vice President
Midwest Research Institute
2005
2015
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Federal and Industrial Client Groups
CH2M HILL Companies
1998
2004
Executive
Sandia National Laboratories
1976
1998
Engineer
Customer Switching Laboratory
AT&T Bell Telephone Labs
1973
1976
Primary Policy Areas

Alternative Energy, Education, Energy, Environment/Natural Resources, National Security, ,

Primary Sector of Expertise

Private

Primary Functions

Academic Faculty, Academic Administration, , Change Management, Organizational Structure/Design/Development, Performance Measurement, Risk Management, Strategic Planning