Michelle Foss
Chief Energy Economist and 
Head of CEE
 

Areas of Expertise

Twenty-nine years' experience in energy and environmental research and consulting (oil and gas, coal, nonfuel minerals, electric power) in the U.S. and abroad in senior positions with extensive public speaking and publications.

Broad experience in applied energy economics and business development, enterprise strategy and commercial operations, and business-government relationships across the energy value chains.
Numerous executive/senior management planning, scenario-building briefings on global energy issues and trends.

Project and grant administration and management, including Federal, State, and corporate funding.

 
 

Education

Ph.D. Political Science, with honors, University of Houston, 1995

M.S. Mineral Economics, Colorado School of Mines, 1985

B.S. Biology (Geology Minor), University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 1976

 

Professional History

Executive Director, Institute for Energy, Law & Enterprise, University of Houston (1991–May 2005).

Director of Research, Simmons & Company International (1988–1989).

Senior Associate and Director of Research, Jesse H. Jones Center for Economics and Demographic Forecasting, Rice Center (1985–1988).

Coordinator, Energy and Minerals Field Institute, Colorado School of Mines (1982–1985).

Environmental Consultant, Impact Environmental Scientists & Engineers, Denver (1977–1981).

Environmental Consultant, Texas A&M University (1977–1981).

Environmental Consultant, Southwest Research Institute (1977–1981).

 

Selected Publications

Books, Manuals
Gülen, Gürcan, and Foss, M. M., 2003, Electricity industry restructuring in Texas: a status report: Institute for Energy Law and Enterprise, University of Houston.

Gülen, Gürcan, Foss, M. M., and Hitchcock, David, 2003, Guide to electric power in Texas, 3rd edition: Institute for Energy Law and Enterprise, University of Houston Law Center and Hitachi Asynchronous Remote Copy.

Articles
Foss, M. M., and Wunti, Bala, 2006, Brass LNG shows importance of matching supply & demand: Oil & Gas Journal, January.

Foss, M. M., 2005, LNG seeks the American dream: LNG Journal, July/August.

Foss, M. M., 2005, The LNG question, in Utilities project, vol. 5: Montgomery Research, http://www.utilitiesproject.com/welcome.asp

Foss, M. M., 2005, Global natural gas issues and challenges: a commentary: The Energy Journal, v. 26, no. 2.

Foss, M. M., and Juckett, D. A., 2005, Chapter 22. Can a “global” natural gas market be achieved? in Goldwyn, David, and Kalicki, Jan, eds., Energy security in the 21st century: a new foreign policy strategy: Washington D.C., Woodrow Wilson Center. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0801882796/qid=1119324545/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-3999429-7872834?v=glance&s=books
 

Awards

Board of Advisors, Consumer Energy Alliance, 2006

Senior Fellow, U.S. Association for Energy Economics, 2006

Vice President for Conferences, IAEE, 2004 – 2005

Scientific Council, 50th Anniversary of ENI, Commemorative Encyclopedia of Hydrocarbons in collaboration with Instituto dell'Encyclopedia Italiana Treccani, 2005

Past President, International Association for Energy Economics, 2003

Key Women in Energy — Americas, 2003

 

Committees

 

Chair, Overcoming barriers to electricity investment, the developing world and the electricity challenge, International Energy Agency (Paris), 2005

Member, Visiting Committee, Division of Economics and Business, Colorado School of Mines, 2005

Member, Board of Editors, International Journal of Regulation and Governance, 2005

 
 

Contact

Michelle Foss
Program Manager
Bureau of Economic Geology
The University of Texas at Austin
1801 Allen Parkway, Houston, Texas 77019
E-mail:
Telephone: 713-654-5400
 

Professional Summary (Word format)

February 2006