Leaders

Michael Webber is an incoming faculty member with the Mechanical Engineering Department and Associate Director of the Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy at the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to joining UT-Austin, Michael lead research projects for policy issues relevant to energy, the environment, innovation, the U.S. industrial base, and national security at the RAND Corporation.

Hadi Tabbaa is currently pursuing his JD at Stanford Law School. Previously, he was a consultant at McKinsey & Company's Dallas office and a member of Capital One Financial's corporate strategic planning group in McLean, VA. He studied economics and political science at Rice University in Houston, where he researched global energy markets at the Baker Institute for Public Policy.

Alpay Soyoguz is a vice president and partner of Callan Associates, Inc., a privately held investment consulting firm in San Francisco. His primary work involves consulting on over $900 billion in pension assets, in addition to managing Callan's database and development group. Alpay is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the Association of Investment Management Research (AIMR) and the AIMR Education Foundation; he is also a member of the San Francisco Security Analysts Association.

Michael Signer is Deputy Counselor to Governor Mark Warner in Richmond, Virginia. For the 2004 presidential campaign, Mike was the Democratic National Committee's voter assistance director in Virginia. He served on the staffs of Mark Warner's campaigns for U.S. Senate and Governor in Virginia, and later was a Legal Fellow for two years in the Office of the Governor. He worked in the Little Rock headquarters of the Wesley Clark for President Campaign before returning to Virginia to serve as the campaign's State Director.

Jonathan Scott, J.D. is the Southern California Marketing Manager for West Group legal information solutions provider. He is pursuing a Masters in Business Administration at Pepperdine University, and consults on a part-time basis for a variety of companies in Dubai, Ethiopia, and Angola. Prior to moving to Los Angeles, Jonathan worked for Thomson-West's business information systems department. Before joining Thomson-West, he worked on a consultant basis as an attorney for the European offices of Medtronic and Honeywell Military Avionics.

Zeb Rice is a partner at Angeleno Group, a private equity group focused on energy companies and technologies. Previously, Zeb founded the primary technology subsidiary and managed venture investing for News Corporation in Australasia. At News Corp., Zeb originated, deployed and/or managed News Corp's capital at a Board or General Manager level. These investments involved seed or expansion stage capital in high growth technology companies in Australia, New Zealand, and China. Mr.