Susan K. Avery

Committees: 

Environment, Safety and Public Policy (Chair); Nominating and Governance

Attributes and skills:

• Public policy / Regulatory experience
• Relevant scientific / Technology experience
• Low carbon solutions technology and safety experience

Expertise provided to the Board:

Dr. Avery brings extensive experience as an atmospheric scientist and engineer. Her work at the University of Colorado-Boulder and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution puts her at the leading edge of climate research, including the evolving field of earth system science. This unique perspective helps the Board better understand the technological opportunities available in low carbon solutions as well as providing effective oversight to the climate-related risks facing ExxonMobil. 

Qualifications: 

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

• President & Director (2008 to 2015)

University of Colorado-Boulder

• Interim dean of the graduate school and vice chancellor for research, interim provost, and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs (2004 to 2008)

Current public company directorships: 

None

Previous public company directorships in last five years: 

None

Government / scientific research experience: 

Past member of the United Nations Scientific Advisory Board and the National Research Council Global Change Research Program Advisory Committee

Science, engineering and research: 

Advisory committee memberships held or recently held include the American Institute of Physics Board (Treasurer), NASA, NOAA, National Science Foundation, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, National Park System, Independent Advisory Committee on Applied Climate Risk, Center for Southern Hemisphere Ocean Research, and Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Scientific and environment affiliations: 

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (Chair); American Geophysical Union; American Meteorological Society (fellow); American Association for the Advancement of Science (fellow); and IEEE (fellow)