Following the close of member voting last week, we are pleased to announce the confirmation of the thirteen USAEE members who will serve on the 2026 USAEE Council:
President: Greg Upton
Executive Director and Associate Professor – Research | LSU Center for Energy Studies
President-Elect: Anna Broughel
Lecturer in Sustainable Energy Transition Policy | School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Immediate Past President: Dean Foreman
Chief Economist | Texas Oil and Gas Association
Secretary-Treasurer: Amanda Harker Steele
Senior Energy Economist | Southwest Power Pool
Vice President, Conferences: Karr Ingham
Economist and President | Texas Alliance of Energy Producers
Vice President, Academic Affairs: Jamal Mamkhezri
Associate Professor of Economics | New Mexico State University
Visiting Research Faculty | Energy Policy and Innovation Center, Georgia Institute of Technology
Vice President, Communications: Samuel Lockhart Priestley
Senior Specialist – Consulting | S&P Global
Vice President, Business: Amy Brock
Gas Market Analyst, Marketing, Economics and Price | Chevron
Vice President, Government: Shruti K. Mishra
Senior Member of Technical Staff, Economics of Energy and Environment | Sandia National Laboratories
Vice President, Membership and Chapter Liaison: Ning Lin
Chief Economist – Program Manager | Center for Energy Economics, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin
Council Member-at-Large: Dong Fu
Senior Economist, Corporate Strategic Planning | ExxonMobil Corporation
Council Member-at-Large: Nathaniel Gilbraith
Manager – Energy Market Design | New York Independent System Operator (NYISO)
Council Member-at-Large: Michael Plante
Assistant Vice President / Project Manager, Dallas Fed Energy Survey | Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Members voted for a slate of eleven nominees in addition to Greg Upton, who will transition from President-Elect to President in 2026, and current President Dean Foreman, who will serve as Immediate Past President beginning in January.
Among those elected, two — Amanda Harker Steele and Nathaniel Gilbraith — will join the Council for the first time, while eleven current members will continue their service. Collectively, the 2026 Council reflects a strong cross-section of expertise from academia, industry, and government.
We offer our sincere thanks and congratulations to all members of the incoming Council. We are also grateful to the many USAEE members who participated in this year’s election and helped shape the leadership for 2026.
Sincerely,
Eric Hittinger
Immediate Past President, USAEE / USAEE Nominations Committee Chair