West Virginia University has added two energy experts to the Advanced Energy Initiative national advisory board.
AEI coordinates and promotes University-wide research in science, technology and public policy. AEI brings together a network of more than 100 energy researchers from four colleges and more than 20y centers for energy research advances. The advisory board consists of leaders from both the public and private sector who provide timely and
relevant energy guidance and direction to AEI.
The new members announced by AEI Director Joe Kozuch are Gary L. Sypolt, CEO, Dominion Energy and Brad Tomer, chief operating officer for the National Energy Technology Laboratory.
Sypolt, who holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from WVU, leads the Dominion Energy, operating segment of Dominion, one of the nation’s largest producers and transporters of energy, with a portfolio of approximately 27,600 megawatts of electric generation, 11,000 miles of natural gas transmission, gathering and storage pipeline and 6,100 miles of electric transmission lines.
His responsibilities include oversight of Dominion’s regulated gas transmission pipeline and storage operations, regulated liquefied natural gas operations, Ohio and West Virginia regulated natural gas distribution operations, and producer services operations.
Sypolt is a member of the boards of the American Gas Association, Interstate Natural Gas Association, Interstate Natural Gas Association Foundation and Southern Gas Association.
Tomer manages the day-to-day institutional operations for NETL, including information technology, environmental, safety and health, human resources and site operations for five sites across the United States including research laboratories in Morgantown, Pittsburgh and Albany, OR.
Tomer also manages site support contracting, acquisition and assistance and budget, finance and accounting. He serves as a member of NETL’s executive board which oversees the implementation of major science and technology development programs in Fossil Energy, Office of Electricity, and Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
Previously at NETL, he served as director of the Office of Major Demonstrations, deputy director for the Strategic Center for Coal, director for the Strategic Center for Natural Gas and Oil, Technology Manager and project manager. Prior to NETL, he worked at the Belvoir Research, Development & Engineering Center as a petroleum engineer.
Tomer has 26 years experience in successfully moving technologies from concept to field deployment. He has a B.S. degree in petroleum and natural gas engineering from The Pennsylvania State University, an M.B.A. from George Mason University, and a Masters degree in economics from West Virginia University.
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CONTACT: Gerrill Griffith, WVU Advanced Energy Initiative
304.293.3743; Gerrill.Griffith@mail.wvu.edu
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