Ric is the former President & CEO of Summit Power Group, an independent developer of climate-friendly power projects, including proposed coal gasification projects with carbon capture. Ric is member of the Board of Directors of the Global Carbon Capture & Storage Institute (GCCSI), as well the Advisory Board of Scottish Carbon Capture & Storage (SCCS). He is a Senior Policy Fellow for Energy & Climate at the University of California San Diego’s graduate School of Global Policy and Strategy, where he is a member of the Deep Decarbonization Initiative (D2I).