Professional of the Year for 2016 in Electrical Power Distribution: Kurt E. Yeager

	Kurt E. Yeager
Industry	Energy
Title	Vice Chair
Expertise	Electrical power distribution
Current Organization	Galvin Power
Type of Organization	Utility
Major Product	Power generation
Area of Distribution	International
University/Degree	B.S., Kenyon College; M.S., University of California, Davis; Post Graduate management programs, Industrial College of the Armed Force and University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Finance
Born	September 11, 1939, Cleveland, Ohio
Honors & Awards	Who's Who in the World; Technology Policy Leader for Energy, Scientific American, 2003; Lifetime Achievement Award, EnergyBiz Leadership Forum, 2013; Honored by Strathmore’s Who’s Who with a special PR Newswire Times Square event
Published Works	200+ technical publications on energy and environmental topics Co-Author of "Perfect Power", McGraw-Hill, 2008
Affiliations	NRI; Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers and its Industry Advisory Board and Trustee of the Committee for Economic Development; Has served on the Executive Boards of the National Coal Council, the U.S. Energy Association, the Nuclear Energy Initiative and the National Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing
Hobbies & Sports	Vintage racing motorcycles
Career Accomplishments	Assumed Presidency of EPRI in August 1996 after serving as EPRI's Executive VP and COO; Led the electricity enterprise-wide collaborative development of the landmark Electricity Technology Roadmap and the Electricity Sector Framework for the Future; Before joining EPRI, Mr. Yeager was the Director of Energy R&D Planning for the EPA Office of Research and prior to that he was with the MITRE Corp. as Associate Head of the Environmental Systems Dept. He was also a Distinguished Graduate of the Air Force Nuclear Research Officer's Program while serving 7 years active duty with the Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC)
Work History	Retired from his position as President and CEO of Electric Power Research Institute, 2004; Has served as Executive Director of the nonprofit Galvin Electricity Initiative, in 2011 became Vice Chair; Has chaired the World Energy Council study on Energy and Climate Change and is a convening lead author for the Global Energy Assessment; Board Member, Energy Connect Corp until 2011
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