As executive director of the NREL Foundation, Doug Arent focuses strategic issues and transformative programs to transform energy economies at speed and scale across the globe.Arent has worked in research on energy and sustainability for more than 40 years, publishing extensively on topics including clean energy, renewable energy, power systems, natural gas, and the intersection of science and public policy.Arent is a recognized global leader for clean energy including serving as a distinguished fellow of the World Economic Forum and a senior visiting fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He is a member of the Keystone Energy Board and the Global Advisory Board for the Yale Emerging Climate Leaders Fellowship. Arent also is a Global Fellow at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs’ Center on Global Energy Policy and was also a Fellow at the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University from 2022-2024. He is the editor-in-chief of Renewable Energy Focus and is on the editorial board for the journal Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.Arent most recent served as Executive Director for Strategic Public Private Partnerships at NREL. At NREL, he previously served as the deputy associate laboratory director for the Scientific Computing and Energy Analysis directorate, the founding executive director of the Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis, and the director for the Strategic Energy Analysis Center and the Integrated Applications Center.