Dan Arvizu
Senior Fellow

Dan Arvizu

Member Since 2026

Biography

Chancellor, New Mexico State University System; Former Senior Advisor and CTO Elemental Group Emerson Collective; Former Director, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Executive Vice President, Midwest Research Institute; Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Federal and Industrial Client Groups, CH2M HILL Companies; Former executive roles at Sandia National Laboratories including Director of Advanced Energy Programs, Director of Technology Commercialization, and Director of Materials and Process Sciences; Member of Technical Staff, Customer Switching Laboratory, AT&T Bell Telephone Labs. Former Chairman National Science Board. Currently serves on the Board of the Western Electricity Coordinating Council; the Advisory Board of the Stanford Precourt Institute for Energy; Member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Public Administration.

History of Employment

Position Division Organization Start End
Former Director National Renewable Energy Laboratory 2005 2025
Executive Vice President Midwest Research Institute 2005 2015
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Federal and Industrial Client Groups CH2M HILL Companies 1998 2004
Executive Sandia National Laboratories 1976 1998
Engineer Customer Switching Laboratory AT&T Bell Telephone Labs 1973 1976
CTO Elemental Emerson Collective 2016 2018
Energy Scholar PreCourt Energy Institute Stanford 2016 2019
Chancellor NMSU 2018 Present
Member President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology 2021 Present

Expertise

Primary Sector

Private

Primary Functions

Academic Faculty Academic Administration Change Management Organizational Structure/Design/Development Performance Measurement Risk Management Strategic Planning
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