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Prior to accepting his current position, Mike Mudd was the Manager of Generation Technologies and Technology Development for American Electric Power (AEP) with responsibility for corporate R&D associated with energy supply technologies including coal, gas, nuclear, and renewable energy technologies. He played a key role in the analysis that led to AEP's IGCC projects that are under development. He has over 30 years of experience in the utility industry with most of that time focusing on coal-fueled generation. He has been involved in the design, construction, start-up, and operation of large coal-fired power plants, including AEP's 1300MW and 600MW coal-fired power plants. He was responsible for several Clean Coal Technology Demonstration projects, including the Project Manager for the 70MW Tidd PFBC Demonstration Plant, the first Pressurized Fluidized Bed Combustion Power Plant in North America, built with the cooperation of the U.S. Department of Energy and the Ohio Coal Development Office.

Mike has a Bachelor of Engineering degree and has completed post-graduate studies at Stevens Institute of Technology and the AEP Strategic Leadership Program, Fischer College of Business, Ohio State University.

Scott Sitzer
Office of Coal, Nuclear, Electric and Alternate Fuels, U.S. Energy Information Administration

Scott Sitzer has been with EIA and its predecessor agency, the Federal Energy Administration, since 1976, and has experience in modeling, analysis, and data interpretation of most of the major components of energy supply and demand.
He served in each of EIA's major Program Offices before assuming his current position. From January 1993 to May 2003, he was a Division Director in the Office of Integrated Analysis and Forecasting (OIAF), responsible for analysis and forecasting of coal, electricity, nuclear, and renewable energy markets. From July 2001 through February 2003, Scott was also acting Director of that Office, responsible for preparation of EIA's major long-term forecasting publications, the Annual Energy Outlook and International Energy Outlook.
From July 1988 to October 1991, he was Chief of the Coal Data Analysis and Forecasting Branch of the Office of Coal, Nuclear, Electric and Alternate Fuels, subsequently becoming Chief of the Coal, Uranium, and Renewable Fuels Analysis Branch of OIAF.
Prior to his coming to the energy area, he worked for over five years at the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Scott holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of New Mexico, and a master's degree in economics from George Washington University.

John Mead
Director of the Coal Research Center, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale 

John Mead holds a B.A. from Indiana University and a J.D. from the University of Illinois. He is the Director of the Coal Research Center and Associate Dean for the Graduate School at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. John has drafted legislative language establishing coal research and development support programs for the State of Illinois including the Coal Research Board, the Office of Coal Commerce and the Coal Development Technology Assistance Fund. He staffed the Illinois Energy Resources Commission review of a series of successful clean coal technology demonstrations supported by the State of Illinois and assisted in the Illinois participation in the first two rounds of the U.S. Department of Energy Clean Coal Technology Program. John also assisted in the development of the Environmental Resources and Policy Ph.D. program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He currently oversees the organization and operation of a university research center, including the development and operation of pilot scale R&D facilities. In addition, he staffs the Clean Coal Review Board program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (based on a $25 million gift to fund promising coal based technologies), where he served as Principal Investigator for the program.