Ralph Currey is a special advisor to governments, utilities, universities, start-ups, and investment firms in energy policy, commodity trading, and investment. He has operational, executive, and board experience in most aspects of global energy, including power, natural gas, renewable energy, plus carbon capture, transport, and conversion.Ralph is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Iberdrola Renewables, the United States renewable energy division of the parent company Iberdrola, S.A. He served as a special advisor and board member to Iberdrola, S.A. in the U.S. and Canada. Iberdrola is an energy pioneer with a large global renewable asset base. His diverse board experiences include West Virginia University and Blue Planet LLC, solving the carbon capture problem by converting CO2 into high-value green building and highway materials.Iberdrola Renewables, the Portland, Oregon-based integrated business, provided environmentally responsible energy through renewable and gas-fired generation, development, energy trading, plant asset management, and fuels procurement.Ralph was a member of the original senior management team that, in 10 years, grew the former PPM Energy to an asset value of more than $10 billion. He was instrumental in developing the company’s strategic foundation, recruiting key executives, continuing an entrepreneurial culture, and delivering consistent earnings growth.At Iberdrola, he had responsibility for the natural gas storage and hub services businesses. ENSTOR was the third-largest independent natural gas storage company in North America, with 89.1 BCF of storage.Before assuming the CEO role in 2008, Ralph oversaw Energy Management for the U.S. and Canada, creating value through contractual business in transportation, storage, marketing, and trading while optimizing the commodity side of the asset-based business in natural gas, thermal, solar, and wind generation. This role included creating liquidity in markets ahead of actual assets and developing LNG marketing alliances.Before joining the company in 2001, Ralph was Vice President of Trading for North America at Texaco Natural Gas, where he was responsible for managing the fixed price, futures, physical, and options trading books. His over 30 years of energy experience includes positions at Chevron, Texaco, and KCS Energy in operations, safety, engineering, and trading.Ralph earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from West Virginia University and a master’s in economics from the Colorado School of Mines.