Practices

Education

Dr. David L. Bodde |

Senior Advisor

Professional Experience

Dr. David Bodde is a member of the energy, climate and environment practice group where he advises and guides clients on priorities and opportunities before the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). David once served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for policy and currently is completing a major research grant to design and validate a more effective innovation process for the auto industry.

David currently serves as a Senior Fellow and Professor at Clemson University's Arthur M. Spiro Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership. His research, teaching and consultation focuses include:

• Technology and strategy in the energy industries;
• New venture investment, particularly in energy technologies;
• Advanced energy technology; and
• Corporate entrepreneurship.

Previously, David spent eight years at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, as the Charles N. Kimball Chair in Technology and Innovation. He held a joint appointment as Professor of Engineering and Business Administration. His other work experience includes leading the Midwest Research Institute as Corporate Vice President and President of its for-profit subsidiary as well as the National Academy of Science's Executive Director of the Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems. He also served as Assistant Director of the Congressional Budget Office. David was a captain in the U.S. Army where he earned a Bronze Star Medal and served as a combat engineer in Vietnam.

National Academies Committee Studies

• Transitions to Alternative Transportation Technologies: A Focus on Hydrogen — Committee on Assessment of Resource Needs for Development of Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technology, National Academy Press, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., August 2008.
• Review of the Research Program of the FreedomCAR and Fuels Research Program: Second Report — Committee on Review of the FreedomCAR and Fuels Research Program, National Academy Press, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., April 2008.
• The Hydrogen Economy: Opportunities, Costs, Barriers and R&D Needs — National Academy Press, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., February 2004.

Congressional Testimony

• The H-Prize Act of 2006 — Testimony presented to the Committee on Science, U.S. House of Representatives, April 27, 2006.
• Fueling the Future: The Road to the Hydrogen Economy — Testimony, Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Research and Subcommittee on Energy, U.S. House of Representatives, July 20, 2005.
• Improving the Nation’s Energy Security: Can Cars and Trucks Be Made More Fuel Efficient? — Testimony presented to the Committee on Science, U.S. House of Representatives, February 9, 2005.

Board Memberships

• Great Plains Energy, 1994-present — Chair, Nuclear Committee and Governance Committee; Member, Audit Committee
• The Commerce Funds, 1995-present — Director, Mutual Fund

Advisory Boards

• Electric Power Research Institute, 1999-2002  — Chairman, Advisory Council
• U.S. Department of Energy, 1996-2001  — Chairman, Environmental Management Advisory Board

Publications

• Transitions to Alternative Transportation Technologies: The Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle, co-author, National Academies Press, 2009
• Transitions to Alternative Transportation Technologies: A Focus on Hydrogen, co-author, National Academies Press, 2008
• Managing Enterprise Risk: What the Electric Industry Experience Implies for Contemporary Business, editor, Elsevier, 2006
• The International Entrepreneur, author, M.E. Sharpe, 2004
• The Hydrogen Economy, co-author, National Academies Press, 2004