Dr. John H. Shinn

Senior Staff Advisor, Global Issues
ChevronTexaco Energy Research and Technology Company

John H. Shinn has been involved in energy and environmental activities since 1975. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California Berkeley, and has been employed with Chevron Corporation since 1979 in a broad range of consultation, research and development and corporate assignments. Dr. Shinn has been actively involved in the global climate change issue since 1990 as a member of Chevron Corporation's and ChevronTexaco’s internal climate change programs, and as a former Chairman of the oil industry’s principle engagement group on climate change (the Climate Change Working Group of the International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association). His primary responsibilities involve serving as internal advisor to ChevronTexaco operating entities worldwide on issues of greenhouse gas management, international and national climate policies and programs, and on sustainable development.