Former Cabinet Members Will Join KBH Energy Center Leadership 

The Kay Bailey Hutchison Energy Center announced that former Secretary of Commerce Don Evans and former Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette will join its executive council. Evans, B.S. ’69, MBA ’73, served as commerce secretary from 2001 to 2005. He is the chairman of the Permian Strategic Partnership and a senior adviser at Energy Capital Partners. Brouillette served as energy secretary from 2019 to 2021. He joined the Edison Electric Institute as president and CEO-elect in October. The center honored Evans with the 2023 Award for Outstanding Excellence in the Energy Industry during its eighth annual symposium in September.  

The symposium examined how recent geopolitical and economic developments show that an “all of the above” energy approach is needed to meet energy and economic realities. Topics included global hydrocarbon markets, growing electricity demand, carbon capture and storage, and geopolitics. At the symposium’s dinner, UT President Jay Hartzell announced that the Cockrell School of Engineering would be joining the KBH Energy Center. The partnership is expected to reinforce the center’s technical expertise and support the expansion of programs for engineering students and industry leaders. The center was created by the University as a joint effort between the McCombs School of Business and the UT School of Law.