He has 32 years of experience with integrated oil companies, including Exxon, Cities Service, Texaco and Chevron. He has also worked in the areas of refining, clean coal technology, oil supply and trading, and research leading to the development of new hydrogen systems. He represented Texaco in the California Fuel Cell Partnership in 2000-2001, and was a Director of Texaco Ovonic Hydrogen Systems LLC, a joint venture with Energy Conversion Devices to commercialize metal hydride hydrogen storage systems. He was one of seven industry leaders that helped prepare the DOE-sponsored Hydrogen Roadmap, and has served as Chairman of the National Hydrogen Association. He was a member of the NRC Committee on Alternatives and Strategies for Future Hydrogen Production and Use. He has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from University of Illinois and an MBA from University of Houston.

Prior to this, she held a number of positions at various research institutions including Research Scientist, Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, Princeton University. Most of her work has involved technical and economic assessments of new energy technologies, including renewable fuels, the use of hydrogen as an energy carrier and applications of fuel cell technology in transportation. Particular areas of interest are production of renewable fuels, the use of hydrogen as an energy carrier, and applications of fuel cells in transportation and stationary power production. Over the past decade, Dr. Ogden has carried out a series of assessments of fuel cell vehicles and hydrogen refueling infrastructure For two years, she served as Chairman of the Solar Fuels and Transportation Division of the American Solar Energy Society. She has worked with the H2A, a group of hydrogen analysts convened by the Department of Energy to develop a consistent framework for analyzing hydrogen systems and, in 2005 and 2006, received R&D Excellence awards from the DOE for her work with H2A. In 2004, Dr. Ogden served on the Governor of California's Advisory Panel developing a Blueprint Plan for the proposed California Hydrogen Highway Network. Dr. Ogden has published over 100 technical articles on energy topics including one book "Solar Hydrogen." She received her Ph.D. in physics from the University of Maryland, and a B.S. in mathematics, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.