Dr. Nina Bergan French has 38 years of experience in energy and environmental technologies, energy policy, and business development. She spent 14 years at Sandia National Laboratories from 1981 to 1995, co-founded a company that developed 3D printing technology for Rolls-Royce jet engine turbine blades (Sky+ Ltd.), and then she co-founded Clean Coal Solutions, Inc. (now re-branded as Tinuum Inc.), a $200M tax-credit based business to reduce emissions from coal fired power plants. Most recently, she has been the CEO of Lucid Energy since 2016. She holds a BS, MS, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering and is a registered Professional Engineer.