Advisory board members serve as ambassadors, strategic consultants and sponsors to support the O’Keefe Institute’s mission to further develop the country’s sustainable supply of strategic minerals.

Chair: Dr. Saskia Duyvesteyn
Chief Advisor for Research and Development, Rio Tinto Copper Product Group

Gen. Wesley Clark (ret.)
CEO, Wesley K. Clark & Associates

Marshall Koval
CEO, Lumina Gold

Dr. Nedal Nasser
Chief of the Materials Flow Analysis Section, U.S. Geological Survey

Brian Mangogna
Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer, Doe Run

Chris Wagner
Global Sourcing Manager, First Solar

Dr. Michelle Michot Foss
Fellow in Energy, Minerals and Materials, Baker Institute: Rice University

Carey Bridges
Director and State Geologist, Missouri Geological Survey

Marc LeVier
President, Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME)