Sally Benson

Committees

2003-2005 Coordinating Lead Author
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on CO2 Capture and Storage

2002-2003 Chair
School of Earth Sciences Advisory Board, Stanford University, Stanford, California

2002-present Member
Carbon Mitigation Initiative (CMI) Advisory Board, Princeton, New Jersey

2002-present Member
CO2 Capture Project/British Petroleum (CCP/BP) Technology Advisory Board, Washington, D.C.

2001 Co-Chair
Water Cycle Initiative, Department of Energy

2000 Co-Chair
The Science of Carbon Sequestration, Special Session, American Geophysical Union (AGU), San Francisco, California

1999 Session Organizer
International Conference on Geologic Repositories, Denver, Colorado

1998 Co-Chair
Geological Formations, CO2 Roadmap, Department of Energy

1998 Co-Chair
Human Impacts and Management of Carbon Sources at Conference entitled “Basic Research Needs to Achieve Sustainability: The Carbon Problem,” Tucson, Arizona

1998 Co-Chair
Workshop on Scientific Directors for the Advanced Light Source, Berkeley, California

1998–present Member
Earth Sciences Advisory Board, Stanford University, Stanford, California

1997 Chair
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory Advisory Board, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington

1995–1996 Sub-committee Member
Subcommittee on EM/ER Cooperation

1995–1997 Alternative for Dr. Charles Shank (Berkeley Lab Director)
Board of Directors, Alameda Center for Environmental Technology

1995 Chair
Program Plan Development Team for Natural and Accelerated Bioremediation Research, Department of Energy, Office of Health and Environmental Research

1995 Member
U.S. Delegation to the International Committee for Science and Technology, for former Soviet Union weapons scientists

1995 Member
National Petroleum Research Council, Committee for Evaluating Laboratory Capabilities

1994–1995 Member
DOIT Initiative—Military Base Closure Working Group, Western Governor’s Association

1994–1997 Member
Environmental Technology Advisory Committee, California Environmental Protection Agency

1994–1998 Member
University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Executive Committee, Berkeley, California

1993–1998 Member
Strategic Laboratory Council, Department of Energy, Environmental Management

1993–1997 Commissioner
East Bay Conversion and Reinvestment Commission, Congress of the United States, House of Representatives