Kurt E. Yeager retired as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in September 2004. After retiring from EPRI, Mr. Yeager created the non-profit Galvin Electricity Initiative with Robert Galvin, the father of the cell phone revolution, and he now is serving as Vice Chairman of the Initiative and its Perfect Power Institute that is focused on transforming the reliability and value of U.S. electricity service. Mr. Yeager has authored over 200 technical papers and publications on energy and environmental topics, including co-authoring with Bob Galvin the 2008 McGraw-Hill published book entitled, Perfect Power. He was also a Convening Lead Author for the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) "Global Energy Assessment" report to the United Nations and the World Bank.
Mr. Yeager received his B.S, Chemistry from Kenyon College with additional graduate studies in Physics, University of California Davis and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory; Chemistry, Ohio State University. Mr. Yeager is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and has served on several National Academy of Engineering Committees and the Energy Research Advisory Board to the Secretary of Energy.
