UChicago Argonne, LLC, has named three new members of the Board of Governors for Argonne National Laboratory. They are Robert C. Dynes, former President, University of California; Andy Karsner, energy infrastructure developer and financier and former Assistant Secretary of Energy for Efficiency and Renewable Energy; and Mary Ann Wright, Chief Executive Officer of Johnson Controls-Saft, and Vice President and General Manager, Hybrid Systems for Johnson Controls.

Dynes, a renowned physicist and expert researcher in semiconductors and solid state circuits, served as President of the University of California from October 2003 until his recent retirement. A first-generation college graduate, Professor Dynes served as the sixth Chancellor of UC's San Diego campus from 1996 to 2003. He went to UC San Diego in 1990 after a 22-year career at AT&T Bell Laboratories, where he served as department head of semiconductor and materials physics research and director of the chemical physics research laboratory. His numerous scientific honors include the 1990 Fritz London Award in Low Temperature Physics and his election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1989.

Dynes is a professor of physics at UC Berkeley and UC San Diego, where he directs a laboratory that focuses on superconductivity and incorporates postdoctoral and graduate students in physics and materials science, as well as undergraduates. As a professor of physics at UC San Diego, he founded an interdisciplinary laboratory where chemists, electrical engineers and private industry researchers investigated the properties of metals, semiconductors and superconductors. He later became chairman of the physics department and then Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.

Dynes is active in the national scientific arena. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, and the American Academy of Arts and Science. He serves on the Executive Committee of the U.S. Council on Competitiveness and has served on the Executive Council of the National Academy of Sciences. He is a Fellow of the California Council on Science and Technology and a member of the Business-Higher Education Forum. He serves on the California Commission for Jobs and Economic Growth and on the Governor's Nurse Education Initiative Task Force, and is a member of the Oakland CEO Council.

Karsner recently completed a tenure as America's Assistant Secretary of Energy for Efficiency and Renewable Energy and has resumed his career as an energy infrastructure developer and financier. He has been named to the Board of Directors of Applied Materials (the world's leading nanomanufacturer and supplier to the global solar industry), is a Distinguished Fellow of the Council on Competitiveness and serves on the Advisory Boards to the Automotive X Prize and Freedom Prize. His counsel and voice continue to be sought by business, academic, industry, diplomatic and political leaders worldwide.

As U.S. Assistant Secretary of Energy, Karsner managed the federal applied science, research, development and deployment portfolio of approximately $2 billion, promoting marketplace integration of renewable and environmentally sound energy technologies for transportation, generation and efficiency. He was the DOE's senior regulatory official for efficiency codes and standards for appliances, buildings and vehicles.

Responsible for building bipartisan coalitions to pass the landmark Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 and implementing the comprehensive Energy Policy Act of 2005, Karsner testified before Congress on more than 20 occasions. The Wall Street Journal dubbed him "the Wolf in the Henhouse" for his relentless efforts to keep Washington focused on the need for transformation of energy markets.

Karsner served as principal U.S. representative to the international climate change negotiations for the "Bali Roadmap," and contributed to the architecture of "the Major Economies Process."

In addition to advancing renewable and efficiency technology, Karsner bore primary responsibility for regulation, education, conservation and efficient use of our nation's energy resources, including federal energy management and procurement, vehicle technologies, national building codes, appliance standards and the ENERGY STAR(R) program, among others. The U.S. Green Building Council, the U.S. Energy Association Efficiency Forum and the Alliance to Save Energy have honored Karsner for his record of public leadership on efficiency.

Previously, Karsner served as an international energy developer and entrepreneur in the private sector on a wide range of technologies, including heavy fuel oil, distillates, natural gas, coal, wood waste/biomass, utility-grade wind energy and distributed solar power. He has been involved in equity investing, asset development, operations, commodities, project management and financing large-scale power projects in North America, Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. He has personally led and participated in financial closings in excess of half a billion dollars and has contributed to technology diffusion, job creation and new company startups in both the developed and developing world.

Wright is the Chief Executive Officer of Johnson Controls-Saft and Vice President and General Manager, Hybrid Systems for Johnson Controls. Wright joined the company in March 2007. She is responsible for accelerating the growth and executing the launch of hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electric vehicle battery programs with emphasis on state-of-the-art technology, manufacturing and electronics integration.

Before joining the company, Wright served as Executive Vice President of Engineering, Product Development, Commercial and Program Management for Collins & Aikman Corporation.

Prior to joining Collins & Aikman, she served as Director, Sustainable Mobility Technologies and Hybrid Vehicle Programs at Ford Motor Company. In that capacity she was responsible for all hybrid, fuel cell and alternative fuel technology development. Wright also served as Chief Engineer of the 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid, the industry's first full-hybrid SUV.She began her career at Ford in 1988, holding a variety of positions in finance, product and business planning, and engineering. She also played a major role in the launch of multiple vehicles at Ford, including the initial Mercury Villager and Nissan Quest, and successive versions of the Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable.

Wright has been recognized by the Wall Street Journal as one of the "Top 50 Women to Watch" and by Automotive News as one of the "Leading 100 Women in the Automotive Industry." She serves on the Board of Directors for the Electric Drive Transportation Association, Washington, D.C., and the Executive Board of the Greater-Milwaukee, Wis., YMCA.

UChicago Argonne, LLC, a University of Chicago company that operates Argonne for the U.S. Department of Energy, selects new board members from faculty, administrators and trustees of the University, as well as from other universities, national and international organizations, and from industry.