Mike Ming

Mike Ming
6th Oklahoma Secretary of Energy
Incumbent
Assumed office January 10, 2011
Governor	Mary Fallin
Preceded by	Bobby Wegener
Personal details
Born	January 29, 1958 Durango, Colorado
Alma mater	Stanford University US Air Force Academy
Profession	Businessman

Mike Ming is an American energy industry executive who is currently serving as the Oklahoma Secretary of Energy under Governor of Oklahoma Mary Fallin.

Biography

Ming obtained a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering and a master’s degree in engineering management from Stanford University. He attended the U.S. Air Force Academy where he earned academic honors.

After graduating from college, Ming joined Chevron as a drilling and production engineer. Ming has spent most of his career in the energy industry. He has previously served as vice president of production for Bracken Energy Company in Oklahoma City. Ming was also vice president of engineering at K. Stewart Petroleum Corporation, also in Oklahoma City, and was a managing member of K. Stewart Energy Group out of Edmond, Oklahoma. He has previously served as an adjunt professor for energy management at the University of Oklahoma Michael F. Price College of Business.

Ming served as a strategic advisor to the United States Department of Energy for the department’s strategic planning initiative. In 2009, Governor Brad Henry appointed him as a member of the Oklahoma Clean Energy Independence Commission.

Ming most recently^[when?] served as the President of "Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America" (RPSEA) in Houston, Texas. RPSEA is $500 million non-profit organization with over 180 members representing the energy industry, academia and research community that works to research the development of new energy sources and the expansion of existing resources.

Fallin Administration

On January 6, 2011, Republican Governor-elect Mary Fallin announced that she had selected Ming to serve as her Oklahoma Secretary of Energy. Ming was sworn in on January 10, 2011.

Personal life

Ming lives with his wife Diane in Edmond, Oklahoma.

References

• Governor-elect Mary Fallin Selects Mike Ming as Energy Secretary, Office of Governor-elect Fallin, 2011-01-06

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Political offices
Preceded by Bobby Wegener	Oklahoma Secretary of Energy Under Governor Mary Fallin January 10, 2011 - present	Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Ming, Mike
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Date of birth	January 29, 1958
Place of birth	Durango, Colorado
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