J. Robinson West

J. Robinson (Robin) West is Chairman of the Board and Founder of PFC Energy.

Education

Robin West received a B.A. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a J.D. from Temple University.

Career

Before founding PFC Energy in 1984, Robin served in the Reagan Administration as Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Policy, Budget and Administration (1981-83), with responsibility for US offshore oil policy. His duties included preparation of the Department's $6 billion budget and general administrative oversight of its 75,000 employees. Robin conceived and implemented the five-year Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Leasing Schedule and managed the $14 billion per year OCS policy, the largest non-financial auction in the world at that time. Between 1977 and 1980, he was a First Vice President of Blyth, Eastman, Dillon & Co., Inc., an investment banking firm and was also a member of the firm's operating committee. Prior to that, he served in the Ford Administration as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Economic Affairs (1976-77) and on the White House Staff (1974-76). In 1976, he received the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Civilian Service.

Robin was nominated by the President as a director of the United States Institute of Peace and the nomination was approved by the Senate. He is also a member of the National Petroleum Council and the Council on Foreign Relations. Robin is President of the Wyeth Endowment for American Art. He has served as a trustee of the $3 billion Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund, as a member of the Chief of Naval Operations Executive Panel, the Industry Policy Advisory Committee on Multilateral Trade Negotiations of the US Trade Representative, and on the National Advisory Committee on Handicapped Children. Robin was appointed by the President to the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere in 1977.

External links

* [http://www.pfcenergy.com PFC Energy home page]
* [http://www.opec.org/home/Multimedia/videos/2006/OPEC%20Seminar/MrRobinWestInterview.htm/ OPEC Interview with J. Robinson West, PFC Energy Chairman]
* [http://commerce.senate.gov/pdf/west.pdf/ Senate Testimony of J. Robinson West]