Naomi Boness

Naomi Boness (Ph.D.) is the Managing Director of the Natural Gas Initiative (NGI) and Co-Managing Director of the Hydrogen Initiative at Stanford University. Dr. Boness is an experienced practitioner in the energy sector with a focus on using her background in reservoir geophysics and technoeconomic modeling to develop technology solutions related to natural gas, hydrogen, and decarbonization in both the developed and the developing world. In addition to her research, she teaches classes in earth science and energy engineering, most recently co-designing a graduate class on the Hydrogen Economy. Prior to Stanford, she held a variety of technical and management positions at Chevron.

Dr. Boness is passionate about connecting technology developers with industry to accelerate the deployment of new decarbonization technologies at scale. She serves as an independent Board Director for two public companies: Aemetis, a renewable fuels company, and Babcock and Wilcox, a renewable power company.

Dr. Boness also serves on the Green Energy Technology Council for Larsen and Toubro, an Indian-based EPC, as well as being an advisor to a portfolio of clean energy technology startups.

Dr. Boness is a member of the Renewable Natural Gas Coalition Advisory Committee; a board member of the Energy Leadership Institute; a steering committee member of the OpenMinds Next Generation program; a member of the Partnership to Address Global Emissions Advisory Council; a member of the Open Hydrogen Initiative Independent Expert Panel; a past invited member of the United Nations Expert Group on Resource Classification; and a past Chair of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists Oil and Gas Reserves Committee. As an advocate for women and gender equality, she is proud to be an Ambassador for the Women in Clean Energy, Education and Empowerment (C3E) Initiative.

Dr. Boness holds a Ph.D. in geophysics from Stanford University, a M.Sc. in geological sciences from Indiana University and a B.Sc. in geophysics from the University of Leeds.