William F. Martin

William F. Martin is chairman of Washington Policy and Analysis, Inc.. According to a biographical note on its website:

William F. Martin is chairman and co-founder of Washington Policy and Analysis. An energy economist, he has served as Deputy Secretary of Energy and Executive Secretary of the National Security Council. From l983-85, he was Special Assistant to President Reagan, responsible for the coordination of the President's head of state meetings.

Mr. Martin currently serves as Chairman of the Department of Energy Nuclear Energy Research Advisory Board and is a member of the executive committee of the Secretary of Energy's Advisory Board. He is presently the Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations Energy Security Group and was the l997 author of the Trilateral Commission report, Maintaining Energy Security in a Global Context. In l987, he and his WPA partner Scott Campbell, authored a US government study entitled, 'Energy Security:Report to the President of the United States'. His early career included positions in the International Energy Agency, Department of State and MIT Energy Laboratory. He received a BS from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MS from MIT, where his thesis was the basis of an article he authored for the Harvard Business Review.

Mr. Martin currently serves on the Board of Director of the Prague Security Studies Institute and is a member of the Council of the United Nations University of Peace in Costa Rica. He recently chaired a working group for the United Nations which reviewed energy for the Korean Peninsula. He is a former member of the Board and Chairman of the Development Committee of the World Resources Institute. In l992, he was Executive Director of the Republican Platform Committee and served as senior advisor for platform for the Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign.