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BIOGRAPHY FRANK M. STEWART, JR.
As of April 2007, Frank M. Stewart became the President-elect and Chief Operating Officer of the American Association of Blacks in Energy (AABE). AABE’s overall mission involves providing its members (energy professionals, executives, entrepreneurs, and students) a pathway to learn more about the energy industry through various means such as education, mentoring, community service and business networking. Up to July 2004, Frank Stewart was the Executive Director of the StEPP Foundation, based in Denver, Colorado. The StEPP Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization established in 2001 to identify viable clean energy, energy efficiency, or pollution prevention projects that are appropriate to address specific criteria required by various funding sources. For the two years prior to accepting the role of Executive Director, Mr. Stewart served as the Chairman of the Board of the Foundation and was instrumental in guiding its creation and development.
The areas of energy efficiency and renewable energy have been Mr. Stewart’s professional focus for nearly thirty years. From 1994 until his retirement from federal service in 2002, Mr. Stewart was the senior executive in charge of the US Department of Energy’s Golden, Colorado office. The office is responsible for promoting the development and commercialization of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies by working with industry, for administering the management and operations contract for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and for providing administrative support to DOE's six Regional Support Offices.
Earlier, Mr. Stewart served as Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Technical and Financial Assistance, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, DOE. He directed grant programs and provided technical assistance for states and localities, including the Institutional Conservation Program, Weatherization Assistance Program, State Energy Conservation Program, Inventions and Innovation Program, and the Technical Assistance and International Market Support Activities for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. He served there from 1990 until 1994. Mr. Stewart also served for a time as Acting Assistant Secretary of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
Mr. Stewart served as Associated Assistant Administrator for State Assistance Programs in the Federal Energy Administration (FEA), one of DOE's predecessor agencies, until DOE's formation in 1977.
Prior to the FEA assignment, he was with the Department of Health, Education and Welfare as the Assistant Executive Secretary for Education and Civil Rights (1975-1977). From 1966 to 1971, Mr. Stewart held teaching and administrative positions at Rutgers University and at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut. From 1963 to 1966, he taught school in East Orange, New Jersey.
In 1987, Mr. Stewart was the recipient of the annual Appreciation Award from the National Association of State Energy Officials. At the 1988 World Energy Engineering Congress, Mr. Stewart was named the Energy Executive of the Year. In 1994, the North Carolina A&T University School of Engineering honored him for his support of the school. He is also the recipient of the Department of Energy's Award for Exceptional Service and the Secretary of Energy's Gold Medal for Outstanding Leadership. Presently, he serves on a number of local, state, national and international advisory groups. He is listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in Science and Engineering.
In 1988, Mr. Stewart led the U.S. delegation to the University of Rome's World Conference on Energy Efficiency. In 1994 and 1995, he headed the U.S. technical delegations to Cote d'Ivoire, Botswana, and Ghana. Very recently he served as a member of Secretary O'Leary's historic missions to India and South Africa. From June 1994 until July 1995, Mr. Stewart was the principal energy staff person for the United States/South Africa Binational Commission. In 1996, he led the U.S. delegation that concluded the first Memorandum of Agreement between the United States and the nation of Uganda.
He received his bachelors and masters degrees from Wesleyan University in 1961 and 1963, respectively. He has done additional work at Harvard University and American University.
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