Jerry Jackson is an energy economist and Texas A&M professor with thirty years' experience in developing and applying practical solutions to difficult energy industry problems. As owner and President of the consulting firm, Jackson Associates, he has worked with more than one hundred clients, including more than twenty Fortune 500 companies, start-up companies, electric and gas utilities, state agencies, research labs, and the U.S. Department of Energy. Jackson has served as an expert witness at government hearings. He recently presented a keynote address at an international sustainability conference in New Zealand, and he has also served as a U.S. representative to a United Nations conference on energy modeling. Jackson has a PhD in economics from the University of Florida with a specialty in econometrics.