Dr. Russell Read

Dr. Read is the Group Managing Partner for The C Change Group, focused on initiatives which can materially and positively transform theworld’s utilization of natural resources. C Change’s initiatives over thepast decade have included transformative energy and materials technology company investments as well as new infrastructure initiatives related to bulk glacier water from the Greenland Icecap, transformative fuels for maritime and aviation purposes, and new clean and sustainable approaches to maritime and aviation logistics.He served as Chairman of the Investors’ Committee for the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets under Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. His undergraduate degree in Statistics and MBA in Finance and International Business are both from the University of Chicago while his master’s in Economics and Ph.D. in Political Economy (focusing on the role of natural resources in national economic growth) were earned from Stanford University.