Stephen V. Arbogast is Professor of Practice of Finance and Director of the Energy Center at the Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. At the Energy Center, he leads industry conferences and research on the Energy Transition. From 2004-2014 Arbogast was Executive Professor of Finance at the University of Houston. From 1972-2004, he worked for ExxonMobil Corporation in various finance positions, serving overseas in Brazil and Thailand, and culminating as Treasurer of ExxonMobil Chemical Company. Professor Arbogast has authored over eighty case studies and published articles on the Energy Transition, project finance, advanced biofuels, and the disconnect between economics and Catholic Social Doctrine. Since 2010 he has been a member of the Technical Review Panel of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.