Kevin Doran

Mr. Kevin L. Doran, J.D., is the Director of Education, Policy, and Social Science Programs for Associated Universities, Inc. In this role, he oversees AUI’s education, policy and social science portfolio and leads growth into new domains such as eLearning, major public policy reports, and customer-oriented analysis.

On behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Lab Directors’ Council, Doran also serves as Director of the Oppenheimer Science and Energy Leadership Program, the premier leadership program for developing leaders throughout the 17 DOE National Labs.

Doran came to AUI from the University of Colorado Boulder, where he served as an elected Fellow, Professor, and Associate Director for Policy and Analysis at the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, a joint institute between the University and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. In that role, he led the Institute’s strategic initiatives related to law, economics, sociology, business and other professional and social science disciplines.

Previously, Doran served as the Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for Science and Energy at DOE, where he provided organizational leadership for major planning and strategy initiatives encompassing over $10B in research and development, thousands of program elements, and 13 DOE National Laboratories. Doran also served as Director of the Office of Technology Transfer at DOE, where he led efforts related to technology transfer, policy analysis, interagency coordination, and stakeholder engagement.