Barbara J. Burger, PhD., is a “graduate” from Chevron where she ended her time as the Vice President, Innovation and President of Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV). During her career, Burger held leadership positions across a number of the company’s businesses as well as a wide range of civic and industry board and advisory positions.
In this next chapter, she remains focused on the big challenges in energy transition, equity, and access to education. She has built a portfolio that includes being named as a Senior Advisor to Lazard, to the Heliogen Board of Directors, Milestone Environmental Services Board of Managers, Emerald Technology Ventures Advisory Council, a Senior Advisor to Energy Impact Partners, an Advisor to Marunouchi Innovation Partners, Greentown Labs Board of Directors, and an Advisor to Syzygy Plasmonics, Epicore Biosystems and Sparkz, Inc. She remains committed to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Activate, and is the President of the Board of Directors of the Houston Symphony.
Burger is a proud alumnus of the University of Rochester where she serves on the Board of Trustees and chairs the River Campus Libraries National Council. She established the Barbara J. Burger Endowed Scholarship in the Sciences and founded the Barbara J. Burger iZone, where students generate, refine, and communicate ideas for social, cultural, community, and economic impact. At Caltech, she supports graduate women in Chemistry who aim to contribute through careers beyond academia and serves on the Strategic Advisory Board for the Resnick Sustainability Institute.
Burger holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Rochester, a doctoral degree in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology and an academic honor MBA in finance from the University of California, Berkeley.