Rebecca Ranich has extensive experience in energy project management. Her sectors of specialization include oil, gas and power investments, civil infrastructure, environmental remediation, regional economic development and project finance.

As an energy industry specialist with more than 15 years of related experience, she has been involved in a number of major international oil and gas pipeline projects.

She holds an master's degree in business administration from the University of Detroit with a concentration in international marketing and a bachelor's degree (Honors) in Russian and Eastern European studies from Northwestern University.

She was appointed to the University of Pittsburgh Center for International Studies - Board of Visitors and is a member of Women’s Council on Energy and the Environment; the International Association for Energy Economics; and the Natural Gas Roundtable of Washington D.C.