Cheryl Martin

Dr. Cheryl Martin is a member of the Managing Board at the World Economic Forum. She joined the Forum in March 2016 from the consulting firm, Harwich Partners, which she launched to work with public and private sector entities to identify critical drivers that would accelerate adoption of new technologies into markets. Previously Dr. Martin served as the Acting Director of the DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E). In addition, she was the Deputy Director for Commercialization at the agency where she developed the Technology-to-Market program, which helps breakthrough energy technologies succeed in the marketplace. Prior to this Dr. Martin was an executive with Rohm and Haas Company. She has a PhD in organic chemistry from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.