Maria Angela Capello (MAC) is the President of Red Tree Consulting LLC and a distinguished leader in the energy sector. She spearheads initiatives in sustainability, diversity and inclusion (D&I), and geosciences. MAC has held prominent roles at Kuwait Oil Company, Halliburton, and Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA). The Italian Government has honored her with the “Star of Italy” knighthood, and UNESCO has endorsed her work by publishing her report “Geosciences in Action—Advancing Sustainable Development.”  

She is a member of the National Science Foundation Advisory Council and is the Secretary of the Board of Directors of the American Geosciences Institute (AGI). She is an Honorary Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers International (SPE), and a Lifetime Member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. MAC was recently conferred the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) Lifetime Achievement Award for Diversity and Inclusion. She will earn her PhD in Earth and Environmental Sciences from the University of Plymouth (UK) by November 2024, is a MSc in Geophysics from the Colorado School of Mines (USA) and is a Physicist from Simon Bolivar University (Venezuela). She is certified in sustainability and circular economy by the University of Cambridge (UK); Penn State University (USA); and the IFP (France).