Ralph J. Moran is BP America’s Director of West Coast Climate Change Issues. In this role, Mr. Moran is accountable for the development, management, and coordination of climate-related regulatory activities and is the BP lead representative with state governments on climate change policy development. Previously, Mr. Moran was BP’s Director of Environmental Affairs in Washington D.C. In this previous role Mr. Moran supported BP’s Western Hemisphere business segments and Communications and External Affairs group by facilitating engagements with non-governmental organizations and by managing environment-related policy issues – including federal climate change policy. Mr. Moran’s previous work experience includes 20 years in both the upstream and downstream segments of the oil industry including oil field formation evaluation, site remediation and government relations. Mr. Moran holds B.S. and M.S. Degrees in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Southern California.