Rebecca Boudreaux, PhD
Trained as a chemist, Rebecca Boudreaux, Ph.D. is an entrepreneurial, technology executive with a unique blend of technical skills and business development expertise. She has served on the management team or Board of Directors of various startup companies in the clean tech, life sciences, high tech, and non-profit sectors. Presently, she is President and Director of Oberon Fuels, a California-based company making DME (dimethyl ether) as a cleaner, alternative to diesel. In her role at Oberon, Dr. Boudreaux leads the customer development and strategic partnering efforts with OEMs, feedstock suppliers, and trucking companies. Additionally, she oversees the regulatory processes for the use of DME as a fuel including EPA Renewable Fuel Standard compliance and ASTM specification development.
In 2004, Dr. Boudreaux co-founded Intezyne Technologies, which developed polymer-based drug delivery systems to make existing cancer drugs work better. She served as CFO for four years and as a member of the company’s Board of Directors.
Dr. Boudreaux has a broad range of academic and industrial experience, having performed research at MIT, Princeton University, University of Southern Mississippi, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and National Starch and Chemical. She earned a B.S. in Polymer Science (magna cum laude) from the University of Southern Mississippi and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Polymer Science and Engineering from the University of Massachusetts.
Dr. Boudreaux has been an invited lecturer around the world, exploring the interface of science and business in the energy and non-profit sectors. Dr. Boudreaux has co-authored six peer-reviewed publications and is a co-inventor on 12 patents and applications. Dr. Boudreaux is the Chair of the International DME Association, Chair of the ASTM International DME Taskforce, and Executive Committee member for the Advanced Biofuels Association. She presently serves as a Board Member of UrbanPromise International, an organization working in Malawi, Honduras, Canada, and the US to develop emerging leaders who will break the poverty cycle for children in under-resourced, urban communities.