David Spence is an expert in public policy, business-government relations and the regulation of business--particularly energy and environmental regulations.
He is co-director of the Energy Management and Innovation Center and he addresses energy topics from a legal and political perspective. Recent commentary includes energy reform, federal budget ramifications on oil and gas, and the financial bailout.
Spence has taught as a visitor at Duke, Vanderbilt, Cornell and Harvard. He received his Ph.D in political science from Duke University, and his J.D. from the University of North Carolina.