Gretchen Watkins, board director at The Mosaic Company and former president of Shell USA and executive vice president of Global Shales, will give the 2026 G. Albert Shoemaker Lecture in Energy and Mineral Engineering at Penn State. Her talk, “Leadership challenges in an ever-changing energy landscape,” will be held at 4 p.m. on Friday, April 10, in 22 Deike Building at Penn State University Park. It will also be available online via Zoom. A reception will precede the discussion at 3 p.m. in the Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery. The event is free and open to the public.
Traditionally a formal lecture and Q&A, the new, more conversational format will be moderated by Barbara Arnold, professor of practice in mining engineering and undergraduate program chair of mining engineering. The conversation will cover Watkin’s 35 years of experience as a global executive and board director.