OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma State University has named Jeff Starling as executive director of the Hamm Institute for American Energy.
Starling, who most recently served as Oklahoma’s secretary of energy and environment from 2024 to 2026, brings experience in energy, law, public service, and organizational leadership to the Oklahoma City-based institute.
“Energy has always been about opportunity — creating jobs, building communities and improving lives around the world,” said Harold Hamm, who led the creation of the institute with donations of $25 million from the Harold Hamm Foundation and $25 million from Continental Resources. “Today, as energy intersects with transformative technologies like artificial intelligence, the opportunities — and the need for dynamic leadership — have never been greater. The Hamm Institute for American Energy is uniquely positioned to lead important conversations, advance new ideas and inspire the next generation to understand the critical role energy will play in our shared future. Jeff Starling shares that vision and has the experience to execute on it. I’m pleased to have him leading the Institute into this exciting next chapter.”…