Profiles in clean energy: Former Shell VP helps create a new way of making clean electricity
At oil and gas giant Shell, Cindy Taff was in charge of drilling wells that are considered unconventional because the oil or natural gas is difficult to access
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT
Published - Sep 29, 2024, 09:33 AM ET
Last Updated - Dec 16, 2024, 06:49 PM EST
When Cindy Taff was a vice president at the giant oil and gas company Shell in Houston, her middle schooler Brianna would sometimes look over her shoulder as she worked from home.
“Why are you still working in oil and gas?” her daughter asked more than once. “Is there a future in it? Why aren’t you moving into something clean?”
The words weighed on Taff.
“As a parent you want to give direction, and was I giving her the right direction?” she recalled.
