As announced by Alliance for Sustainable Energy (Alliance), Dr. Martin Keller has been appointed as director of National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and president of Alliance. Keller will officially join NREL in said role on November 30, 2015. Martin succeeds Dan E. Arvizu, who served in that role for 10+ years. Alliance Board co-chairs Ron Townsend and Tom Fleener praised Keller's leadership, team building and outcome production capabilities, and industry relationships.