Alan Hegburg, the owner of an oil and gas consulting business, is a senior fellow with the the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Energy Program, as well as a senior associate at the Scowcroft Group.

He teaches two graduate courses on the geopolitics of energy at George Washington and Columbia Universities. He has also lectured at Georgetown University, the University of Kentucky, Louisiana State University, the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, the National Defense University, and the Foreign Service Institute of the U.S. Department of State.

In the private sector, Hegburg spent 17 years in management positions at Phillips Petroleum, Amoco, and BP, as manager of international government relations and director of international and geopolitical analysis. He participated in international exploration and production negotiations, particularly those involved in investment opportunities in Asia, Russian, the Caspian, the Middle East, and Latin America.

He also spent 17 years in the public sector, where he served as a career diplomat in the State Department and as a member of the Senior Executive Service in the U.S. Department of Energy. In addition, he served in Germany and France and was the first American assigned to the International Energy Agency in Paris upon its creation. He has also served as a legislative assistant to a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and as an officer in the U.S. Navy.

Hegburg is a graduate of the University of Illinois with a master's degree from the Johns Hopkins University.