J. Brett Harvey (SME)
Percy Nicholls Award in
2003
J. Brett Harvey is Chairman of the Board of CONSOL Energy Inc. and a board member of Barrick Gold Corporation and Allegheny Technologies Incorporated. Harvey began his career with Kaiser Steel Company at the Sunnyside Mine. In 1984 he was elected vice president and general manager for Kaiser Coal of New Mexico. In 1986 he joined Utah Power & Light Company. Harvey was elected vice president-mining for PacifiCorp in 1990. He was named president and chief executive officer of Interwest in 1993, vice president of PacifiCorp Fuels in 1993, and president and chief executive officer of PacifiCorp Energy in 1995. He served as president and chief executive officer of CONSOL Energy Inc. on January 1, 1998 through March 2014.
Harvey received a bachelor’s degree in mining engineering from the University of Utah. He was the recipient of the John E. Wilson Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Utah’s Mining Engineering Department; The Percy Nicholls Award; an honorary doctorate from Duquesne University; and he was inducted into the West Virginia Coal Hall of Fame and the West Virginia Business Hall of Fame.
Harvey is a long-time supporter and board member of the Boy Scouts of America.