He serves on the National Petroleum Council, which advises the U.S. Secretary of Energy.[1][2] He is on the advisory boards of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative,[13] the Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy, and Singapore's International Energy Advisory Panel.[3] Yergin has been a member of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board under Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump.[58][59] In December 2016 Yergin joined a business forum composed primarily of CEOs assembled to provide strategic and policy advice on economic issues to President Donald Trump.[17] The forum was disbanded in August 2017.[60]