E X E C U T I V E FORUM
NEWSWEEK's Issues 2009 Panel Discussion
CLIMATE AND ENERGY POLICY: MOVING?
Tuesday, December 1,2009
The Mansfield Room
United States Capitol
Washington, DC
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THE HONORABLE EDWARD MARKEY JACKGERARD
Forum Participant Forum Participant
UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
SEVENTH DISTRICT. MASSACHUSETTS AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE
CHAIRMAN, SELECT COMMITTEE ON ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND GLOBAL WARMING
CHAIRMAN, SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
MEMBER, U.S. ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE
Representatlve Edward J Markey, a natlonal leader on energy and
Jack Gerard is Pres~dent CEO of the Amerlcan Petroleum
and the envlronment, chars the Select Commlttee on Energy Instltute, the natlonal trade assoclatlon that represents a l l
Independence and Global Warming and the Energy and aspects of America's 011 and natural gas Industry API's nearly
Envlronment Subcommlttee of the Energy and Commerce 400 members range from the Largest major OIL company to the
Commlttee Representatlve Markey IS the co-author of the smallest of Independents and represent all segments of the
Waxman-Markey Amencan Clean Energy and Securlty Act Industry
whlch passed the House ~nJune of 2009
Gerard brlngs a strong Industry trade assoclatlon background
Slnce Speaker Pelosl appointed Representatlve Markey the select to API, as well as experience on Capltol H1l1He most recently
Commlttee Chalr ~n2007, more than 70 hearlngs and brleflngs served as President and CEO of the Amerlcan Chemlstry
have occurred, contrlbutlng to the advancement of smarter energy Counc~l and earller held the same tltle at the Natlonal Mlnlng
and cllmate pollcles The newly created Energy and Envlronment Associatton
Subcomm~nee, that Representatlve Markey chars, IS perhaps
Durlng Gerard's three years at the Chemlstry Councll, the
the most powerful House Subcommlttee, wlth unprecedented
s
assoclatton fortlfled ~ t advocacy lnltlatlves on issues Important
jurlsdlctlon over natlonal energy and environmental pollcy, and
to the chemicals Industry and worked closely with Congress on
has already played a central role ~npasslng ambltlous energy and
major leglslatlon.
climate Leglslatlon In a new era of change
Gerard also spent close to a decade worklng In the
Representatlve Markey's career of actlvtsm and effectiveness
U S Senate and House He came to Washlngton In 1981,
spans three decades, slnce he was flrst elected to represent
where he worked for Rep George Hansen. He also worked for
Massachusetts' seventh Congresslonal dlstrlct In 1976 In addltlon
Sen James A. McClure, who chalred the U S Senate Energy
to chalrlng key energy and envlronment panels, Representatlve
and Natural Resources Commlttee
Markey IS a senlor member of the Natural Resources Commlttee
He also served for 20 years as Chalr or Ranklng Member of the Gerard serves as chalrman of the Natlonal Capltal Area Councll-
and
Subcommlttee on Telecommun~cat~ons the Internet and was Boy Scouts of Amertca, IS co-char of the George Washlngton
a senlor Democratic member of the House Homeland Securlty Un~versltyGraduate School of Polltlcal Management's Councll
Commlttee on Amerlcan Polltlcs and is a member of the Conservatton
s
Fund's Corporate Councll Gerard IS actlve In h ~ church
leadership and presldes over elght congregations wlth a total
of 3.200 members He also IS on the Board of Directors for the
Congresslonal Coalltlon on Adoptlon Instltute.
He holds a B A ~npollt~cal sctence and a law degree from
George Washlngton Unlverslty He llves ~nVlrglnla wlth h ~ s
w ~ f eClaudette, and thelr elght children, lncludlng twln boys
,
the famlly adopted from Guatemala