ELECTION RECAP
Event Date: 11/21/2024
Event Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST
Event Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST
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Join the Energy Workforce Government Affairs Team with Guest Speakers Wells Griffith and Jay Dunn, FTI Consulting for a briefing on the outcomes of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional elections and the industry's future.
The discussion will focus on the outcomes of the 2024 election at the Federal and State levels including:
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This is a free online event for Energy Workforce Members only.
Jackson Dunn, Senior Managing Director, Head of Americas Public Affairs
FTI Consulting
Jackson Dunn serves as head of the segment’s Public Affairs practice in the Americas. Mr. Dunn provides counsel to corporations and private firms on managing political risk during transformational and disruptive events, including complex financial transactions, crisis, government investigations, and legislative and regulatory change across international jurisdictions and within leading sectors of the global economy including energy, financial services, technology, and healthcare. Mr. Dunn was an aide to President Bill Clinton, Secretary John F. Kerry, Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, Governor Terry McAuliffe, and Senator Terry Sanford. In the Clinton White House, Mr. Dunn was responsible for coordinating the business community’s support of President Clinton’s economic and trade agenda, including successful efforts to pass the New Markets Initiative and to secure PNTR for the People’s Republic of China. He held senior roles in presidential, senate, and gubernatorial campaigns as well as the Democratic National Committee. Mr. Dunn is a member of the Board of Visitors of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He serves on leadership committees for Business Forward and the American Security Project. He is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. Dunn holds degrees from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and The London School of Economics and Political Science. He resides on Capitol Hill with his wife and twin daughters.
Wells Griffith, Managing Director
FTI Consulting
Wells Griffith is a Managing Director in the Energy & Natural Resources sector within the Strategic Communications segment at FTI Consulting in Washington, DC. He brings over a decade of experience providing strategic counsel in government, public policy, political, and public affairs arenas. He provides and implements solutions to complex challenges facing corporations today. Prior to joining FTI, Mr. Griffith served in leadership roles across the U.S. Government, including Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Energy and Environment policy on the National Security Council (NSC) at the White House, where he also served on the National Economic Council (NEC) managing international energy and environment policy. In these roles, he led the development, coordination, and implementation of the U.S.’s foreign energy and environment policy across the executive branch agencies, and the USG’s bilateral and multilateral energy and climate engagement. Prior to the White House, Mr. Griffith served as acting Assistant Secretary for International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and as a key advisor to the Secretary responsible for managing the Department’s international engagement and cooperation with the private sector and foreign governments. He also worked on the Committee on Foreign Investment of United States (CFIUS) on DOE related transactions and served as Vice-Chair of the International Energy Agency’s Governing Board. Most recently, Mr. Griffith served as Managing Director and Senior Adviser to the CEO for Energy at the U.S. Development Finance Corporation, where he led global business development for strategic energy, mining, and national security related projects. He has also served in various leadership roles guiding policy and strategy in the private sector and in senior management and advisory roles on numerous state and presidential campaigns. He holds a B.A. in History with a minor in Modern Languages from Virginia Military Institute, as well as a J.D. from Mississippi College School of Law.
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Join the Energy Workforce Government Affairs Team with Guest Speakers Wells Griffith and Jay Dunn, FTI Consulting for a briefing on the outcomes of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional elections and the industry's future.
The discussion will focus on the outcomes of the 2024 election at the Federal and State levels including:
- Balance of power
- Regulatory impacts
- Legislative opportunities
- Industry engagement
- Foreign policy and global implications
Registration
This is a free online event for Energy Workforce Members only.
Jackson Dunn, Senior Managing Director, Head of Americas Public AffairsFTI Consulting
Jackson Dunn serves as head of the segment’s Public Affairs practice in the Americas. Mr. Dunn provides counsel to corporations and private firms on managing political risk during transformational and disruptive events, including complex financial transactions, crisis, government investigations, and legislative and regulatory change across international jurisdictions and within leading sectors of the global economy including energy, financial services, technology, and healthcare. Mr. Dunn was an aide to President Bill Clinton, Secretary John F. Kerry, Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, Governor Terry McAuliffe, and Senator Terry Sanford. In the Clinton White House, Mr. Dunn was responsible for coordinating the business community’s support of President Clinton’s economic and trade agenda, including successful efforts to pass the New Markets Initiative and to secure PNTR for the People’s Republic of China. He held senior roles in presidential, senate, and gubernatorial campaigns as well as the Democratic National Committee. Mr. Dunn is a member of the Board of Visitors of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He serves on leadership committees for Business Forward and the American Security Project. He is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. Dunn holds degrees from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and The London School of Economics and Political Science. He resides on Capitol Hill with his wife and twin daughters.
Wells Griffith, Managing DirectorFTI Consulting
Wells Griffith is a Managing Director in the Energy & Natural Resources sector within the Strategic Communications segment at FTI Consulting in Washington, DC. He brings over a decade of experience providing strategic counsel in government, public policy, political, and public affairs arenas. He provides and implements solutions to complex challenges facing corporations today. Prior to joining FTI, Mr. Griffith served in leadership roles across the U.S. Government, including Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Energy and Environment policy on the National Security Council (NSC) at the White House, where he also served on the National Economic Council (NEC) managing international energy and environment policy. In these roles, he led the development, coordination, and implementation of the U.S.’s foreign energy and environment policy across the executive branch agencies, and the USG’s bilateral and multilateral energy and climate engagement. Prior to the White House, Mr. Griffith served as acting Assistant Secretary for International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and as a key advisor to the Secretary responsible for managing the Department’s international engagement and cooperation with the private sector and foreign governments. He also worked on the Committee on Foreign Investment of United States (CFIUS) on DOE related transactions and served as Vice-Chair of the International Energy Agency’s Governing Board. Most recently, Mr. Griffith served as Managing Director and Senior Adviser to the CEO for Energy at the U.S. Development Finance Corporation, where he led global business development for strategic energy, mining, and national security related projects. He has also served in various leadership roles guiding policy and strategy in the private sector and in senior management and advisory roles on numerous state and presidential campaigns. He holds a B.A. in History with a minor in Modern Languages from Virginia Military Institute, as well as a J.D. from Mississippi College School of Law.
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