Thomas J. Pyle
Thomas J. Pyle is the president of the American Energy Alliance (AEA). In this capacity, Pyle brings a unique backdrop of public and private sector experience to help manage AEA’s Washington, DC-based staff and operations. He also helps to develop the organization’s free market policy positions and implement education efforts with respect to key energy stakeholders, including policymakers, federal agency representatives, industry leaders, consumer entities and the media.
Previously, Pyle was the founder of his own consulting firm, Pyle Consulting, Inc., an active public affairs consulting firm with a wide range of private and not-for-profit customers. Additionally, he also served as director of federal affairs for a major integrated manufacturing and services company focusing on energy, environment, regulatory and transportation issues.
Before coming to the private sector, Pyle held numerous positions on Capitol Hill including serving a policy analyst for the Majority Whip of the U.S. House of Representatives and as staff director for the Congressional Western Caucus, as well as other legislative staff positions.
Pyle holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Southern California. He is married with two children.
Laura Henderson
As AEA’s Communications Director, Laura Henderson oversees media relations and outreach, serves as spokesperson, helps shape AEA’s message, and is the organization’s principal writer.
Prior to joining AEA, Laura was Press Secretary to Senator Richard Shelby (AL), and served in the offices of Senator Elizabeth Dole (NC) and Congressman Patrick Tiberi (OH).
Laura has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Mary Washington College and has a Masters in Communication from The Johns Hopkins University.
Robert L. Bradley, Jr.
Robert L. Bradley, Jr. is the Chief Executive Officer and founder of the Institute for Energy Research (IER). Bradley is one of the nation’s leading experts on the history and regulation of energy markets. Bradley has presented professional testimony on a host of energy issues before the U.S. Congress and state legislatures. As an issue expert and scholar, he is routinely quoted on energy and economic issues within national news reporting, as well as authoring numerous opinion-editorials which have been published in the New York Times and other leading publications.
In addition to his role at IER Bradley has also been a Schultz Fellow for Economic Research (New York City) and Liberty Fund Fellow for Economic Research (Menlo Park, California) and is a member of the International Association for Energy Economics, the American Economic Association and the American Historical Association.
Bradley received a B.A. in economics (with honors) from Rollins College, where he received the S. Truman Olin Award in economics; a masters in economics from the University of Houston, a Ph.D. in political economy (with distinction) from International College.
