Rick Kessler Email & Phone Number

A public policy and political professional with 35 years experience in government and electoral politics at the federal, state and local levels, who helped lead efforts to craft and enact the Inflation Reduction Act, the Energy Policy Act of 2020, The American Manufacturing and Innovation Act, The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act and many other key energy and environment laws.As a government relations executive, he was named six years in a row to The Hill's Top Lobbyists list of “the most well-regarded industry advocates, major players and rising stars”. In 2008, the New Republic declared of the former Democratic candidate for state legislature, past-president of the Pipeline Safety Trust, avid bass player, luthier, songwriter, and home brewer:"The former chief of staff to House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell, Kessler is as fluent in the intricacies of carbon-capture technology as any energy wonk now on the Hill. And he is emblematic of the kind of lobbyist that is currently in high demand--top-level Democratic staffers who can retool their arguments to fit a hands-on governing agenda."

Listed skills include Public Policy, Legislative Relations, Politics, Legislation, and 36 others.