In this episode, Christopher Guith, Senior Vice President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Energy Institute, joins hosts Adam Murray, Bryan Nix, and Stuart Saulters to analyze the future of energy innovation, policy challenges, and the importance of improving permitting to build the energy projects needed for economic growth.
About Christopher Guith
Guith leads the Global Energy Institute’s efforts to build support for meaningful energy and environmental action nationally and internationally through policy development and education.
The Institute has attracted grassroots support across the nation to capitalize on America’s tremendous energy promise. The Institute regularly contributes policy analysis and research, including the groundbreaking Index of Energy Security Risk and the International Index of Energy Security Risk, the first tools to quantify America’s energy security on an annual basis, as well as the comprehensive Energy Works for U.S. platform, which provided policy recommendations to secure the nation’s energy future.
Guith is an expert on an array of energy and environmental issues. He educates policymakers, businesses, energy stakeholders, coalitions, and the public about the importance of an “all of the above” energy portfolio and how it can ensure an efficient, reliable, prosperous, and secure energy future.
Prior to joining the Chamber in 2008, Guith served as deputy assistant secretary for nuclear energy at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), where he developed the administration’s nuclear energy policies and coordinated the department’s interactions with Congress, stakeholders, and the media. He was also deputy assistant secretary for congressional affairs at DOE and a chief representative of the administration during the drafting and debate of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
Earlier in his career, Guith served as Rep. Bob Barr’s (R-GA) legislative director and Rep. Tim Murphy’s (R-PA) counsel and policy adviser.
Guith is a graduate of Syracuse University-College of Law and the University of California-Santa Barbara.
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