Vicky A. Bailey

Vicky A. Bailey is principal, Anderson Stratton Enterprises LLC and prior owner of BHMM Energy Services, LLC (2006-2013), a certified minority-owned energy facility management company contracted to manage the Central Energy Plant at the Indianapolis Airport Midfield Terminal Complex. Bailey was appointed as Assistant Secretary, U. S. Department of Energy in 2001 for both the Office of Domestic Policy and International Affairs during the first term of President George W. Bush. In the aftermath of Sept. 11th, she was chair of several bilateral international working groups with the goal of implementing their national energy policy and strengthening their relationships with other nations to foster energy security. Also, in this role, she served as vice chair and the U.S. representative to the Paris based International Energy Agency (IEA), working with all the energy producing nations gaining her international experience and stature. She oversaw the development and implementation of domestic energy policy in the areas of clean coal technologies, nuclear power, oil and natural gas, and LNG production.

In 2000, she returned to the corporate arena as president of Cinergy/PSI now Duke Indiana the largest utility in Indiana. From 1993 to 2000, she was appointed by President William J. Clinton as a Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), where she was one of the architects of Order No. 888 (open access rule for electric transmission) and worked on implementation of Order No. 636 (the rule restructuring natural gas pipeline services). From 1986 to 1993, she served as Commissioner, Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC), appointed by Governor Robert Orr and reappointed by Governor Evan Bayh. A native of Indianapolis, Bailey is a graduate and distinguished alumna of the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University and graduated from the Advanced Management Program, The Wharton School, at the University of Pennsylvania.

Board positions include Cheniere Energy, Equitrans Midstream, PNM Resources and Battelle Memorial Institute. Resources for the Future, the Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital, and The Conference Board are among her not-for-profit board positions. President Bush appointed her to the Presidential Commission, National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) which opened on the Mall in 2016, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu at the direction of President Barack Obama appointed her to the Blue Ribbon Commission for America’s Nuclear Future, and Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz appointed her to the National Petroleum Council. In May of 2013 to the present, Bailey became the first female chairman of the board, United States Energy Association (USEA).