Vicky A. Bailey

Ms. Bailey has been President of Anderson Stratton International, LLC. (ASI), a strategic consulting and government relations entity, since November 2005 and is a former equity partner 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. Before being the President of ASI, Ms. Bailey was a partner with Bennett Johnston & Associates, LLC, a public relations firm in Washington, D.C (2004-2006). Ms. Bailey served as Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy for both Domestic Policy and International Affairs from 2001 to 2004. In the aftermath of September 11th, she was co-chair of several bilateral international energy working groups with the goal of implementing our national energy policy and strengthening our relationships with other nations to foster energy security. Also, in this role, she served as Vice Chair and the U.S. representative to the International Energy Agency, working with all energy-producing nations. Notably the International Energy Forum (IEF) was established in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia during her time as Assistant Secretary. Domestically, Ms. Bailey oversaw the development and implementation of energy policy in the areas of clean coal technologies, nuclear power, crude oil production, natural gas development and LNG production.

Previously, she was the President of PSI Energy, Inc., Indiana’s largest electric utility and a subsidiary of Cinergy Corp. (now Duke Energy). From 1993 to 2000, she was appointed as a Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and from 1986 to 1993, she served as a Commissioner, Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC). Ms. Bailey was a trustee of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) from 2010 to 2013, the not-for-profit international regulatory authority whose mission is to assure the effective and efficient reduction of risks to the reliability and security of the transmission grid. In addition to her public company board service, Ms. Bailey serves as a director of Battelle Memorial Institute, a private nonprofit applied science, technology and research organization that has a management role at several of the U.S. national laboratories. Her other not-for-profit board service include Executive Chair, United States Energy Association (USEA), a trustee of The Conference Board (TCB), Resources for the Future (RFF), member National Petroleum Council, American Association of Blacks in Energy (AABE), National Academies Board on Energy and Environmental Systems and the Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital. Ms. Bailey has a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management from the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University and completed the Advanced Management Program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.