Robert (“Bob”) McNally is the founder and president of Rapidan Energy Group,
a Washington, DC-based independent energy market policy and geopolitical
consulting firm.
Bob's 33-year career includes service as a White House energy advisor to
President George W. Bush, an oil market analyst, and a hedge fund strategist
at Tudor Investment Corporation. His acclaimed book Crude Volatility: The
History and the Future of Boom-Bust Oil Prices (Columbia University Press,
2017) won the IAEE 'Marcel Boiteux Best International Energy Economics
Book Award in 2023 and Bob was awarded the IAEE Adelman-Frankel Award
in 2024.
Leading media outlets regularly interview Bob, who frequently testifies before
Congress on energy markets and national security.
From 2001 to 2003, he served as Special Assistant to the President on the
White House National Economic Council and, in 2003, as Senior Director for
International Energy on the National Security Council.
Bob earned his B.A./B.S. in Political Science and International Relations from
American University and his M.A. in International Economics and Foreign
Policy from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).
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