CLYDE H. HENDERSON

Provide targeted strategies involving law; legislation; policy; federal, state, and local governments; advocacy; coalition building; organizing; stakeholder engagement; and business development to achieve stated goals in energy, health care, economic development, and other areas.

• Served as the Secretary of Energy's senior advisor on policies & strategies affecting intergovernmental activities.
• Created and managed the Department's Intergovernmental Affairs team.
• Coordinated, directed, and served as a central point of contact for DOE's intergovernmental affairs activities with governors, state legislatures, state regulators, other state officials, and county/parish, municipal, territorial, and Tribal governments and intergovernmental and nongovernmental stakeholder associations, including NCSL, NGA, CSG, USCM, NLC, & NACo.
• Provided counsel and support to the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Assistant Secretary for Congressional & Intergovernmental

Affairs, and other Secretarial Officers on external relations and matters affecting state, local, territorial, and tribal governments and the stakeholder constituencies on the intergovernmental and private sector implications of major DOE programs and policies.

• Coordinated with other federal agencies on cross-cutting issues involving the state, local, territorial, and tribal governments.
• Assessed outreach activities involving stakeholders and participated fully in policy recommendation on initiatives.
• Facilitated internal Departmental communications on tribal issues; coordinated implementation of major cross-cutting initiatives with tribes; provided oversight of the implementation of the Department's Indian Policy; and chaired the Tribal Energy Steering

Committee.

• Scope of work included, but not limited to, the "Report by the President's Task Force on Puerto Rico's Status", internal analysis on the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future Report, the interagency Rapid Response Team on Transmission, the

Federal-State Great Lakes Offshore Wind Consortium MOU, the President's Strong Cities, Strong Communities Initiative, and numerous other activities with the Offices of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, Nuclear Energy, Environmental Management,

Fossil Energy, and Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability.

Principal federal advisor to and federal liaison for the Governor, working closely with the White House, federal departments and agencies, Congressional Leadership, the New Jersey Congressional Delegation, and Congressional committees; represented the

Governor to the National Governors Association, Coalition of Northeastern Governors, Northeast-Midwest Coalition, Democratic

Governors Association, and other gubernatorial offices in DC and in state capitals.

• Key member of the Governor's federal stimulus working group; helped secure over $17 billion in federal funds & benefits for the State in the federal recovery package; worked with small group of Governors, Congressional Leadership, and the Administration to develop what became the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund.
• Managed the operations of Washington Office, including hiring and training team of paid staff, interns, and volunteers.
• As Chair and Vice Chair, led the NGA Economic Development & Commerce Committee, directing efforts on transportation and infrastructure, banking and financial services, insurance, housing issues, telecommunications, and economic development.
• Served as Vice Chair of the NGA Health & Human Services Committee, leading success efforts to reauthorize CHIP, stop onerous

Medicaid regulations and directives, reauthorize the food stamp program (SNAP), and improve veterans' healthcare and re-entry programs for National Guard troops and their families.

• Served as Chair and as Treasurer of the CONEG Policy Research Center Board and CONEG Advisory Board, overseeing a

$700,000 annual budget; also, served two terms as the CONEG Lead on Transportation.

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, Washington, DC, 9/05 - 8/07.

• Served as the principal advisor to and liaison for the Governor at the federal level, working closely with Congressional Leadership, the Louisiana Congressional Delegation, Congressional committees, and federal agencies.
• Helped secure nearly $15 billion for the State housing recovery plan, economic development, and infrastructure and levee repairs after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
• Helped secure the first state share in federal leases for oil and natural gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, with the funding directed exclusively to the restoration of Louisiana's disappearing coastal wetlands.
• Briefed and advised the Governor, Cabinet Secretaries, Senior Staff, and the Louisiana Recovery Authority on federal proposals impacting Louisiana and provided recommendations on federal legislative and administrative strategies, with emphasis on the State's extensive short-term and long-term recovery and rebuilding efforts after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
• Chaired the Southern Governors Association, and worked closely with SGA on developing federal policies and priorities impacting the Southern states and implementing strategy and messaging.
• Managed the operations and staff, including hiring and training, of the Governor's Office in Washington, DC.

Created and trained statewide network of 300 attorneys; educated county election officials, county clerks, and citizens regarding federal and state election laws; and created and managed of a toll-free, state-wide "voter protection" hotline.

Examined comprehensively the structures and missions of DHS and the structures and jurisdictions of House committees, working closely with the Republican Staff Director and Walter Oleszeck of CRS and interviewed the Staff Directors and Chief Counsels of key House Committees to gather background information for subcommittee proposal and accompanying report.

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Organized comprehensive series of hearings to explore possible changes to the House Rules in light of the creation of DHS.

Organized oversight hearings to assess the effectiveness of the federal budget process and consider reform proposals.

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Drafted extensive background memoranda, detailed witness questions, and opening statements for all committee hearings.

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Crafted floor statements on varied topics, including the legislative process, federal appropriations, and numerous authorization bills-first floor statement was quoted in over 250 newspapers nationwide-and assisted Members in managing floor debate.

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Recruited by DCCC Executive Director to manage a research staff of 14.

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Managed message development based on comprehensive research of candidates and issues in House campaigns in the Western and Southern regions, producing expansive reports outlining entire political history and positions of Democratic and Republican candidates, which were used by the communications, political, field, issue advocacy, and polling departments and by consultants.

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Produced television, radio, and direct mail issue advocacy pieces for targeted Congressional races in South and West.

Developed messaging on presidential nominees to the federal courts and on key executive appointees, based on detailed research and analyses of nominees' professional records and positions; worked closely with coalition partners and state affiliates.

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Drafted legal analyses of federal and state legislation and state constitutional provisions.

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Crafted messages for 4.1 million pieces of direct mail for over 35 targeted races in the 2000 election cycle and researched records of

100 candidates, producing background materials and talking points used by the news media, state affiliates, and the organization's directors and published on the organization's web site.

CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF THE PRESIDENCY AND CONGRESS, MENTOR TO PRESIDENTIAL FELLOWS, 2006-2010.

PULASKI COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION, 2017-present. ΠΚΦ FRATERNITY, 2008 - present.

TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1998

Juris Doctorate (Common Law Curriculum), cum laude

Editor-in-Chief (1997-98) and Articles Editor (1996-97), Tulane Journal of Law & Sexuality

; Academic Scholarship Awards.

MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY/WIDENER SCHOOL OF LAW, International Program, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Summer 1997.

RHODES COLLEGE, Memphis, Tennessee, 1995

Bachelor of Arts- American Studies, cum laude

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