Robert McNally is Founder and president of Rapidan Energy Group, a Washington, DC-based independent energy market policy and geopolitical consulting firm. Robert has 32 years of government and market experience as an international energy consultant, energy advisor to President George W. Bush, and hedge fund strategist. He is the author of the award-winning and acclaimed book Crude Volatility: The History and the Future of Boom-Bust Oil Prices (Columbia University Press, 2017). Robert has testified before Congress on energy markets and national security and is regularly interviewed by leading media outlets. From 2001 to 2003, he served as Special Assistant to the President on the White House National Economic Council and, in 2003, Senior Director for International Energy on the National Security Council. Robert 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).