Bart Marcois is an international expert in energy, foreign affairs, and national security with experience in Europe and NATO, the Middle East and the Arabian Gulf, and East Asia. A senior corporate, government and foundation executive, Mr. Marcois has practical experience managing delicate negotiations in difficult countries and uncertain and changing environments. He is a media analyst in print and broadcast. He has served his country as both a career Foreign Service Officer and as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy for Policy and International Affairs. At the Department of Energy, Marcois was the chief operating officer of a department with over 100 senior specialists and a $20 million budget to formulate U.S. domestic and international energy security policy. He was an advisor to the Secretary of Energy on domestic and international policy. During his tenure, he oversaw the creation of the Office of National Energy Policy. More recently, he managed an Administration effort at the FERC to streamline the permitting process for large infrastructure projects. As an American diplomat in the 1980’s and 1990’s, Mr. Marcois served in U.S. Embassies in Jordan, Tunisia, Yemen and Kuwait. He was a senior manager of U.S. diplomacy programs, conducting political analysis in the Middle East and Washington, DC. He assisted the development of civil society, the rule of law, and democratic institutions in the context of Islamic societies. Mr. Marcois provided early warning of Islamist ideology overtaking key elements of majority-Muslim Arab nations, at a time when most American officials were oblivious to the threat. He is fluent in Arabic and Dutch and conversant in French and Spanish. Marcois is a prolific contributor to the national debate about politics, culture, and national security affairs. He has authored over 200 articles in The Hill, American Greatness, OpsLens.com, and The Daily Caller, and is a frequent guest on television and radio broadcasts. He has appeared on Tucker Carlson Tonight, Fox and Friends, National Public Radio, The Hugh Hewitt Show, OANN, and The Blaze, among other programs. In the private sector, Mr. Marcois has served as a corporate director in a DC-based investment partnership managing activities in highly regulated sectors in Eastern and Central Europe. He was a director and executive in a Washington, DC-based investment banking and commercial intelligence firm, and has served as a confidential advisor to several government entities. He conceived and executed public relations campaigns that achieved national impact. Mr. Marcois has served as a consultant to a federal advisory council on energy policy, and has been a course developer and instructor at both the Institute for Public-Private Partnership and The Leadership Institute. He has served as an executive and board member of several non-profit organizations, and is a former member of the Board of Directors of a coalition of 28 Christian churches that cooperate to provide early childhood care and education, food, rental assistance, furniture, and other services to low-income families of all denominations. Bart Marcois has deep and broad experience in political campaigns and election logistics. He has been an active fundraiser for presidential, congressional, and state and local campaigns. He has organized grassroots efforts on the national level, recruiting thousands of volunteers for voter turnout activities in many battleground states, and in his own local neighborhood as well. He has worked with the Republican National Committee developing messaging, tactics for contacting voters and organizing volunteers, and leading groups of trained volunteers into key states and congressional districts to provide the winning edge in close elections. Marcois has been a policy advisor to four presidential campaigns, developing and recommending energy and foreign policy positions. He managed statewide grassroots outreach efforts in a critical state-based campaign. Marcois played a key leadership role in messaging, strategy, tactics, voter education and registration, media outreach, advertising, and voter turnout on Election Day.