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Mike Sommers is the 15th chief executive of the American Petroleum Institute since its founding almost a century ago. API is the largest national trade association representing all aspects of America's oil and natural gas industry. Before being named APl's president and CEO, Sommers led the American Investment Council, a trade association representing many of the nation's leading private equity and growth capital firms and other business partners. Sommers spent two decades in critical staff leadership roles in the U.S. House of Representatives and the White House, including chief of staff for Speaker of the House John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and Special Assistant to President George W. Bush at the National Economic Council. Sommers has been instrumental in crafting landmark legislation, including leading efforts to pass the Troubled Asset Relief Program through Congress, brokering a resolution between the administration and Congress ahead of the fiscal cliff in 2013, leading efforts to pass the Bipartisan Budget Agreement of 2015 and trade promotion authority in 2015. Sommers is a native of Naperville, Illinois, and a graduate of the honors program at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he was awarded the President's Distinguished Service Medal - the highest honor given to a Miami undergraduate. He is married to Jill Sommers, a former Commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). They have three children and live in Alexandria, Virginia.

Accomplished leader with a solid track record of performance in building an energy company after the implosion of Enron and subsequent layoffs. A well-respected businessman in the $300 Billion Retail Energy sector and in the Hispanic community, Hernandez founded Liberty Power in 2001. Liberty Power was ranked as the #1 Fastest Growing Hispanic 500 company by Hispanic Business magazine in 2007. The same publication recognized Mr. Hernandez as Entrepreneur of the Year in 2006 and Rising Star in 2005. In 2004 Mr. Hernandez received the Distinguished Alumni award from New York University’s Stern School of Business and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Palm Beach Atlantic University. Mr. Hernandez has appeared on CNN En Espanol, Fox Business News and other national media.Liberty Power provides sustainable energy solutions to tens of thousands of Small and Mid-size Businesses, Fortune 500 companies and Government agencies throughout the United States. Mr. Hernandez sits on the Board of Directors of the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and on the Board of the Cuba Study Group.Compelling communicator with bilingual fluency in Spanish and English, and working knowledge of Portuguese. Areas of expertise include: Deregulation in the Energy and Telecom Sector, Starting a Successful National Business, Doing Business with Fortune 500 Companies, Growing a Business During an Economic Recession, and United States Business History.Background in leadership, change management, business turnarounds, cost realignments, capital markets, and energy.