William Henegan

William Henagan is a research fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). He is an expert on U.S. industrial policy and economic security issues, as well as trade, infrastructure, development, competition, shipbuilding, and investment matters. He previously authored the Guidebook to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, an extensive readers guide to the seminal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, to help state, local, tribal, territorial government, and other partners navigate and implement the $1.2 trillion spending package. Henagan has held multiple other economic policymaking roles at the White House and the Department of Commerce across the Barack Obama and Joe Biden administrations. Prior to government, Henagan worked as a consultant for McKinsey & Company and currently serves as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve. He was also a technical advisor for the Polar Institute at the Wilson Center. Henagan holds graduate degrees in finance, social policy, and political science from the University of Virginia, University College London, and the University of Oxford, where he was a Jefferson and Marshall Scholar.

Geoffrey Pyatt

Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt is a Senior Managing Director of the Energy and Critical Minerals practice at McLarty Associates, and a distinguished fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center. He held a variety of senior leadership positions across a distinguished 35-year career in the U.S. Foreign Service. As Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources (2022-2025), he was the U.S.’s chief energy diplomat, leading U.S. diplomacy to mobilize international support for Ukrainian energy resilience and counter Russian weaponization of its energy resource.

Amb. Pyatt also led negotiations with U.S. allies on energy security partnerships and critical mineral agreements. Amb. Pyatt served as Ambassador to Greece (2016-2022) across the Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations and was U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine (2013-2016). Earlier in his career, Amb. Pyatt was the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs as well as Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Mission to International Organizations in Vienna, Austria, where he represented the United States before the IAEA. Amb. Pyatt was nominated to Career Ambassador — the highest rank in the U.S. Foreign Service — and is the recipient of numerous federal honors, including the Presidential Meritorious Service Award and Secretary of Defense Meritorious Civilian Service Award. He serves in several corporate advisory roles, including the Excelerate Energy International Advisory Board and U.S.-India Business Council Board of Directors.