Frank Verrastro currently serves as senior fellow and director of the CSIS Energy and National Security Program. His energy-related experience includes over 25 years in energy policy and project management positions in both the U.S. government and the private sector. Government service includes staff positions in the White House (Energy Policy and Planning Staff) and the Departments of Interior and Energy, including serving as deputy assistant secretary for international energy resources.
In the private sector, Mr. Verrastro has served as director of refinery policy and crude oil planning for TOSCO (formerly the nation’s largest independent refiner) and more recently as senior vice president for Pennzoil. Responsibilities at Pennzoil included government relations activity both domestic and international, corporate planning, international risk assessment and negotiations. In addition, he served on the company’s executive management and operating committees as well as the Environmental Safety and Health Leadership Council.
Mr. Verrastro holds a B.S. in biology/chemistry from Fairfield University, a master’s degree from Harvard University, and he completed the executive management program at the Yale University’s Graduate School of Business and Management. He has been an adjunct professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University and at the University of Maryland and is a frequent presenter at the Foreign Policy Institute of the US Department of State. He currently serves on the Advisory Board for the National Renewable Fuels Laboratory in Golden, Colorado.
