Mergers are no longer judged on financial merits alone. Public affairs strategy is essential to defining the narrative, managing scrutiny, and moving stakeholders toward approval.

At the University of Houston’s Energy Transition: Winds of Change symposium, it was clear that we are not in an energy transition, we are in the midst of an historic energy transformation that will be only possible through the partnership of public policy, industry and local communities.

The Herald Group has named Katie Wright to lead its growing energy practice, bringing two decades of executive-level public affairs and issue advocacy experience across energy, healthcare, and consumer goods.