Staff
ANDREW J. Black
President and CEO
Steven M. Kramer
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL, AND CORPORATE SECRETARY
John Stoody
Vice President, Government and Public Relations
John Stoody represents the interests of LEPA and its member companies on an industry-wide basis before Congress, its committees and individual members. He leads pipeline safety improvement programs and U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration regulatory issues at LEPA. He also leads LEPA’s public relations efforts and serves as LEPA’s primary media relations contact. John works with LEPA members and staff to develop and execute programmatic, legislative, regulatory and communications strategies. He joined LEPA as Director of Government Relations in January 2012, adding public relations duties later in 2012, and becoming Vice President of Government and Public Relations in 2014.
John came to LEPA with 20 years of Washington legislative and policy experience. He spent 13 years as a U.S. Senate aide, serving as Legislative Director for U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Counsel for U.S. Senator Kit Bond and Majority Staff Director of the Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee. Previously, he served 7 years at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), including time as an attorney-advisor in EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. He began his federal government service as a Presidential Management Fellow at EPA and the White House Office of Management and Budget.
John has a B.S. in Science and Technology Studies from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, an M.G.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from George Mason University School of Law.