Adam Sieminski, MPA

Adam Sieminski is currently a Senior Advisor at KAPSARC, an energy-focused advisory think tank in Riyadh, where he previously served as President from 2018 to 2021. Before that, he held the Schlesinger Chair for Energy and Geopolitics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where he still contributes as a non-resident expert. From 2012 to 2017, he was the Administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), and prior to that, served as Senior Director for Energy and Environment on the U.S. National Security Council.Sieminski worked as Deutsche Bank's chief energy economist and as an integrated oil company analyst, and before that held several positions as an energy financial analyst in Baltimore, London, New York, and Washington. He is active in several professional associations, including the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) and the U.S. Association for Energy Economics (USAEE). He holds degrees in civil engineering (BS) and public administration (MPA) from Cornell University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Sieminski also leads the nonprofit Friends of Peirce Mill, supporting a historic water-powered gristmill in Washington, DC.