Brittany Kelm is currently serving as a Senior Policy Advisor on the National Energy Dominance Council (NEDC) in the White House. She oversees all oil and gas activity in this role, which encompasses all domestic production and pipeline infrastructure projects. Additionally, her portfolio includes international affairs issues pertaining to US LNG and crude exports for the NEDC. Prior to joining the Trump Administration, she represented Shell USA in Washington, D.C. on the federal team. In this role, she supported Shell Midstream and Deepwater business for the Gulf of America assets and worked to ensure seamless interplay with the two enterprises. She also supported the Downstream, Trading and Supply, and Chemical business during her earlier Shell tenure. Brittany came to Shell after working for Valero at San Antonio, TX headquarters where she worked in a Strategic Planning & Public Policy role in Corporate Development. Here she gave insight to direct decisions for Valero’s strategy on traditional refining and new business in the low carbon fuels and hydrogen space based on policy optimization. Before arriving downstream at the world-renown refiner Valero, Brittany began her career in the oilfields of the Permian Basin in Midland, TX working upstream. She worked for Noble Energy (now Chevron) spending most of her days in Reeves County and the surrounding counties. In this capacity, she served as a state Government Affairs and Community Affairs advisor. Prior to going in-house with Noble Energy, she was a Landman and performed land management duties such as running title and obtaining drilling permits for various independent and publicly traded operators all throughout the Permian counties, including New Mexico. Her first role in the industry was with the Permian Basin Petroleum Association (PBPA), which introduced her to the world of independent oil and gas producers (and majors) operating in the Permian. Brittany attended the University of Texas at Austin where she majored in Government and Communications. She was active in the Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT) and spent her time serving in the 83rd Legislative Session and also interned in Senator Cruz’s Federal office.