The Honorable Jason Isaac is Founder and CEO of the American Energy Institute and a Distinguished Fellow for Life:Powered at the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF). Jason has appeared live on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, and other national news shows, and his commentaries have been published in Fox Business, The Hill, The Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller, and other publications.

Prior to starting the American Energy Institute, Jason, a fourth-generation native Texan, was elected four times as the State Representative for Hays and Blanco counties in the Texas Hill Country. He served on the Energy Resources and Environmental Regulation committees, among others. During his eight years of service, he successfully passed legislation to reduce taxes, strengthen election integrity, improve public education, preserve Second Amendment rights, protect local groundwater, and protect private property rights. He was repeatedly honored for his commitment to limited government and proved to be an effective leader, excelling at both advocating for conservative principles and working across the aisle to find responsible solutions for the future of the Lone Star State.

Jason is a graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University, he lives in central Texas with his wife, State Representative Carrie Isaac, their sons, and Jack Russell Terrier Daisy.

In addition to her work in the Oil & Gas and Financial industries, Molly shared her voice for 5 1/2 years over the radio waves working to shed light on the truth in politics and point the way to “Liberty for All.” In addition to helping Americans maneuver around public policy that hits them where it hurts the most, their wallets, Molly also seeks to educate the “rule makers” and all Americans that there are real and sustainable economic benefits to free markets, fair competition, consumer choice, minimally mandated regulations and low tax rates. She’s also been active within several business and political groups, always focusing on protecting the rights of individuals, businesses & families in our great USA! A WWII buff, Molly and her former co-host, Kim Monson, interviewed and preserved for future generations the personal stories of more than 100 WWII veterans.

For the past 22 years, Heather directed all marketing and public education programs for alternative fuels at the Railroad Commission of Texas, the state’s chief energy agency. Programs included statewide and local earned (free) media coverage, audience-specific newsletters, trade shows, promotional materials, market research, workshops, consumer rebates and grants. She also secured and administered multi-million dollar grants for alternative fuel vehicles and infrastructure in Texas.

Trisha Curtis is the President and CEO of PetroNerds, LLC and the host of the PetroNerds podcast. She founded the company and began running it out of Denver, Colorado in 2016. She was the Manager for Strategy and Analytics at Anschutz Exploration in Denver, Colorado from 2019 to 2020.

Trisha was formerly the Director of Research, Upstream and Midstream, at the Energy Policy Research Foundation, Inc. (EPRINC) in Washington, DC. Since 2010, she has led extensive research efforts and major consulting projects and authored several reports on the North American upstream and midstream markets for government agencies, global think tanks, and corporations.

Ms. Curtis is a macroeconomist with expertise in US shale markets, geopolitics, and China. She is globally recognized for her knowledge of US shale and has been asked to speak and present at several academic, industry, and investor forums including OPEC in Vienna, SPE in Bahrain, IEF in Saudi Arabia, Stanford University, Chatham House, Oxford University, Denver University, and Colorado School of Mines.

Her national security work for governments has focused extensively on China, energy, and US Shale.

Ms. Curtis is the Economist for the American Energy Institute, an Energy Fellow with the Common Sense Institute in Colorado, a Board Member at the Denver Earth Resources Library, and a Research Associate at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES), a recognized independent center of Oxford University. She is also a Fellow at Colorado School of Mine’s Payne Institute.

Ms. Curtis completed her undergraduate work at Regis University in Denver, Colorado where she double majored in Economics and Politics, minored in Criminology, and graduated Summa Cum Laude. She has a Master of Science (MSc) degree from the London School of Economics in International Political Economy and wrote her MSc Dissertation on Chinese National Oil Companies. As an undergraduate, she also worked as a staff assistant in UK Parliament for John Grogan, Selby Constituency. Raised in northwest Colorado and southwest Wyoming, she grew up around pump jacks and has worked on oil and gas sites in Colorado and Wyoming with her father.

Vance Ginn, Ph.D., is a leading economist and influential advocate for free-market principles and fiscal conservatism. As the founder and president of Ginn Economic Consulting and host of the Let People Prosper Show podcast, he provides strategic economic insights to shape policy at federal, state, and local levels. Dr. Ginn’s roles as senior fellow at Americans for Tax Reform, associate research fellow at American Institute for Economic Research, chief economist at Pelican Institute, and contributor at more than ten other free-market think tanks and his engaging media presence, position him at the forefront of national economic debates. A frequent guest on top-tier news shows and contributor to major publications like The Wall Street Journal, C-SPAN Washington Journal, and Fox News, Dr. Ginn’s compelling analyses and dynamic speaking make him a sought-after voice in discussions that aim to enhance prosperity and economic freedom across America. Raised in a lower-income, single-mother household and now residing in Round Rock, Texas with his family, his personal and professional journeys inspire his advocacy for policies that empower individuals and foster economic growth.