Dan Kish

Senior Vice President of Policy
Dan Kish is the Senior Vice President of Policy at the Institute for Energy Research (IER).

Kish has more than 25 years of experience on congressional committees focused principally upon natural resource and energy policies. His service includes the principal resource committees in the House and Senate, including six years as chief of staff for the Republicans on the House Resources Committee and four years on the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee staff.

His primary focus has been access to resources on government lands and in the waters of the Outer Continental Shelf, and specifically, upon the enormous conventional and unconventional energy there that waits to be allowed to add value to our nation’s well-being.

Kish is a graduate of Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana.

Areas of expertise: Federal Lands (permitting, drilling rights, ect.), Resources, Offshore Drilling, History of Energy Policy