Rick Smead is Managing Director, Advisory Services, for RBN Energy LLC. Mr. Smead specializes primarily in energy transportation, regulation and logistics, offering expert policy analysis and advice, regulatory and litigation support (including testimony and other regulatory filings), and strategic advice with respect to pipelines, potential supplies, and market initiatives. His background includes over nine years as a Director with Navigant Consulting, Inc., and over three decades in the energy industry. That experience included over 20 years as the chief regulatory officer for major interstate pipeline systems, with multiple experiences advising non-U.S. governments in the creation of a regulatory structure. His consulting practice has spanned the LNG industry, both project developers for large national oil companies, and the U.S. shale gas boom and its interaction with LNG, the pipeline industry, power generation, and other markets. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland and a law degree from George Washington University.
