Biography of Richard J. Myers

Mr. Myers is Senior Director, Business and Environmental Policy, and special assistant to the President of the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), the nuclear energy industry’s Washington-based policy organization. He is responsible for defining policy initiatives, and managing NEI programs, in a number of areas—including environmental issues, new nuclear plant deployment, restructuring and competition. He is also responsible for monitoring energy policy issues and market trends, and for NEI analysis of how changes in the energy markets affect existing nuclear plants and the prospects for new nuclear plants. Mr. Myers is also responsible for NEI’s liaison with the financial community.

Mr. Myers assumed his current position in October 1996. Prior to that, he was responsible for NEI’s public affairs and communications programs.

Mr. Myers started his career as a journalist in 1972 as assistant editor of Petroleum Marketer, a monthly magazine. In 1973,he moved to Washington, D.C., as senior editor of Oil Week, a weekly newsletter covering the petroleum industry. From 1973 to 1986 he was with King Publishing Group and was executive editor in charge of all the company’s publications, including The Energy Daily and Defense Week. He has also written extensively for other publications, including The Financial Times, Fortune, and The American Spectator.

Mr. Myers joined the U.S. Council for Energy Awareness (USCEA)—one of NEI’s predecessor organizations—in 1987 as director of editorial programs and was named USCEA’s vice president, industry communications and publications, in 1990.

Mr. Myers received his B.A. in English Literature from Hobart College in Geneva, N.Y., and completed the University of Michigan Business School’s Electric Utility Executive Program in 1993.

Richard J. Myers
	Mr. Myers is Senior Director, Business and Environmental Policy, and special assistant to the President of the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), the nuclear energy industry’s Washington-based policy organization. He is responsible for defining policy initiatives, and managing NEI programs, in a number of areas—including environmental issues, new nuclear plant deployment, restructuring and competition. He is also responsible for monitoring energy policy issues and market trends, and for NEI analysis of how changes in the energy markets affect existing nuclear plants and the prospects for new nuclear plants. Mr. Myers is also responsible for NEI’s liaison with the financial community. Mr. Myers assumed his current position in October 1996. Prior to that, he was responsible for NEI’s public affairs and communications programs. Mr. Myers started his career as a journalist in 1972 as assistant editor of Petroleum Marketer, a monthly magazine. In 1973,he moved to Washington, D.C., as senior editor of Oil Week, a weekly newsletter covering the petroleum industry. From 1973 to 1986 he was with King Publishing Group and was executive editor in charge of all the company’s publications, including The Energy Daily and Defense Week. He has also written extensively for other publications, including The Financial Times, Fortune, and The American Spectator. Mr. Myers joined the U.S. Council for Energy Awareness (USCEA)—one of NEI’s predecessor organizations—in 1987 as director of editorial programs and was named USCEA’s vice president, industry communications and publications, in 1990. Mr. Myers received his B.A. in English Literature from Hobart College in Geneva, N.Y., and completed the University of Michigan Business School’s Electric Utility Executive Program in 1993.
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