Clayton Allen joined Height in May 2017, bringing experience on energy and security matters with over six years in government as both a policy advisor in the U.S. Senate and a Presidential Appointee in the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). In the Senate, Clayton worked for both Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. In these roles, Clayton focused on domestic and international oil and gas policy, including offshore drilling, oil and LNG export, and ISIL’s use of oil sales as a financing mechanism. While at the NNSA, Clayton worked on provisions of the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act as well as on ongoing NNSA counterterrorism, weapons production, and related activities. Clayton graduated from Louisiana State University with a degree in Political Communication. He also has a MBA from Georgetown University. Clayton has appeared on Fox Business Network and Marketplace. He has been quoted in the Washington Post, Bloomberg, Politico, and Vox among other news outlets.