Eric served as projects director and legislative aide to then-Chairman of the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee, Sen. J. Bennett Johnston (D-LA). He worked with the Senate Budget Committee, the Senate Appropriations Committee, the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee and numerous federal and state regulatory agencies until the Senator’s retirement in 1997. Eric’s efforts met with great success on numerous major infrastructure and economic development initiatives in Louisiana and across the nation. These projects included: transportation infrastructure development for ports, airports, highways and railroads; defense and university research projects; flood control and hurricane protection; natural resources research and protection; and major procurements for several federal agencies. Eric began his work on Capitol Hill as an aide to Rep. Terry Bruce (D-IL).

Following his service in the federal government, Eric joined a leading government relations firm where he represented a wide range of client interests in areas from energy and R&D to education and Native American cultural and resources protection.

For more than 20 years, Eric has served in several capacities on numerous state, local, congressional and presidential political campaigns in locations across the country. Eric received an M.B.A. with Beta Gamma Sigma honors from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He lives in Alexandria, VA, where he and his wife enjoy rearing their three children. Eric is passionate about music and fly fishing.