Officers

BOARD OF TRUSTEES
The USACC Board of Trustees is a group of Americans and Azerbaijanis interested in promoting friendship, cooperation and commerce between the American people and the people of Azerbaijan. The Board of Trustees offers its recommendations to the USACC Board of Directors on all matters related to the Chambers programs and activities.

Frank A. Verrastro

Frank Verrastro currently serves as a Senior Policy Advisor at Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. His practice at the firm includes domestic and international energy projects, public policy and government affairs and trade, defense and foreign relations items. Prior to joining V & E, Mr. Verrastro held a variety of positions in both the government and the private sector. Most recently, he served as an international energy consultant and Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland.

Before starting his own consulting firm, Frank had a distinguished career at Pennzoil Company from 1983-2000, most recently holding the position of Senior Vice President and member of the company's Executive Committee. He was responsible for the company's federal state, and international legislative and regulatory activity as well as corporate policy development on a variety of energy, tax, environment, trade and securities issues. He also served on the company's upstream and downstream operating committees, the international negotiations team (Caspian energy projects), and the Environmental, Safety, and Health Leadership Council.

Prior to joining Pennzoil, he served as Director of Refinery Policy and Crude Oil Planning for the TOSCO Corporation. His government responsibilities included policy positions in the White House, the Department of Interior and Energy, where he held a variety of policy and international affairs positions, including Deputy Assistant Secretary.

Mr. Verrastro received his bachelor's degree from Fairfield University and masters from Harvard University. He also attended the Executive Management Program at Yale University's Graduate School of Business and Management. He has lectured at the Kennedy School at Harvard, the University of Maryland, the American University and the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University. He has been a Senior Fellow at the James M. Burns Academy for Leadership at the University of Maryland and a frequent presenter/participant at the Foreign Service Institute and Meridian House International.