Randa Fahmy Hudome, President

Randa Fahmy Hudome has more than twenty years of experience in the international affairs arena, including service in both the executive and legislative branches of the U.S. Government.  She is the President of Fahmy Hudome International (FHI), a strategic consulting firm that provides critical advice and counsel to Fortune 500 companies, foreign governments, media organizations, private sector entities, and educational institutions with an interest in international energy and foreign policy.

FHI has represented a number of foreign governments and entities, including the Government of Libya.  After two years of persistent and effective advocacy for Libya, FHI achieved a great success in May of 2006, when the U.S. Department of State removed Libya from its list of countries sponsoring terrorism.  This was a historic foreign policy achievement, as Libya was the first and only country ever to have been removed from the U.S. terrorist list through diplomatic means.  FHI is also credited with the normalization of relations between the United States and Libya.  FHI is now focusing on the next phase of U.S.-Libya relations by representing U.S. companies who wish to do business there.

Prior to assuming the presidency of FHI, Randa served as the Associate Deputy Secretary of Energy in the Administration of President George W. Bush.  Randa analyzed, monitored and assessed energy policy as it related to the impact on foreign policy, national security, and trade promotion and investment, working with the White House, and the Departments of State and Commerce.  Her keen diplomatic skills became a critical factor when dealing with both producer and consumer nations as she exercised the Administration’s quiet diplomacy strategy in the oil market. Also during her tenure at DOE, Randa was credited with gaining and solidifying U.S. Government support for the permanent Secretariat of the International Energy Forum based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She was Secretary Spencer Abraham’s personal representative to the International Energy Agency where she helped coordinate strategy for international oil emergencies amongst the 26-member country organization. Randa was also the point person at the Department of Energy for increased advocacy on behalf of American energy companies seeking business around the world.

Prior to her executive branch experience, Randa was Foreign Policy Counselor during Senator Spencer Abraham’s (R-MI) tenure in the United States Senate.  During the six years she spent in the legislative branch, she was credited with shaping many pieces of legislation that affected U.S. interests abroad.

From 1992-1994, she was the congressional liaison for the National Association of Arab Americans (NAAA), the premier lobbying organization of the Arab American community which is devoted to promoting peace and stability in the Middle East through a balanced U.S. foreign policy in the region.

Randa has long been an effective media spokesperson on international energy and Middle East issues.  She has made numerous television appearances as an energy analyst on NBC’s Today Show and their cable affiliate MSNBC.  Randa also routinely analyzes the political situation in the Middle East before Arab satellite television audiences including Al-Jazeera, Al-Arabiya, Saudi Television, the Arab Network of America, Egyptian Television, Middle East Broadcasting, and the Arabic Channel of New York.  Most recently she authored a Wall Street Journal opinion editorial entitled “Hidden Assets,” which calls upon the U.S. Government to utilize the talents of the Arab and Muslim American community in the global war on terror. 

Randa practiced law as an associate attorney at the law firm of Willkie, Farr and Gallagher, where she specialized in the areas of communications, international trade, and corporate litigation.  Randa maintains bar memberships in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and the United States Court of International Trade.

She received her juris doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center, where she served as Administrative Editor of the Georgetown Journal of International Law.  Her Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, in political science and international studies, was awarded from Wilkes University in Wilkes‑Barre, Pennsylvania.

Randa has served on several boards including: the United States Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, The United States Department of State Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy, Chair of the Maryland Commission for Women, One Global Economy, Ocean Security Initiative, The St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Professional Advisory Board, the Rene Mowad Foundation, ANERA: American Near East Refugee Aid, Karamah: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights, the Arab American National Museum, American Committee to Save Tyre; and is a member of the Women’s Foreign Policy Group, the Bretton Woods Committee, and the National Foreign Trade Council.