Ronce Almond, Senior Counsel at the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Roncevert (Ronce) Ganan Almond is Senior Counsel at the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. The Commerce Committee has broad jurisdiction over matters concerning interstate commerce, science and technology policy, and transportation, as well as oversight responsibilities related to aviation, space, maritime, communications, and consumer protection. He serves as the Senate’s lead aviation policy advisor for the Democratic majority.
Ronce is also an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University where his course work focuses on U.S. policy, international law, and national security. He has written extensively on these issues, including as a contributing author to the book Aviation Regulation in the United States (2014) and editorial board member of the Air & Space Lawyer. As a regular contributor to The Diplomat, an international affairs journal, he covered policy issues in the Asia-Pacific. His work has been published in prominent law journals, including at Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Virginia, and Tufts’ Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Ronce serves on the Board of Governors for the historic Aeroclub of Washington, founded in 1909.
Ronce will discuss the role of Congress in addressing challenges facing the aerospace industry. Following a difficult period, from the COVID-19 pandemic to a crisis in aviation safety, policy makers must take on important challenges facing the aerospace industry. This includes addressing rapid technological innovation, workforce development, infrastructure demands, increased global competition, and sustainable aviation concerns. Through legislation, hearings, investigations, confirmation proceedings, and floor debates, the next Congress will be shaping U.S. policy in this area for the immediate and long-term future. A native of West Virginia, he will also offer insights from his pathway to Washington, D.C. and opportunities for the next generation of policymakers.
