Tom Fry, President
National Ocean Industries Association

Tom Fry has served as President of the National Ocean Industries Association since December 2000. Prior to joining NOIA, he served as the Director of the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Lands Management, a position he took in 1998. Mr. Fry first joined the Department of the Interior as the Director of the Minerals Management Service in July 1993, where he was responsible for regulatory oversight of the exploration, development, and production of oil, gas, and other minerals on the nation’s Outer Continental Shelf. He has also served as Regional Counsel for the U.S. Department of Energy in Dallas, as the Director of the Houston Oil Field Office of the Economic Regulatory Administration, and as Assistant Attorney General of Texas.