Mary L. Landrieu
Mary L. Landrieu
Former US Senator, Louisiana

Mary L. Landrieu

Former US Senator, Louisiana

Senator Landrieu serves as a senior policy advisor at Van Ness Feldman.  She represents a variety of clients helping to navigate the energy evolution to a lower carbon future. She is co-founder of the Climate Solutions Foundation, which has built strong bipartisan caucuses in the House and Senate that are helping to forge a durable energy policy for the United States that will build prosperity and security for our nation.

Landrieu served in the United States Senate for three terms, from 1997-2015. During her 18 year tenure, she chaired the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, the Homeland Security Appropriations Committee, and was the first Democratic woman to serve on the Armed Services Committee. 

She is credited with the passage of several important pieces of legislation: most notably, the landmark Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA); the Israel American Energy Alliance; and the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act (RESTORE Act) – the single largest environmental investment in the Gulf Coast in US history. 

Since leaving the Senate, Landrieu served on the Board of Directors for CenturyLink (Lumen) (November 2015-May 2020) and Tyler Technologies (January 2020–February 2024); and currently serves on the Board of Evergy, a Midwest utility company. She has been a leader in the public-school reform movement for decades and is a co-founder of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI). 

She earned her BS degree from Louisiana State University and is married to Frank Snellings, an attorney and real estate broker. They reside in Washington, DC, and have two grown children and one grandchild.