From Market Disconnect to Energy Delivery
Bridge Energy Partners identifies structural gaps in global energy markets
and turns them into executable, compliant, and scalable supply solutions.
Bridge Energy Partners, LLC
Bridge Energy Partners, LLC is developing the commercial infrastructure the energy transition needs. We incubate companies that create efficient, transparent, market‑driven pathways between the limitations of today’s energy system and the future of energy. Bridge Energy Partners combines deep energy market experience with legal and regulatory expertise in the energy, technology and environmental arenas. Through our Bridge LNG business line, we are charting new routes for energy users in Europe to secure more reliable natural gas supply critical to fortifying a resilient and diversified energy system.
Bridge LNG
CHARTING NEW ROUTES FOR EUROPEAN BUYERS TO ACCESS CRITICAL NATURAL GAS SUPPLY
European industrial and utility gas buyers face a structural disadvantage: the LNG market was built for large players. Mid-sized buyers and industrial end users struggle to access competitive supply, secure contracts with timelines that fit their needs, and navigate tightening EU methane and carbon requirements — all while energy markets grow more volatile.
Bridge Energy Partners is developing its Bridge LNG business to address this structural gap. We connect European buyers more directly to North American LNG. Bridge LNG goes beyond connection: we aggregate demand and structure transactions to reduce the commercial, credit, and logistical complexity that defines the current LNG system. Our mission is to help European industrials and utilities overcome barriers to securing their critical gas supply.
Bridge Leadership
Bridge Energy Partners, LLC is led by founders whose expertise spans energy and technology development, law, policy, and commercial strategy, across both the private and public sectors.
Jessica Wickett
Jessica brings 15 years of experience at the center of the U.S. LNG export industry, spanning energy policy, project development, external affairs, and commercial strategy. At Venture Global LNG, where she joined as the fourth employee, she spent a decade building the company from a start-up into a major U.S. LNG exporter, serving in senior roles including Vice President of Development and Vice President of External Affairs. She led multidisciplinary teams across permitting, stakeholder engagement, government affairs, and project development, advancing more than 50 MTPA of LNG export capacity, supporting early LNG exports to Europe during the energy crisis, and negotiating early carbon capture and storage agreements in Louisiana. Earlier in her career, she worked on Capitol Hill and advised entrepreneurs and growth-stage businesses in Latin America on market entry, fundraising, and strategy. A fourth-generation oil and gas professional, she brings deep relationships and broad knowledge across the U.S. LNG and gas ecosystem, spanning producers, markets, infrastructure, and regulation. She holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, a B.A. from Tulane University, and is bilingual in Spanish with extensive international business experience.
Kathryn Aleda
brings over 25 years of experience in energy law, regulation, and commercial strategy across both government and the private sector. At the U.S. Department of Energy, she led legal negotiations on a $242M Energy Technology Investment Agreement and advised programs with over $1B in annual funding — serving in senior roles including Attorney-Advisor to the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Senior Energy Technology Strategy Advisor to the Under Secretary of Energy, and Deputy Chief Counsel at ARPA-E. Earlier in her private sector career she advised clients at international law firms, Hunton & Williams and Beveridge & Diamond, on commercial and environmental matters. Most recently, she ran an independent consultancy helping energy companies and startups navigate the federal funding and regulatory landscape. Across these roles she honed the ability to quickly translate legal, regulatory, and contracting complexity into clear strategic and operational pathways.