Sola brings nearly twenty years’ experience to TRP as a former Chairman and U.S. Army veteran.
For Immediate Release: August 1, 2025
Contact: Andrew Rosenberg, (202) 247-6301 (arosenberg@thornrun.com)
Washington, D.C. — Thorn Run Partners (“TRP”), one of the nation’s leading government affairs firms, announced today the addition of Louis Sola as a Partner. Lou is the third new partner to join TRP this month.
Over the past six years at the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), Louis Sola played a pivotal role in overseeing and enforcing policy governing more than $5 trillion in annual U.S. oceanborne trade, serving under three different presidential administrations.
As Chairman of the FMC, Sola led high-impact initiatives such as Fact Finding 30 during the COVID-19 pandemic, enabling the safe resumption of cruise operations and reinforcing supply chain resilience. He was a strong advocate for LNG port development, promoted greater transparency in international shipping, and worked to expand U.S. exports through strategic collaboration with the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and the U.S. Export-Import Bank (EXIM). Notably, he was among the first federal officials to formally expose foreign influence in Latin America, particularly in critical maritime infrastructure.
Chairman Sola has also been a consistent and early voice in defending U.S. national security interests against strategic encroachment at global shipping chokepoints.
Prior to his Senate confirmation in 2019, Sola served for over a decade as a U.S. Army counterintelligence officer, with deployments in post-Cold War Germany, the 1994 Cuban refugee crisis, and counter-narcotics operations in Panama. Following his military service, he founded Evermarine, a global yacht and ship brokerage, and later consulted for the Inter-American Development Bank on Latin American port and infrastructure finance.
Lou’s deep expertise in maritime policy, national security, and international trade will be invaluable as Thorn Run Partners continues to expand its capabilities across key sectors.
“Lou Sola will add a unique and important capability to our firm,” said TRP Co-Founder Chris Lamond. “His experience and extensive network of relationships in the area of maritime trade and tariff policy will help us address a growing area of client need.”
TRP Co-Founder Andrew Rosenberg added, “We are excited at the prospect of bolstering our firm’s offerings in such an important area as international trade. Coupled with our current team of experts, Lou is going to instantly establish TRP as the leader in maritime and trade lobbying.”
The addition of Louis grows TRP’s roster of professionals to 57.
About Thorn Run Partners
Founded in January 2010 by veteran lobbyists Andrew Rosenberg and Chris Lamond, who previously served as staffers to Senators Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) and Fred Thompson (R-TN), respectively, Thorn Run Partners is a full-service, 56-person government relations, policy and strategic communications firm with offices in Washington, DC, Portland, OR, and Los Angeles, CA. It has been recognized as a Top 10 lobbying firm by respected publications including Politico, The Hill, and Bloomberg that ranks among the nation’s most creative and effective government relations companies.