| Thomas Edelman, Founder, White Deer Energy LP Prior to forming energy private-equity firm White Deer Energy LP in 2008, Tom Edelman founded and/or managed a series of eight energy companies, creating significant value for investors during more than a 25-year period. He founded or co-founded Snyder Oil Corp. (now part of Devon Energy Corp.), Range Resources Corp. (NYSE: RRC), Patina Oil & Gas (now part of Noble Energy Inc.) and Biofuel Energy Corp. (Nasdaq: BIOF). He also co-founded Bear Paw Energy and Bear Cub Energy, both midstream companies based in the Rocky Mountains. Prior to 1981, Edelman was a vice president in The First Boston Corp.'s (now Credit Suisse) energy group and an associate at Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb Inc. He is a director of PostRock Energy Corp. (Nasdaq: PSTR) and Noble Energy Inc. (NYSE: NBL). He holds an MBA in Finance from Harvard Business School (Baker Scholar) and a BA in Political Economy from Princeton University, magna cum laude. |
| Mark Fischer, Co-Founder, Chaparral Energy Mark Fischer co-founded Oklahoma City-based Chaparral Energy Inc. in 1988 and has served as president and chairman of the privately held E&P from its inception. Fischer began his career in 1972 with Exxon Company USA in the Permian Basin of West Texas where he held various positions as production engineer, reservoir engineer, field superintendent and, finally, supervising production engineer. From 1977 until 1980, he was the drilling and production manager for the West Texas and, then, Midcontinent divisions of TXO Production Corp. Prior to founding Chaparral, he was division operations manager for Slawson Exploration Co., focusing on the Midcontinent and Panhandle divisions. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the American Petroleum Institute and was a director of the API from 1984-86. He graduated from Texas A&M University in 1972 with an honors degree in aerospace engineering, and currently serves on the school’s Engineering Advisory Council. |
| Henry Groppe, Principle, Groppe Long & Littell Henry Groppe founded energy-markets advisory firm Groppe, Long & Littell in 1955. He has 55 years of experience in the oil, natural gas and petrochemical industries, including positions with Arabian American Oil Co., Dow Chemical, Monsanto and Texaco. He is a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and has served as a charter member of the Texas Governor’s Energy Council and a director of the United States Energy Association (the U.S. member committee to the World Energy Council). Groppe is a distinguished engineering graduate of the University of Texas and is a former officer in the U.S. Navy. During the past 30 years, the firm, which began in 1955 as an energy-business consulting practice and began its leadership in 1976 as a leading energy-markets advisor, has earned a reputation for accurate forecasts of major changes in oil and natural gas prices. |
| Mark Gyetvay, CFO and and Deputy Chairman of the management Board, OAO NOVATEK Mark Gyetvay is the Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Chairman of the Management Board as well as a Member of the Board of Directors of OAO NOVATEK. Mr. Gyetvay’s main areas of responsibilities include external financial reporting and control, treasury, corporate finance, investor relations and capital market activities, as well as corporate oversight of NOVATEK Overseas (Switzerland) and NOVATEK Representative Office (London). Mr. Gyetvay serves on the Board of Director’s Strategy and Investment Committee (Chairman) and is a member of the Board’s sub-committee on the Company’s LNG Project. |
| Leslie Haines, Editor-in-Chief, Oil and Gas Investor Celebrating Oil and Gas Investor's 30th anniversary, editor-in-chief Leslie Haines has been with the magazine since its earliest days. She began her journalism career in 1980 in Williston, North Dakota, home of America's game-changing Bakken play and joined Hart Energy in late 1983. She joined Oil and Gas Investor in 1985. She is the president of the Houston Energy Finance Discussion Group. |
| Michael Linn, Executive Chairman, Linn Energy LLC Michael C. Linn is executive chairman of LINN Energy LLC (Nasdaq: LINE), which he founded in 2003. The company became the first publicly traded E&P partnership in 2006. He serves on the National Petroleum Council and on the American Exploration and Production Council. He also serves on the board of the IPAA and is a past chairman of the IPAA. Linn was president of Allegheny Interests Inc., a private oil and natural gas investment company, from 2000 to 2003. Previously, he was president and chief executive officer of Meridian Exploration Corp., a private oil and gas company with operations in both the Appalachian and Permian basins, until its sale in 1999. He graduated cum laude from Villanova University in 1974 with a BA in Political Science and cum laude from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 1977. Following graduation, he practiced for the law firm of Ecker, Ecker, Zofer and Rome until 1980, when he joined Meridian Exploration as general counsel. |
| Andrew Lipow, Founder and president, Lipow Oil Associates LLC Andy Lipow, president and founder of energy-advisory firm Lipow Oil Associates LLC, has more than 30 years of experience in the petroleum refining, trading and consulting industry. For seven years, Lipow traded crude oil, gasoline, jet fuel and distillate for privately held trading company Vitol. Previously, he traded oil-based commodities at Basis Petroleum and J. Aron. His 16-year tenure at Amoco Oil Co. and Amoco Corp. provides extensive supply and refining experience, including operations on several process units. Lipow has a Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He has been a contributor to Fox Business News, CNBC, Bloomberg TV and other media and is quoted in articles by The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Nikkei, Bloomberg, AFP and the Associated Press. |
| Michael Long, Executive Chairman, NEOS GeoSolutions W. Michael (Mike) Long is a special advisor to Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), a leading venture-capital firm that, since 1972, has backed entrepreneurs in more than 500 ventures, including Google, Compaq, Genentech and Amazon.com. Long is a seasoned executive with 30 years of CEO and director experience and a proven track record in building market-leading companies, most notably WebMD, Move (formerly Homestore), and Houston-based NEOS GeoSolutions. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina and currently serves on several boards in the energy and healthcare fields, including that of NEOS for whom he serves as executive chairman. |
| Dan Pickering, Co-President, Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Company Dan Pickering, iconic within the energy equity-research community, is co-president and head of securities of Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. He founded Pickering Energy Partners Inc. in 2004, which combined with Tudor Capital in 2007. Prior to co-founding the firm, Pickering served as head of research at Simmons & Company International Inc.. He also gained buy-side experience with Fidelity Investments and industry experience at Arco Alaska Inc. He holds a BS in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Missouri and an MBA from the University of Chicago. |
| Rehan Rashid, Managing Director and Head, Energy and Natural Resources Research, FBR Capital Markets Rehan Rashid is managing director and head of energy and natural resources research at FBR Capital Markets, covering more than two dozen U.S. oil and gas E&Ps. He joined FBR in September 1998 as a vice president, covering the E&P sector and has since added coverage of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector. Prior to joining FBR, he was an associate analyst at PaineWebber, covering E&P and spent two years at Jefferies Inc. He received his B.S. in accounting and an MBA in finance and accounting from the University of Houston. |
| Bob Reeves, President and CEO,Athlon Energy LP Bob Reeves, president and chief executive officer, co-founded privately held Athlon Energy LP in 2010 with funding from Apollo Investment Fund VII LP, an affiliate of Apollo Global Management LLC, with fellow, former Encore Acquisition Co. managers upon the sale of publicly held Encore to Denbury Resources Inc. Reeves was chief financial officer and senior vice president of Encore and of publicly held Encore Energy Partners LP. Prior to joining Encore, Reeves was assistant controller for Hugoton Energy Corp. He received his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Kansas. |
| Dr. Nansen G. Saleri, President & CEO, Quantum Reservoir Impact LLC; formerly, Head, Reservoir Management, Saudi Aramco Dr. Nansen G. Saleri is the former head of reservoir management, Saudi Aramco, where he oversaw the company’s Maximum Sustained Capability (MSC) commitments at 10.8 million barrels per day and strategic planning for its oil and gas assets. Saleri assumed a leadership role in numerous functions, including leading the best-in-class strategic imperative in well optimization, establishing the company’s reservoir-management metrics and chairing the corporate Gas Development Strategy Task Force. He was chief architect of the company’s hugely successful reservoir-management and water-optimization programs, most notably for Ghawar, the world’s largest oil field. He holds a Ph.D. and an M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Virginia, and a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Bosphorus University (formerly Robert College, Turkey). He is an SPE Distinguished Lecturer. Previously, he was a manager of reservoir engineering for Chevron Corp. |
| Geoff C. Solich, Co-Founder and Managing Director, SFC Energy Partners Geoff Solich, co-founder and managing director of Denver-based, private-equity firm SFC Energy Partners, has more than 29 years of experience with identifying, investing in, and operating oil and gas assets. Before forming SFC Energy, Solich was senior vice president, land and corporate development, for Medicine Bow Energy Corp., which he also co-founded and was acquired in 2005 by El Paso Corp. for $834 million. Prior to that, he was vice president, land and business development, at Cody Energy LLC and was formerly with KN Production Co. and Wildhorse Energy Partners LLC. He has worked for various additional E&P companies, including Tenneco Oil Co., Grace Petroleum and Snyder Oil Co. Solich holds a B.S. degree in business administration and minerals land management from the University of Colorado at Boulder. |
| Arthur L. Smith, President, Triple Double Advisors LLC Arthur L. Smith founded energy hedge fund Triple Double Advisors LLC in August 2007 after he completed the sale of John S. Herold Inc. to IHS. He serves as portfolio manager and oversees the firm’s energy research. From 1984 to 2007, Smith was chairman and CEO of John S. Herold and grew the company into a widely recognized independent authority in oil and gas research and consulting. From 1976 to 1984, he was an energy equity analyst with Argus Research Corp., The First Boston Corp. and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. He currently serves on the boards of PAA Natural Gas Storage LP and Pioneer Southwest Energy Partners LP. Previously, he has served on the boards of Plains All American LLP, Pioneer Natural Resources Corp., Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., Evergreen Resources Inc., Parker & Parsley Petroleum, the New York Society of Security Analysts, and privately held Kuwait Energy. He was a past appointee to the National Petroleum Council. Smith received a BA from Duke University and an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business. In addition, he holds the CFA designation. |
| John Walker, Chairman and CEO, EV Energy Partners John B. Walker is president and CEO of EnerVest Ltd., which has acquired, with institutional investors, more than $2 billion in oil and gas properties since 2005. EnerVest currently operates more than 18,000 wells in 12 states. He is also chairman and CEO of EV Energy Partners LP, a Nasdaq-listed master limited partnership (MLP). Previously, during his tenure as president and COO of Torch Energy, the company grew from $200 million in assets to $1 billion. He was responsible for the creation of Nuevo Energy Co. and its IPO on the NYSE. Previous to that, John raised $136 million to participate in more than 1,000 wells and, in 1985, created Amex-listed Walker Energy Partners. He served as chairman of the IPAA from 2003-2005 and is a member of the National Petroleum Council. Previously, he was an energy-equity analyst and was selected by Institutional Investor as an "All American" energy analyst for six years in a row. He holds a BBA with honors from Texas Tech University and an MBA(with distinction from New York University. |
| Mark J. Warner, Managing Director, Natural Resources Investments, The University of Texas Investment Management Co. (UTIMCO) Mark Warner is managing director of natural resources investing for the University of Texas Investment Management Co. (UTIMCO), which manages more than $24 billion and is the largest public-university endowment fund in the country. Prior to joining UTIMCO, Warner was a director of corporate development for Austin, Texas-based PointOne (2004-2007), senior vice president of Growth Capital Partners (2000-2004) and director of domestic energy finance for Enron Capital and Trade Resources (1995-2000). Among his director roles, he serves on the board of Quicksilver Resources and previously was a director of Hornbeck Offshore Services (NYSE: HOS). He holds an MBA from Southern Methodist University, a master’s in Petroleum Engineering from The University of Oklahoma; and a bachelor’s in Geological Engineering from The University of Missouri-Rolla. |
| Christopher Wright, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Liberty Resources LLC; Founder, Pinnacle Technologies Inc. Chris Wright is co-founder and chief executive officer of Liberty Resources LLC, a Bakken-focused, Riverstone LLC-backed E&P formed in 2010. Previously, Wright founded fracture-diagnostic firm Pinnacle Technologies Inc. in 1992 and was its president until 2002 when it was purchased by CARBO Ceramics Inc. With CARBO, Wright was vice president, business development, until 2008, when Pinnacle was sold to Halliburton Co. Before founding Pinnacle, he led the development of the Fracpro system at Resources Engineering Systems (RES). He has been a director of Stroud Energy Inc. and of its predecessor, Stroud Oil Properties Inc. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, and degrees in electrical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and MIT. He served as an SPE Distinguished Lecturer from 2000-01 and has received several awards for his contributions to hydraulic-fracture technology. |
| Ben Stein, Economist, Writer, Actor, Humorist Ben Stein has had what may well be the most diverse career of anyone now on the national scene. He has been an award winning actor, economist, writer, journalist, and teacher, and is equally well known in America’s board rooms and in America’s dormitories and fraternity houses. He is certainly the only man to be a famous humorous teacher about economics as well as being a famous real life writer and teacher about economics and law. Ben Stein was born in Washington, D.C., the son of the noted economist and writer Herbert Stein. He received a B.A. with honors in Economics from Columbia, where he was active in the civil rights movement to secure voting and other legal rights for African-Americans. He was valedictorian of his class, by election of his classmates, at Yale Law School class of 1970, where he also worked strenuously part time as a poverty lawyer and as an activist and demonstrator for civil rights and decent treatment of the poor. Ben Stein worked as a columnist for The Wall Street Journal and also wrote editorials for the Journal. In June of 1976, he moved to Hollywood to become a novelist, TV sitcom writer, and movie script writer. He has written and published 30 books, seven fiction and the rest nonfiction. He has also written many screenplays, some of which were actually made into movies. Most of his books are about Hollywood and mass culture, but some are self-help, and finance. He labored especially hard on a decade long project of exposing financial fraud and self dealing at large public companies. His work on the Milken/Drexel junk bond scheme was instrumental in the recovery of billions for investors and taxpayers. In 1986, with no professional training, Stein became an instant cult hero for his role as the boring economics teacher in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, a scene which was recently voted one of the fifty funniest in American film history. After that, Stein went on to be a recurring character in Charles in Charge, and then in The Wonder Years, and then in 1997, began his long running hit quiz show, Win Ben Stein’s Money. The show won seven Emmys, and Stein has one for best game show host. He is currently a columnist for The New York Times, a regular commentator on CBS Sunday Morning, a commentator for Yahoo!Finance, a commentator for Fox News, and a frequent contributor to CNBC. |
Image Coming Soon | Lisa Ferraro, Managing Director, TIAA-CREF Lisa Ferraro is a Managing Director in the Private Global Markets Group at Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (“TIAA”) and she serves as the President of Polar Star Canadian Oil and Gas, an exploration and production venture indirectly owned by TIAA. Ms. Ferraro is also a board member for nine companies involved in energy, infrastructure and agriculture. Ms. Ferraro is also a Portfolio Manager for TIAA-CREF. In this role, she manages a group responsible for sourcing, analyzing and negotiating direct debt and equity transactions in energy, infrastructure and project finance investment space. She oversees a portfolio of more than $2 billion in energy and infrastructure investments. |
Image Coming Soon | Howard House, Managing Director, Investment Banking, and Co-Head, Energy Group, Raymond James & Associates Inc. Howard House is managing director, investment banking, and co-head of the energy group for Raymond James & Associates Inc. The group recently led the IPOs of two landmark E&P royalty trusts--ECA Marcellus Trust I and SandRidge Mississippian Trust I--that raised drilling capital in a format that has represented monetization of E&P assets in the past. House joined Raymond James as managing director and co-head of the energy group in September 2001. He earlier was managing director and head of the energy group of investment banking at ING Barings LLC. He also held senior banking positions in the energy investment-banking group of Prudential Securities Inc. and the Lehman Brothers Inc. natural resources investment-banking group. House was also an associate with Kidder, Peabody & Co. Inc., and a senior petroleum engineer with Exxon Co. USA. He holds an MBA from the University of Texas, and petroleum and civil engineering degrees from Tulane University and Lamar University, respectively. |
Image Coming Soon | William Weidner, Director, Rodman & Renshaw LLC Mr. Weidner, Managing Director of Rodman & Renshaw, LLC and Head of The Rodman Energy Group, has been active in the energy business since 1980, first as a geologist in the oil and gas industry, then as a banker, a principal investor, and now as a financial intermediary. Since joining COSCO, Rodman Energy’s predecessor in 1998, Mr. Weidner has led or co-led the structuring and closing of over $850 million of financings and transactions, ranging from common equity to mezzanine debt, balance sheet restructuring, oil and gas reserve monetization and corporate M&A, including one transaction as a buy-side advisor and owner on a $250 million corporate acquisition. For Rodman Energy, Mr. Weidner focuses on client development and execution of private equity and debt financing mandates. Given his long tenure in North American E&P corporate finance, Mr. Weidner has the ready ability to serve clients anywhere on the continent with any type of financing need. |
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