| Mark Bitting, President, QC Energy Resources LLC Mark Bitting graduated from LaSalle University and the University of Fribourg, Switzerland with a degree in Finance and Logistics. For several years, Mr. Bitting worked for U.S. Steel as a technical representative followed by a 10-year stretch with Capacity Management Systems, starting as a General Manager and ending up as the President of the company, focusing on transportation infrastructures and software technology. Mr. Bitting spoke at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. regarding transportation software and the internet. Soon after, Mark took a position with BASF, the chemical company, managing their North American liquid bulk chemicals supply chain. Recently, Mr. Bitting was promoted to President of QC Energy Resources, a subsidiary of Quality Distribution, a company that provides transportation assets, logistics and fluid distribution systems for the oil and gas industry in North America. Mr. Bitting continues to write for several publications on topics such as, "best in class" supply chain initiatives and the current conditions of the transportation industry within the oil and gas industry. |
| Michael D. Bodino, Head of Energy Research and Senior E&P Analyst, Global Hunter Securities LLC Covering E&Ps for two decades, Michael Bodino is managing director and head of energy research for Global Hunter Securities LLC. Previously, he was co-head of research and senior E&P analyst with Madison Williams and Co., and director of research for its predecessor, SMH Capital; a partner and senior E&P research analyst at Coker & Palmer, a Jackson, Miss.-based brokerage firm; responsible for E&P research at Sterne Agee; and a director of Hibernia Southcoast Capital's energy investment-banking activities. He has also worked as a senior E&P investment analyst at San Jacinto Securities Inc., and in the research department of Rauscher Pierce Refsnes Inc., where his focus was both E&P and oilfield services. Bodino received his B.S. degree from Louisiana State University at Shreveport and an MBA from Texas Christian University. |
| Jeffery C. Boggs, VP, Drilling Operations, CONSOL Energy With 25+ years experience in drilling and completions in West Virginia and Pennsylvania, Mr. Boggs started as a Field Engineer working in the shallow oil and gas fields of central West Virginia. In the early 2000's, as VP of BNG, Mr. Boggs was involved in the successful exploratory drilling and completion of Trenton Black River wells in central WV. Mr. Boggs joined CONSOL Energy in 2007 as a Project Engineer working on the planning, design and development of CONSOL's Marcellus horizontal drilling program. In 2008 CONSOL successfully drilled and completed their first horizontal Marcellus well in southwest PA. As of 2011, CONSOL has successfully drilled over 100 Marcellus wells. CONSOL has expanded its Marcellus acreage position to over 750,000 acres across three operating areas in Central PA, southwest PA, and northern WV. CONSOL will soon begin an exploratory drilling program in the Ohio Utica shale and has plans to establish a fourth shale operating area in east central Ohio. |
| Elliott Bouillion, CEO, Resource Environmental Solutions Elliott brings nearly 30 years of entrepreneurial success and operational excellence across numerous industries to his investment activities, which range from angel funding and traditional venture capital to unique, creative private equity arrangements. Bouillion received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Louisiana Lafayette in 1979. After graduating he founded Phoenix Computer Graphics, Inc., a manufacturer of advanced, interactive, high-resolution raster display controllers, later sold to Zendex Corporation. In 1984, Elliott joined Landmark Graphics Corporation, as a founding member of the management team. During his 12-year tenure as corporate Vice President and General Manager, he managed various technology and service divisions in Houston and London. Landmark completed an IPO in 1988, experience revenue growth to over $190 million, and was later acquired in 1996 by Halliburton. Elliott was a general partner with Murphree Venture Partners through mid-2008. |
| Matthew D. Cabell, President, Seneca Resources Corp. Matthew Cabell is the President of Seneca Resources Corp. and SVP of National Fuel Gas Co. Seneca, the E&P subsidiary of National Fuel, produces oil in California and natural gas from the Marcellus shale in Pennsylvania. Mr. Cabell joined Seneca in December 2006 with more than 26 years experience in the energy industry that includes being at the forefront of several significant discoveries in the Gulf of Mexico and building, from the ground up, a successful E&P company. Prior to joining Seneca, Matt was EVP of Marubeni Oil & Gas, USA. Matt also spent 13 years at Texaco, including five years as VP of Gulf of Mexico Exploration, and six years in various positions at Amerada Hess. Mr. Cabell is on the board of directors of America's Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA) and the American Exploration and Production Council (AXPC). He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from the University of Michigan and a Master of Business Administration from Cornell University. |
| Michele O'Callaghan, VP Subsurface, Onshore, Statoil Michele O'Callaghan joined Statoil in 1996 (from Marathon UK Ltd.) as Exploration Geoscientist, UK North Sea. She held a range of exploration manager posts in Norway from 2002 to 2006 in the international division covering West Africa and the Caspian Sea. O'Callaghan moved to the USA in 2006 as Exploration Manager Gulf of Mexico South and developed a widespread exploration portfolio (currently being drilled by the deepwater offshore rigs recently returned to the Gulf). More recently, in April 2010, O'Callaghan moved to the role of VP Subsurface Onshore USA and is responsible for developing Statoil's new lease-holding positions in the Marcellus and Eagle Ford, currently operated by Chesapeake and Talisman respectively. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Trinity College in Dublin and a Master of Petroleum Science from Imperial College in London (1989). |
| Art Cantrell, VP Business Development, Caiman Energy LLC Mr. Cantrell is a 23-year veteran of the natural gas business, having spent his entire career in the Appalachian Basin. Mr. Cantrell joined Caiman Energy in 2009 to focus on midstream infrastructure development in the Marcellus Shale. Prior to joining Caiman Energy, Mr. Cantrell was the Senior Vice President of Business Development for Somerset Gas Transmission LLC, a privately held infrastructure development company. Mr. Cantrell spent the bulk of his natural gas career with Equitable Resources (now EQT Corp.), Cinergy (now part of Duke Energy) and Consolidated Natural Gas (now part of Dominion Resources), where he held various commercial, operational and senior executive positions. Mr. Cantrell, a lifelong native of Pennsylvania, was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA and attended St. Francis University in Loretto, PA, where he earned a B.S. and a M.B.A. He has been married for 30 years to his wife, Joann. They have three children, one granddaughter and one grandson. |
| Dan Carlson, General Manager, New Business Development, Americas, Shell Chemicals Dan was appointed General Manager, New Business Development, Americas on May 1, 2011 In this role, Dan is responsible for identifying new business opportunities and deployment of gas to chemicals technologies in the Americas. Prior to this appointment, Dan was General Manager, Base Chemicals, Americas, leading the team with responsibility for securing advantaged feedstocks for Shell's US Gulf Coast olefin plants and for marketing all the light olefin (ethylene and propylene) cuts. With more than 30 years experience in the chemicals industry, Dan has served in both regional and global roles ranging from business management, strategy development, new business development, product management, supply chain/customer service and sales. He started his career in Houston, but has also worked in Chicago, London and Chester, UK. His principal area of focus has been in support of the Base Chemicals and higher olefins and derivatives (HODer) product lines. Dan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. He is married and enjoys golf, fishing, Pilates and photography. He is also a founding member of The DarDans, a local Houston rock and roll band. |
| John W. Carroll, Attorney at Law, Chairman, Oil and Gas Committee, Environmental and Energy Law, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Pennsylvania Bar Association John W. Carroll is a partner in the Harrisburg office of Pepper Hamilton LLP and chairman of the firm's Environmental Practice Group. Mr. Carroll joined Pepper in 1987, after serving three years as chief counsel of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (DER). Mr. Carroll maintains an energy and natural resources practice which involves litigation, counseling, transactional representation and government relations for various clients. Mr. Carroll began his legal career in 1972 as a special assistant attorney general with DER and served in a number of capacities with the agency over 15 years, including the position of associate deputy secretary. While with DER, Mr. Carroll drafted oil and gas lease forms and gas storage forms for the Department's Bureau of Forestry, drafted oil and gas regulations, represented the Department in lobbying for passage of the Oil and Gas Act of 1984, and litigated administrative cases involving oil and gas related issues. Mr. Carroll has served on the Legal Committee of the Interstate Oil Compact Commission and is a member of the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board Rules Committee. He currently serves as Vice Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Environmental and Energy Law Section, and chair of the section's Oil and Gas Committee. He previously served as an adjunct assistant professors of law at the Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University, where has taught courses in natural resources law, environmental law, environmental compliance, environmental litigation, and toxic torts. |
| Dr. Edward E. Cohen, President and CEO, Atlas Energy LP Edward Cohen has been active in the oil and gas business since the late 1970s. He brings to the board vast experience accumulated as a financier, investor and operator in various parts of the country. Cohen has been chief executive officer and president of Atlas Energy, L.P. since February 2011. Cohen served as chairman of the board of directors from January 2006 until February 2011 and as chief executive officer of Atlas Pipeline Holdings, L.P. from January 2006 until February 2009 and has served on the executive committee of the board of directors since 2006. Cohen was chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of Atlas Energy, Inc. from September 2000 until February 2011. Cohen served as president of Atlas Energy, Inc. from September 2000 until October 2009. Cohen served as chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of Atlas Energy Resources, LLC from June 2006 until February 2011. Cohen has been chairman of the managing board of Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. since 1999 and was chief executive officer of Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. from 1999 until January 2009. In addition, Cohen has been chairman of the board of directors of Resource America, Inc. since 1990 and was its chief executive officer from 1988 until 2004 and president from 2000 until 2003. Cohen was chairman of the board of directors of Resource Capital Corp. from September 2005 until November 2009, and currently is a member of its board of directors. Cohen was a director of TRM Corporation (a publicly traded consumer services company) from 1998 to July 2007, and was chairman of the board of directors of Brandywine Construction & Management, Inc. (a property management company) since 1994. |
| Randy Crawford, President, Midstream Distribution and Commercial, EQT Corp. Randall L. Crawford is SVP and President of Midstream, Distribution and Commercial. He is responsible for executing an aggressive growth strategy for EQT's natural gas midstream, distribution and production marketing companies operating in the rapidly growing Marcellus natural gas supply region. Mr. Crawford oversees all of EQT's commercial, regulatory, operations and project development functions of EQT Marketing; EQT Gathering Inc.; Equitrans Interstate Pipeline; and Equitable Gas Company. Together EQT's Midstream and Distribution companies operate an 11,000-mile network of natural gas pipeline and gathering assets; 63 Bcf of storage capacity, and 243 compressor units comprising 121 compressor stations with approximately 249,000 horsepower of installed capacity. Previously, Mr. Crawford was VP of EQT and President of Equitable Utilities; he also served two years as VP and President of Equitable Gas. Prior to joining EQT, Mr. Crawford held various financial and regulatory management positions with Consolidated Natural Gas Company (CNG) in Pittsburgh, and had originally started his career with Price Waterhouse Utility Services Practice. He is also a licensed Certified Public Accountant. |
| Nicholas J. Deluliis, President, CONSOL Energy Inc Nicholas J. DeIuliis, 43, is President of CONSOL Energy Inc., responsible for all coal, natural gas and energy operations. After graduating with a chemical engineering degree from Penn State, he began his career in CONSOL Energy's research and development group in 1990. He obtained a master's degree in business administration and a juris doctorate from Duquesne University. He became Vice President of Strategic Planning responsible for optimizing the value of CONSOL Energy's assets resulting in the creation of CNX Gas Corporation, where he served as President/CEO from its 2005 inception until early 2009. |
| Courtney Diezi, Director of Marketing and Sales, Falcon Technologies Courtney Diezi is the Director of Marketing and Sales for Falcon Technologies, a CARBO company, providing spill prevention and containment solutions for oil and gas E&P companies. She has 11 years of industry experience in various roles including consulting, real-time software and strategic account management for WEST Engineering and Weatherford International. Courtney graduated from Texas A&M with a BS in Agricultural Engineering. |
| Dan O. Dinges, Chairman, President and CEO, Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. Dan O. Dinges joined Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation in September 2001 as its President and COO, and a member of its Board of Directors. In May 2002, he assumed his current position as Chairman, President and CEO. Prior to joining Cabot, Dinges held various management positions over 20 years with Noble Energy. Dinges is a current director of the American Exploration & Production Council (formerly Domestic Petroleum Council), America's Natural Gas Alliance, Spitzer Industries Inc., Unites States Steel Corporation, the Foundation for Energy Education, the Boy Scouts of America, and Palmer Drug Abuse Program. Dinges is also a member of the All-American Wildcatter's. He graduated with a BBA degree in Petroleum Land Management from the University of Texas. |
| Rayola Dougher, Senior Economic Advisor, API Rayola Dougher is a senior economic advisor in API's Office of the Chief Economist. She currently is one of API's principal spokespersons. Her efforts focus on informing policymakers, the news media, and the public on energy market issues and trends. Prior to joining API, Dougher worked at the Institute for Energy Analysis where her research focused on carbon dioxide related issues and international energy demand and supply forecasts. Dougher holds a master's degree in economic development and East Asian studies from American University and a bachelor's degree in history and political science from the State University of New York at Brockport. |
| Gary C. Evans, Chairman and CEO, Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. Gary C. Evans is chairman and chief executive officer of Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. (MHRC), which has E&P operations in the Marcellus, Eagle Ford and Bakken plays and operates the Eureka Hunter Pipeline in the Marcellus fairway in West Virginia with expansion plans under way in partnership with DCP Midstream. Evans formed MHRC in 2009. He previously founded and was chairman and CEO of Magnum Hunter Resources Inc. (MHRI) for 20 years before selling MHRI to Cimarex Energy for approximately $2.2 billion in June 2005. In 2005, he formed Wild Hunter Energy LLC and sold this in 2006 to GreenHunter Energy Inc., a renewable energy company focused on biodiesel, wind and biomass power, and which Evans chairs and is CEO. HE is also an individual trustee of TEL Offshore Trust and is lead director of Novavax Inc., and serves on the board of Maguire Energy Institute at Southern Methodist University. |
| Brent Halldorson, COO, Aqua-Pure/Fountain Quail Brent Halldorson is Chief Operating Officer for Aqua-Pure, a Canadian public company that specializes in oilfield related water treatment. Aqua-Pure pioneered the use of evaporator technology in Alberta's heavy oil industry. Mr. Halldorson also manages Aqua-Pure's US-based service company, Fountain Quail Water Management. Mr. Halldorson is a professional engineer that has been with the company since 1999. He has been instrumental in the development of Aqua-Pure's mobile NOMAD evaporator treatment systems for shale gas operations and other mobile treatment solutions for oil and gas operations throughout North America. Fountain Quail has recycled close to a billion gallons of shale gas wastewater back into fresh water for re-use in the Barnett Shale and has been operating in the Marcellus Shale for the past two years. The company is also expanding into the Eagle Ford (south Texas) and the Fayetteville Shale (Arkansas). |
| W. Henry Harmon, President and CEO, Triana Energy LLC Dr. Henry Harmon, president and chief executive officer of privately held Triana Energy LLC, has led Appalachian gas-exploration teams for more than 30 years. Prior to founding Triana in 2000, he was president and CEO of several of Columbia Energy Group's non-regulated energy subsidiaries, including Columbia Natural Resources, which his Triana group acquired in 2003 and sold in 2005 for nearly $3.2 billion to Chesapeake Energy Corp. From 2000-2003, Harmon was also president and CEO of Appalachian drilling contractor Union Drilling Inc. He has a BS degree from West Virginia University Institute of Technology, an MS in Management from The American College, a Ph.D. in Economics from The Union Institute in Cincinnati and an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Charleston. He served for six years on the board of the 5th District Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. |
| Naushad Jamani, VP Olefins Commercial, NOVA Chemicals Naushad Jamani is Vice President of Olefins Commercial for NOVA Chemicals based in Calgary, Alberta. He has 31 years of experience with NOVA Chemicals and has worked in various engineering and commercial roles that have all been associated with NOVA Chemicals' Corunna ethylene cracker complex. Over his career, he has been centrally involved in the transformation of the Corunna cracker from a 100% naphtha diet into a full-range flexi-cracker with the capability today to produce more than 80% of its ethylene from NGL feedstocks, as well as the current project to convert the cracker to consume up to 100% of NGL feedstocks. In his current role, he leads all commercial aspects for NOVA Chemicals' olefins facilities. He is a graduate of the University of Waterloo and earned his Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1980. |
| Dave Kern, Area Manager, Kroff Well Services Dave Kern is an Area Manager for Kroff Well Services, Inc. of Pittsburgh, PA. He has 20 years of water treatment experience in the areas of industrial cooling, boiler and wastewater treatment, frac fluid design, water recycle and reuse initiatives, since receiving his BS degree in Chemistry and Bioscience from the University of Pittsburgh in 1991. Dave is a member of the Marcellus Shale Coalition, Association of Water Technologies, International District Energy Association, and the Association of Iron and Steel Technologies. |
| Karl M. Kyriss, Regional President, Mid-Atlantic/Northeastern Operations, Aqua Pennsylvania Karl M. Kyriss, P.E., is president of Aqua Northeastern Operations, the largest operating subsidiaries of Aqua America. Operations include Aqua Maine, Aqua New York, Aqua New Jersey and Aqua Pennsylvania (formally Philadelphia Suburban Water Company and Consumers PA), serving over 551,000 customers and employing 700. |
| Jack M. Lafield, President & CEO, Caiman Energy LLC Jack M. Lafield is the President & CEO of Caiman Energy, LLC, which he co-founded in February of 2009. Caiman Energy is a midstream energy company focused on the design, construction, operation and acquisition of midstream assets. The company, currently pursuing midstream projects in emerging resource plays throughout the U.S., serves producers by providing natural gas gathering, compression, transportation, measurement, treatment, and processing. Mr. Lafield is also a member of the Marcellus to Manufacturing Task Force. Formed in February 2011 by West Virginia’s acting Governor, Earl Ray Tomblim, the 12-member group is composed of key industry leaders. The mission of the Task Force is to find ways to attract employers that convert ethane, a compound removed from natural gas during the refining process, into to the widely used chemical compound ethylene. |
| Ed Long, VP Operations, Appalachia, EXCO Resources Ed Long is Vice President of Operations for EXCO Resources (PA) LLC, an EXCO/BG joint venture headquartered in Warrendale, PA. EXCO is an active Marcellus player with rigs operating in NE and central PA on an acreage position that extends into West Virginia. Mr. Long joined EXCO in 2009 as GM of Operations. Ed has over 25 years of industry experience, which began as a roughneck in Colorado. He went on to receive a Master of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Wyoming. Ed started his career working 11 years from Amoco in Rocky Mountain and Mid Continent basins. Subsequently, he has worked for independent and startup companies focused on organic growth in unconventional plays. He has managed and led multi-discipline technical and operational teams for 15 years. Ed's experience base includes growing assets and companies in many of the shale, CBM, and tight rock basins in the U.S. Ed served on the SPE Applied Technology Workshop program committee for 4 years. He has authored technical papers, published in the Journal of Petroleum Technology, and has presented at various SPE meetings, workshops and conferences, including Rocky Mountain Regional Conference. |
| John P. Martin, Ph.D., Founder, JPMartin Energy Strategy LLC John is the founder of JPMartin Energy Strategy LLC which provides strategic planning, resource evaluation, project management and government/public relations services to the energy industry, academic institutions and governments. Prior to forming JPMartin Energy Strategy LLC in 2011, John spent 17 years working on energy research and policy issues at the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and developed a series of projects targeting oil and gas resources, renewable energy development and environmental mitigation. He has served on various state and national panels including the USDOE's Unconventional Resources Technical Advisory Committee. He co-directed the Governor's Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) Working Group, an interagency committee organized in 2007 to address CCS issues and was NYSERDA's point person on a series of technical studies looking at all aspects of hydraulic fracturing and multiwell pad development. In addition, he completed the initial research on the natural gas potential of New York's Utica Shale that helped stimulate significant industry investment in this resource. John regularly lectures and publishes on such diverse topics as the development of shale gas resources, carbon capture and sequestration, compressed-air energy storage, renewable energy resource development, and research policy. Prior to joining NYSERDA, he worked in academia, consulting and regional planning. He holds a Ph.D. in Urban and Environmental Studies, an M.S. in Economics and a B.S. in Geology, all from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He also holds an M.B.A. from Miami University and completed graduate work in mineral economics at West Virginia University. |
| Manuj Nikhanj, CFA, FRM, Managing Director, Head of Energy Research ITG Investment Research Manuj co-leads the investment research energy team at ITG Investment Research (formerly Ross Smith Energy Group). He specializes in the research and analysis of unconventional resources and the companies involved in those plays. He has made presentations at conferences across North America, and Manuj's wit and wisdom resulted in his quotes appearing in reports by the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and Houston Chronicle. He obtained his BComm from the University of Calgary and earned FRM and CFA charters. |
| L. Todd Perry, Principal, Senior Geologist, PPM Consultants L. Todd Perry is a principal with PPM Consultants, a national environmental consulting firm. PPM is an environmental and engineering consulting firm providing services to industrial, commercial, governmental, and private clients throughout the United States. Since inception, PPM has achieved steady growth by providing common sense and cost-effective solutions to environmental problems along with a high quality work product. PPM has nationwide recognition as an award winning Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Privately Held Company for four years running, a Zweig White Hot Firm winner for four years running, and an ENR Top 200 Environmental Firm Winner for eight years. |
| David L. Porges, President, CEO and Chairman EQT Corp. David L. Porges was elected President and Chief Executive Officer of EQT Corporation on April 21, 2010 and Chairman of the Board in May 2011. |
| Beth Powell, Utilities Platform Leader, New Pig Corp. Beth Powell has over 17 years of experience in chemicals and plastics manufacturing. She has invented protective films, absorbents, hazardous material packaging, leak protection products and secondary containment systems. She was granted three fluid delivery device patents, including international filings. Beth has a BS in Chemical Engineering and a MBA from Penn State University. She works for New Pig Corporation in Tipton, which is located in Central PA. New Pig has over one million square feet of patent-pending well pad containment liner installed on Marcellus shale drilling locations. New Pig supplies environmental, health and safety products to over 200,000 sites in over 70 countries. The company was voted "One of the Best Large Companies to Work For in PA" and has over 350 employees in the state. |
| Don Raikes, VP, Dominion Resources Services Inc Donald R. Raikes is vice president of Transmission Marketing and Customer Services. He is responsible for the commercial activities at both Dominion Transmission Inc. and Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP, the company's liquefied natural gas facility in Maryland. Raikes earned his bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Fairmont State University. Since joining the company in 1985, he has held various positions in the interstate gas pipeline business unit. Raikes was part of the commercial team that implemented the wholesale restructuring as a result of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order Nos. 436 and 636. He also led the commercial team that reactivated the Cove Point LNG terminal and most recently announced the expansion and doubling of its capacity. He and his wife, Gail, have three children and live in Ashland, VA. |
| Jackie Reed, Geomark Research Jackie Reed is an exploration geochemist with over 25 years of industry experience. She started her career at Sun Oil Company in Dallas, but spent the bulk of it at ARCO Oil and Gas, initially in research and then at ARCO International. While at ARCO, she worked in a geographically and geologically wide range of exploration areas addressing petroleum systems issues. She also was Exploration Director for ARCO International in Tunisia and the Middle East. After leaving ARCO, she worked as a consultant for Triton and then as a technical advisor for Hess in West Africa and the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Currently Jackie is a consultant, working in several different unconventional shale plays as well as conventional systems in the Gulf of Mexico and West Africa. |
| Raymond J. Roccon, Director of Business Development, Frac Water Treatment Services, TETRA Technologies Inc Mr. Roccon has served as Director of Business Development - Frac Water Treatment Services since July of 2010. Prior to joining TETRA Technologies, Mr. Roccon was VP Strategic Business for Envirotech Chemical Services, a manufacturer of antimicrobial products. Mr. Roccon has over 30 years experience in water treatment, holding positions with major water treatment chemical producers and service companies, including The Dead Sea Bromine Group, Nalco Chemical, Calgon Corp., Albright & Wilson, and Union Carbide Corp. Mr. Roccon has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry from Washington & Jefferson College and has over 24 years experience specifically in the manufacture, application and sales of antimicrobial products. |
| Ryan Savage, General Manager, Appalachian Basin, Williams Companies Ryan Savage is the General Manager of Williams midstream business in the Appalachian Basin area. Ryan has been with Williams since 1998 and has served in a variety of corporate, operations and business development roles from the Gulf Coast, San Juan and now Marcellus basins. Ryan graduated from the University of Kansas with a Bachelor's in Business Administration and an emphasis in Economics. |
| John P. Surma, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, United States Steel Corp. Mr. Surma, chairman and chief executive officer of United States Steel Corp., joined the company in January 2002 as vice chairman and chief financial officer, upon it and Marathon Oil Co.’s separation from USX Corp. Previously, he was president of Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC (MAP) and held earlier positions within Marathon as senior vice president, finance and accounting, and as president, Speedway SuperAmerica LLC. He began his career with Price Waterhouse LLP in 1976, and, in 1983, served as executive staff assistant to the vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board as part of the President’s Executive Exchange Program. He currently serves on the board of The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., is vice chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations, and is vice chairman of Pennsylvania State University’s Board of Trustees. A native of Pittsburgh, he is chairman of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development and of the Allegheny County (Pennsylvania) Parks Foundation. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Penn State in 1976 in accounting. |
| James M. Trimble, President and CEO, PDC Energy Mr. Trimble was appointed to his current role as President and Chief Executive Officer of PDC Energy in June 2011. Mr. Trimble retired in November 2010 as Managing Director of Grand Gulf Energy, Ltd. (ASX: GGE), a public company traded on the Australian Securities Exchange, a position he held since August 2005. He remains a member of the board of directors of Grand Gulf Energy, Ltd. In January 2005, Mr. Trimble founded and served until November 2010 as President and Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. subsidiary Grand Gulf Energy Company LLC, an exploration and development company focused primarily on drilling in mature basins in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma. From 2000 through 2004, Mr. Trimble was Chief Executive Officer of Elysium Energy and then Tex-Cal Energy LLC, both of which were privately held oil and gas companies that he was brought in to take through troubled workout solutions. Prior to this, he was Senior Vice President of Exploration and Production for Cabot Oil and Gas (NYSE: COG). Mr. Trimble was hired in July 2002 as CEO of TexCal (formerly Tri-Union Development) to manage a distressed oil and gas company through bankruptcy, and that company filed for Chapter 11 reorganization within 45 days after the date that Mr. Trimble accepted such employment. He successfully managed the company through its exit from bankruptcy in 2004. From November 2002 until May 2006, he also served as a director of Blue Dolphin Energy, an independent oil and gas company with operations in the Gulf of Mexico. |
| Richard Vaclavik, Area VP, Northeast U.S., Halliburton Richard Vaclavik is Area VP of Halliburton's Northeast U.S. natural work area (NWA). Before taking on this role, Mr. Vaclavik was VP of Business Development for the Northeast NWA. Mr. Vaclavik has also served Halliburton as VP of the company's Gulf of Mexico area, and as VP of Business Development, Houston-land. In addition, he has held various technical and operations management roles with the company across several locations from Texas and Louisiana to West Africa. He began his career at Halliburton as a field engineer in South Texas in 1981. Mr. Vaclavik received a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural engineering from Texas A&M University in 1981. In addition to being a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the American Association of Drilling Engineers, he is a 2004 graduate of Halliburton's President's Leadership Excellence Program, the company's year-long leadership development event in which a select group of high-potential senior managers, directors and first-time executives participates each year. |
| John Walker, CEO, Enervest John B. Walker is the President and CEO of EnerVest, Ltd. and Chairman and CEO of EV Energy Partners, L.P., a NASDAQ-listed master limited partnership. EnerVest entities has acquired more than $5 billion in oil and gas properties since November 1994. EnerVest currently operated approximately 19,000 wells in 12 states. In his early career on Wall Street, Mr. Walker 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 a MBA (with distinction) from New York University. Mr. Walker served the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) as Chairman from 2003-2005. In November 2007, he received the oil and gas industry's highest award, the Chief Roughneck Award. He is a member of the National Petroleum Council and All-American Wildcatters. He serves or has served on the boards of the Houston Producers' Forum, Foundation for Energy Education, Petroleum Club of Houston, and the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association. |
| Ray Walker, SVP Environment, Safety and Regulatory Compliance, Range Resources Ray N. Walker, Jr., Senior Vice President - Environment, Safety and Regulatory Compliance, joined Range in 2006 and was elected to his current position in February 2010. Previously, Mr. Walker served as Vice President - Marcellus Shale, where he led the development of the company's Marcellus shale division. Mr. Walker is a registered petroleum engineer with more than 34 years of oil and gas operations and management experience, having previously been employed by Halliburton in various technical and management roles, Union Pacific Resources and several private companies in which Mr. Walker served as an officer. Mr. Walker has a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Engineering with honors from Texas A&M University. |
| Todd White, Director of Business Development, Iroquois Pipeline Todd White is the Director, Business Development and Transportation Services with Iroquois Pipeline Operating Company. He is responsible for marketing and development of new pipeline expansions and service offerings, negotiating renewal of expiring long term contracts, account management/customer service for long term shippers, administration of front/back office commercial processes, and continuous improvement of electronic commercial support systems. Mr. White joined Iroquois in 1991, just prior to completion of the initial pipeline construction, as a planning engineer. He has subsequently held positions of increasing responsibility including Senior Planning Engineer; Supervisor, Transportation; Assistant Manager, Transportation and Gas Control; Manager, Transportation and Gas Control; Director, Commercial Operations and Customer Account Management; Director, Market Development and Customer Service; and his current role as Director, Business Development and Transportation Services. |
| Larry Wickstrom, Division Chief and State Geologist, Ohio State Division of Geological Survey Larry Wickstrom is the 12th state geologist of Ohio and Chief of the Division of Geological Survey within the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. The Division researches and maps Ohio's geology to support industry, commerce, environment, safety and education. The Geological Survey also serves as the state's permanent archive and public access point for geologic data. Larry received both his B.S. and M.S. degrees in geology from Kent State University and has been a geologist with the Ohio Geological Survey since 1983. He has performed many geologic investigations that have led to over 40 technical publications and numerous abstracts. Mr. Wickstrom has spent much of his career within the Energy Resources Group at the Ohio Geological Survey performing and supervising research on the state's subsurface geologic framework, oil and gas bearing strata, coal and coalbed methane, permit reviews and geologic investigations on Class I (hazardous and industrial waste) injection sites, and geologic CO2 sequestration. He has led numerous industry-government consortia investigating a wide range of energy-related topics. He is currently director of geology for the nine-state Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (MRCSP) and also leads a team investigating the efficacy of CO2-assisted enhanced oil recovery within Ohio. Larry is also directing the Survey's research on the developing Utica-Point Pleasant shale play. |
| Ted Wurfel, VP Environmental, Safety and Regulatory Affairs, Chief Gathering LLC From 1985-1995, Ted Wurfel served in the infantry, in the US, Germany and Panama. He completed numerous schools while in the Army including: Airborne, Air Assault, Jungle training and two Army management schools. In 1994, Mr. Wurfel graduated from the Colorado School of Mines with a BS in Engineering. He is a PE in Texas and Colorado, is currently the Vice Chair of the Marcellus Shale Coalition's Midstream Committee, and is a Board Member of the Central Pennsylvania Workforce Development Council. Since 1994, Mr. Wurfel has worked in the natural gas industry for Tenneco, El Paso, KN Energy (later Kinder Morgan), Koch, several environmental consulting firms, and now Chief Gathering. During his career, he has been responsible for permitting and compliance of gathering and processing facilities in 15 states and several Canadian provinces. Currently, Mr. Wurfel is the Vice President of Environmental, Saftey and Regulatory affairs for Chief Gathering. Chief Gathering has installed 101 miles of natural gas gathering pipeline and five compressor stations in the last three years, and plans to install and additional 100 miles of pipe and three additional compressor stations in 2012. |
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