Advisory Council
November 12, 2020
Chair
Dr. David I. Rainey
Vice-Chair
Ms. Robbie R. Gries, M.A. ’70
Priority Oil & Gas Co.
Honorary Life Members
Dr. Robert E. Boyer
Mr. Thomas E. Fanning, B.S. ’56
Dr. William L. Fisher
Mr. William E. Gipson, B.A. ’48; M.A. ’49
Gas Fund, Inc.
Mr. Jack H. Mayfield, M.A. ’65
Mayfield I, Ltd.
Mr. James R. Moffett, B.S. ’61
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.
Mr. Fred L. Oliver, B.S. ’51
Mr. Don B. Sheffield, B.S. ’58
Hahn and Clay
Mr. Russell G. Slayback
Leggette, Brashears & Graham, Inc.
Members
Ms. Annell R. Bay, M.A. ’80
Mr. C. Douglas Brown B.S. ’84
BXP Ltd
Mr. Thomas M. Burke, B.S. ’49
Ms. Denise M. Butler
Ms. Danielle L. Carpenter, M.A. ’96
Chevron
Mr. Andy Castaldi
Dr. Carlotta Chernoff
ConocoPhillips Alaska
Mrs. Pamela T. Darwin, M.A. ’84
ExxonMobil
Dr. George H. Davis, M.A. ’66
University of Arizona
Mrs. Connie M. Dyer, B.A. ’58
Mr. James W. Farnsworth
Blackston Group-Beacon Offshore
Operating Partner-Azimuth Capital
Mr. Raymond A. “Randy” Foutch, B.S. ’76
Laredo Petroleum
Mrs. Julia A. Garvin, B.S. ’82
Roxanna Oil Co.
Mr. James A. Gibbs
Five States Energy Company, LLC
Mr. Gerald M. Gilbert B.S. ’68
Geokinetics
Mr. Jeremy Greene, M.A. ’84
Noble Energy
Ms. Claudia J. Hackbarth
Mr. Erik G. Hanson
Abaco Operating, LLC
Dr. Kelly A. Hereid, Ph.D. ’12
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Mr. Bill D. Holland, B.S. ’54
Holland Exploration Inc.
Mr. Steve C. Jumper, B.S. ’84
Dawson Geophysical Company
Mr. David L. Kirchner, B.S. ’73
Basin & Range Hydrogeologists, Inc.
Mr. James T. Langham
Langham McKay & Company
Mr. Jeff Larson
Mr. Thomas B. Layman, M.A. ’87
Dr. Susan A. Longacre, Ph.D. ’68
Mr. Richard Lunam
ConocoPhillips
Dr. Robert E. Mace, Ph.D. ’98
Meadows Foundation
Mr. David T. Martineau, M.S. ’97
Martineau Petroleum, Inc.
Mr. Otaviano de Cruz Pessoa Neto
Petroleo Brasileiro S. A. Petrobras
Mr. Abayomi I. Olufowoshe, B.A. ’12
Halliburton-Landmark
Mr. Forrest W. Pace, Jr., B.S. ’85
Repsol
Mr. Elliott Pew, M.A. ’82
Mrs. Deborah S. Pfeiffer, M.A. ’88
Mr. David A. Pustka, B.S. ’76
Blue Streak Exploration
Dr. Andrew I. Quarles, Ph.D. ’96
Endeavor Energy Resources
Mr. Brian C. Reinsborough, M.A. ’93
Novara Energy
Mr. Gregg Robertson
First Rock, Inc.
Dr. Matthew Rodell, Ph.D. ’00
NASA- Goddard Flight Space Center
Dr. Enrique X. Rosero, Ph.D. ’09
Mr. Walter J. Scherr III
Valence Operating Company
Mr. Daniel L. Smith, B.S. ’58
Sandalwood Oil & Gas, Inc.
Mr. Richard K. Stoneburner, B.S. ’76
Pine Brook Partners
Mr. Bryan C. Wagner, B.A. ’84
Wagner Oil Company
Dr. Charles R. Williamson, Ph.D. ’78
Ms. Cindy A. Yeilding
BP America
Ex-Officio
Dr. Jay C. Hartzell, President
The University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Claudia Mora, Dean
Geology Foundation
Jackson School of Geosciences
The University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Daniel Jaffe, Interim Executive Vice
President and Provost
The University of Texas at Austin
Mrs. Belle German, Executive Director
Geology Foundation
Jackson School of Geosciences
The University of Texas at Austin