Advisory Council

November 2, 2021

Chair

Dr. David I. Rainey

Vice- Chair

Ms. Robbie R. Gries, M.A. ’70
Priority Oil and Gas

Honorary Life Members

Dr. Robert E. Boyer
The University of Texas at Austin

Mr. Thomas E. Fanning, B.S. ’56
Marathon Oil Company

Dr. William L. Fisher

Mr. William E. Gipson, B.A. ’48;
M.A. ’49
Gas Fund, Inc.

Mr. Jack H. Mayfield, M.A. ’65
Goldston Oil Corporation

Mr. Fred L. Oliver, B.S. ’51

Mr. Don B. Sheffield, B.S. ’58
Hahn and Clay

Mr. Russell G. Slayback

Members

Ms. Annell R. Bay, M.A. ’80

Mr. Charles D. Brown, B.S. ’84
BXP LTD

Mr. Thomas M. Burke, B.S. ’49
The Williams Companies

Ms. Denise M. Butler

Ms. Danielle L. Carpenter, M.A. ’96
Chevron

Mr. Andrew Castaldi

Dr. Carlotta B. Chernoff, M.A. ’95
ConocoPhillips Alaska

Mr. Robert Clarke
Wood Mackenzie

Ms. Pamela T. Darwin, M.A. ’84

Dr. George H. Davis, M.A. ’66
University of Arizona

Mr. Daniel Dick
Aon Benfield

Mrs. Connie M. Dyer, B.A. ’58

Mr. James W. Farnsworth
Blackstone 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 R. Geary
Total E&P Exploration Americas

Mr. James A. Gibbs
Five States Energy Company, L.L.C.

Mr. Gerald M. Gilbert, B.S. ’68
Geokinetics

Ms. Gretchen M. Gillis, M.A. ’89
Aramco Americas

Mr. Philip P. “Pat” Goodson, B.A. ’84
Geoprojects International

Mr. Jeremy Greene, M.A. ’84

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. Stephen C. Jumper, B.S. ’84
Dawson Geophysical Company

David L. Kirchner, B.S. ’73
Basin & Range Hydrogeologists, Inc.

Mr. James T. Langham
Langham McKay & Company

Dr. William Langin
Shell Exploration and Production
Company

Mr. Jeff Larson

Mr. Thomas B. Layman, M.A. ’87

Dr. Susan A. Longacre, Ph.D. ’68

Dr. Jason Lore
ConocoPhillips

Dr. Robert E. Mace, Ph.D. ’98
Meadows Foundation

Mr. David T. Martineau, M.S. ’97
Eagle Valley Energy LLC

Dr. Justin J. Murphy
ExxonMobil

Mr. Abayomi I. Olufowoshe, B.A. ’12
Google

Mr. Forrest W. Pace, Jr., B.S. ’85
Repsol USA Holdings Corporation

Mr. Otaviano de Cruz Pessoa Neto
Petroleo Brasileiro S. A. Petrobras

Mr. Elliott Pew, M.A. ’82

Ms. 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, LLC

Mr. Roland Gregg Robertson
First Rock, Inc.

Dr. Matthew Rodell, Ph.D. ’00
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Mr. Walter J. Scherr III
Valence Operating Company

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
Weyerhaeuser Co. & Talisman Energy

Dr. Darryl Willis
Microsoft

Ms. Cindy A. Yeilding
BP America, Inc