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