Jim H. Wilkes
Chairman
Steven H. Pruett
Vice Chairman
Barry Russell
President and CEO
Steven B. Hinchman
Immediate Past Chairman
C. Jeffrey Eshelman, II
Corporate Secretary
At-Large Directors
2021-2023
Bob Watson
Abraxas Petroleum Corporation
Trem Smith
Berry Petroleum Company, LLC
Joe Gatto
Callon Petroleum Co.
W. Marc Dingler IV
Diamondback Energy
Jud Walker
EnerVest Ltd.
Justin Furnace
Hilcorp Energy Company
Jason Pigott
Laredo Petroleum, Inc.
Tim Yang
Magnolia Oil & Gas
Mike Henderson
Marathon Oil Corporation
Vicki Hollub
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Scott Sheffield
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.
Scott Roy
Range Resources Corp.
William J. Way
Southwestern Energy
W. Byron Dunn
Tubular Synergy Group
Regional Directors
2021-2023
Alabama-Florida-Georgia
Tom Sylte
Kelton Company, LLC
Arkansas
Catherine Medlock
Leejay Company, LLC
California, North
Rock Zierman
California Independent Petroleum Association
California, South
Stephen D. Layton
E&B Natural Resources
Illinois
J. Roy Dee III
Dee Drilling Company
Indiana
Stacee Dover
CountryMark
Kansas-Missouri, West
Raul Brito
Brito Oil Company, Inc.
Kentucky-Tennessee-NC-SC
Vacant
Louisiana, Southeast
D. Irwin Mackenroth
Clovelly Oil Co. LLC
Louisiana, Southwest
Lawrence Svendson
Key Energy Resources
Michigan
Kelly Miller
Miller Investment Company
Montana
Alan Olson
Montana Petroleum Association
New Mexico
Betty Read Young
Read & Stevens, Inc.
New York, East-NJ-New England
Sean O’Neill
Old Ironsides Energy, LLC
New York, West-PA-MD-DE
Paul D. Burke
Huntley & Huntley, Inc.
Ohio
Jim Aslanides
MFC Drilling, Inc.
Texas, Central
Jeffrey W. Miller
Vortus Investment Advisors
Texas, North
Mike Elyea
Burk Royalty Co. Ltd.
Texas, North Central
Mark Burroughs, Jr.
EnCap Investments, L.P.
Texas, Northeast
Bruce Faulkner
Lehnertz-Faulkner, Inc.
Texas, Panhandle
Brent Allen
Alpar Energy, LP
Texas, Permian
Jeff Sparks
Discovery Operating, Inc.
Texas, Southeast
Jordan Horoschak
CIBC Capital Markets
Texas, West Central
Allan Frizzell
Enrich Oil Corporation
West Virginia-Virginia-DC
Doug Malcolm
D.C. Malcolm, Inc.
Wyoming
Barbara True
True Companies
IPAA Committee Chairmen
2021-2023
Capital Markets
David Baggett
Opportune LLP
Communications
Pending
Environment & Safety
Gretchen Kern
Pioneer Natural Resources
Land & Royalty
Pending
Law Committee
Greg Russell
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Membership & Business Development
Chris Atherton
EnergyNet
Natural Gas
Kurt Krieger
Steptoe & Johnson
Offshore
Pending
Supply & Demand
Bob Fryklund
IHS Markit
Tax
Tara Lewis
HEYCO Energy Group
Wildcatters Fund
Ron Neal
Houston Energy LP
IPAA is the industry’s strongest presence in the nation’s capital and these are important times. The entire oil and gas industry remains under fire from anti-development groups; but with these challenges arise unique opportunities that IPAA is seizing for our members.
