Board Leadership
Mike Hillebrand
Chairman
Justin W. Cope
Vice Chairman
Edith Naegele
President and
Chief Executive Officer
Steven H. Pruett
Immediate Past Chairman
W. Byron Dunn
Treasurer
Dan Naatz
Corporate Secretary
Board of Directors
Brent Allen
Alpar Energy, LP
Kevin Bruce
Arena Offshore LP
John Schmitz
B-29 Investments
Raul Brito
Brito Oil Company, Inc.
Mark Gipson
BKV Corp.
Matthew White
Burk Royalty Co. Ltd.
Rock Zierman
California Independent Petroleum Association
Hon. Dan Boren
Chickasaw Nation
Jordan Horoschak
CIBC Capital Markets
Alan K. Shepard
CNX Resources Corp.
Harold G. Hamm
Continental Resources
Cye Cooper Wagner
Cooper Oil & Gas, Inc.
Stacee Dover
CountryMark
Doug Malcolm
D.C. Malcolm, Inc.
Roy Dee III
Dee Drilling Company
Marc Dingler IV
Diamondback Energy
Jeff Sparks
Discovery Operating, Inc.
Stephen D. Layton
E&B Natural Resources
Mark Burroughs, Jr.
EnCap Investments, L.P.
Jud Walker
EnerVest Ltd.
Allan Frizzell
Enrich Oil Corporation
Irwin Mackenroth, Jr.
The Gray Exploration Company
Justin Furnace
Hilcorp Energy Company
Ed Cross
Illinois Oil & Gas Association
Zach Arnold
Infinity Natural Resources, LLC
Jeffrey J. McDougall
JMA Energy Co.
Lawrence Svendson
Key Energy Resources
Bruce Faulkner
Lehnertz-Faulkner, Inc.
Ron Gusek
Liberty Energy
Catherine Nobles
MacFarlane Company
Jim Aslanides
MFC Drilling, Inc.
Drew Martin
Miller Energy Company
Kelly Miller
Miller Investment Company
James R. Elder
Momentum Minerals
Don D. Montgomery
Monexco, LLC
Patrick Montalban
Montalban Oil & Gas Operations
Jennifer Mull
Mull Drilling Co. Inc.
Missi Currier
New Mexico Oil & Gas Association
Ron Ness
North Dakota Petroleum Council
Kate Farr
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Sean O’Neill
Old Ironsides Energy, LLC
Jonny Heins
Permian Resources
Robert J. Anderson
Petro Peak Energy
Brook Simmons
The Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma
David D. Le Norman
Reign Capital Holdings
Judy Stark
SNW Operating Company
Mike McDonald
Triad Energy, Inc.
Barbara True
True Companies
Byron Dunn
Tubular Synergy Group
Scott M. Dorn
U. S. Steel Tubular Products
Salo Zelermyer
Valero Energy Corporation
Nelson Wood
Wood Energy Inc.
IPAA Committee Chairmen
Capital Markets
K. Joaquin Anderson
BP Energy Company
Communications
Pending
Environment & Safety
Russ Perry
Sequitur Energy Resources
Land & Royalty
Kate Farr
Occidental Petroleum
Membership & Business Development
Sean Kimiagar
WellDatabase
Natural Gas
Kurt Krieger
Steptoe & Johnson
Offshore
Ron Neal
Houston Energy LP
Supply & Demand
Bob Fryklund
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Tax
Andrew Vecera
Ryan, LLC
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.
