MODERN SHALE GAS AND OIL PRODUCTION FORUM
July 20 - 23, 2014

PARTICIPANT BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Scott Anderson is a Senior Policy Advisor for Environmental Defense Fund’s (EDF) Energy Program. Since 2005,
he has served as EDF’s point person on policies relating to natural gas development and to the geological
sequestration of carbon dioxide. Anderson works on a broad array of legislative and regulatory issues, and
participates in stakeholder groups focused on reducing the environmental footprint of natural gas operations.
Doug Arent is Executive Director of the Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis at the National Renewable
Energy Laboratory (NREL). He specializes in strategic planning and financial analysis competencies; clean energy
technologies and energy and water issues; and international and governmental policies. In addition to his NREL
responsibilities, Arent is Senior Visiting Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Arent was
appointed as a Coordinating Lead Author for a chapter of the 5th Assessment Report of the Nobel Prize-winning
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and serves on the National Research Council Committee to
Advise the U.S. Global Change Research Program. He is a member of the Policy Subcommittee of the National
Petroleum Council Study on Prudent Development of North America Natural Gas and Oil Resources, and the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Steering Committee on Social Science and the Alternative Energy
Future. Arent is a Member of the Keystone Energy Board and serves on the Advisory Council of the Smart Cities
Council. Arent served from 2008 to 2010 on the National Academy of Sciences Panel on Limiting the Magnitude
of Future Climate Change, and also served on the Executive Council of the U.S. Association of Energy
Economists.
William Arnold has been Professor in the Practice of Energy Management at Rice University's Jones Graduate
School of Business for 5 years. Previously he headed Royal Dutch Shell's international government affairs in
Washington, D.C. He served for 5 years in the Reagan-Bush Administration as Senior Vice President of Eximbank
and Chairman of the Foreign Credit Insurance Association. He also held leadership roles in banks in the US and
Brazil.He serves on the International Energy Advisory Committee of Lloyd's Register in London. Bill is an avid fly
fisherman and photographer.
Gerry Baker began his career as a journalist covering the Oklahoma State Senate, office of the governor and
various state boards and commissions for the Oklahoma Business News Co. He was promoted to managing
editor and state capitol bureau chief before leaving his position to join Kerr-McGee Corporation in 1979. He
worked in positions of increasing authority in the Corporate Communication Department for the next 12 years.
In 1991, he launched an independent consultancy – Corporate Consulting, Inc. – specializing in strategic
communication planning and implementation for high profile clients. In addition, he specialized in crisis
communication management. Baker continues to provide these services for select clients. He joined the nonprofit world in 1999 when he became the Director of Communications for the Oklahoma City Community
Foundation. In 2002, he was named Associate Executive Director at the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact
Commission, an organization representing governors of oil and gas producing states. He is responsible for all
operational aspects of the organization, including coordinating efforts between states to collaborate on oil and
gas regulatory challenges.

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 Jonathan Banks has worked with CATF since 1999 and now serves as a Senior Climate Policy Advisor. He now
directs CATF's international efforts on short lived climate forcers, with a special focus on unconventional gas
development, and Arctic protection and stabilization. In addition, he continues to work with members of
Congress and their staff on climate, energy, and air pollution policy. He has testified before Congress, and makes
presentations to senior legislative staff and Administration officials on a regular basis. Prior to joining the Task
Force, Jonathan served as policy director for a national environmental campaign and was legislative assistant to
U.S. Congressman Ralph Hall. Jonathan is a graduate of the University of Texas and also served as a Peace Corps
volunteer in the Republic of Congo. He serves on the board of directors of the U.S. Climate Action Network and
represents CATF on the Keystone Energy Board.
John Baza is the Director of the Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining, having been appointed to that position in
May 2005. He holds BS and MS degrees in petroleum engineering from Stanford University, and his work
experience includes engineering positions with major and independent petroleum companies including Phillips
Petroleum Co., Amoco Production Co., and Flying J Oil and Gas Inc. Mr. Baza has been in public service with the
Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining over two different time periods dating back to 1984. Now as the Director of
DOGM, he administers the Division’s efforts in the areas of petroleum, coal mining, and mineral mining, along
with abandoned mine reclamation. In addition to his responsibilities as Division Director, he also serves as the
Official Representative for Governor Gary Herbert of Utah on both the Interstate Mining Compact Commission
(IMCC) and the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC). Mr. Baza was elected as the First ViceChairman for the IOGCC for 2013, and he served that one-year term under the chairmanship of Governor Robert
Bentley of Alabama. For the past 29 years, John has lived in West Bountiful, Utah where he served as a member
of the City Council during 2010 and 2011.
Stan Belieu is the Deputy Director for the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. He is Past President
of the Board of Directors for the Ground Water Protection Council (GWPC) and the also serves as Vice President
of the Research Foundation. He is a founding member of Risk Based Data Management (RBDMS) steering
committee, and functions as a state lead of the steering committee for FracFocus. He serves on the
Environmental and Safety Committee of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission. Prior to state
employment, Stan worked as a consulting engineer and geologist in exploration and production in the Rocky
Mountain and Mid-Continent areas. Stan obtained his bachelor’s degree in geology in 1982.
Jim Bolander is Senior Vice President, V+ Resource Development for Southwestern Energy. Prior to his current
role, he was Vice President of Health, Safety and Environmental. He has also served as Chief Operations
Engineer for the company and Vice President of Operations for the Fayetteville Shale project in north central
Arkansas. Jim has held various technical and management positions in Southwestern Energy's East Texas and
Fayetteville Shale operations since joining the company in 2001. He graduated with a BS degree in Petroleum
Engineering from Louisiana State University in 1984. Jim is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and
is a registered engineer in the State of Texas. His 25+year oil and gas career has included 16 years in various
drilling, production, and reservoir engineering technical positions spanning Mitchell Energy's operating areas,
and serving as a reservoir engineer in the Appalachian Basin gas storage operations for Columbia Gas
Transmission.
Jason Bordoff joined the Columbia faculty after serving until January 2013 as Special Assistant to the President
and Senior Director for Energy and Climate Change on the Staff of the National Security Council, and, prior to
that, holding senior positions on the National Economic Council and Council on Environmental Quality. At
Columbia, he is a professor of professional practice and serves as Founding Director of the Center on Global
Energy Policy. Previously, Bordoff was Policy Director of the Hamilton Project, an economic policy initiative
housed at the Brookings Institution. During the Clinton Administration, he was an advisor to the Deputy Treasury
Secretary. He graduated with honors from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Law Review, and
clerked on the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He also holds an MLitt degree from Oxford University, where
he studied as a Marshall Scholar, and a BA magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Brown University.

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 Bill Budinger is an inventor and the holder of more than three dozen patents. He is also the founder of Rodel,
Inc., where he served for 33 years as its CEO and Chairman. Bill has served on the boards of other companies as
well as community and cultural organizations. He has been honored as the SBA Small Business Person of the
Year, the Eastern Technology Council’s Legendary CEO, and was awarded the Henry Crown Leadership Award.
Bill serves on several corporate and nonprofit boards, including the Aspen Institute. He was an elected delegate
and chair of the White House Conference on Small Business, a panelist for Mikhail Gorbachev’s first State of the
World Forum, and has been a guest lecturer at several universities including MIT and Harvard. His writings have
appeared in various law journals as well as trade and public policy magazines. He drafted much of the 1998
patent reform legislation and has testified on patent, trade, and labor law reform before several committees of
the U.S. House and Senate. Most of Bill’s time is spent helping the Rodel Foundations in their mission to improve
public education.
Tim Church is Vice President of National/International Stakeholder and Government Relations with the Alberta
Energy Regulator. He joined the organization in November 2013 and previously worked with a Canadian-based
international oil company on government affairs, political risk, and corporate responsibility. Tim has worked
with federal and provincial government and regulatory organizations across Canada. He has a graduate degree
from the London School of Economics and undergraduate degrees from Dalhousie University and the University
of King's College.
Margaret Coleman is a geologist with the U.S. Energy Information Administration in the Office of Oil, Gas, and
Coal Supply Statistics. Previously, she was a faculty member at Eastern Connecticut State University. She has
consulted for the American Geological Institute and the Connecticut DEP. Her industry experience includes
portable seismic exploration in Wyoming and Colorado for Texaco, and gold exploration in British Columbia for
Bond Gold Canada. She has a B.A. in geology from Middlebury College, an M. Sc. from Carleton University
(Ottawa), and a Ph.D. in Geology from M.I.T. Her past research includes field based studies (tectonics/structural
geology) in the Himalayas, British Columbia, Labrador and New England.
Al Collins is Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs, for Houston-based Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Oxy) – an
international oil and gas exploration and production company. Oxy is the fourth-largest oil and gas company in
the United States based on equity market capitalization. Active in environmental issues over the last 29 years,
Mr. Collins has held a variety of positions in the environmental engineering and management fields. His
experience spans air, water, hazardous waste, toxics, and superfund issues, both on behalf of regulators and
those being regulated. He has participated in environmental negotiations with federal, state, and local agencies,
and has extensive experience with regulatory and legislative development. At Oxy, Mr. Collins is involved with a
variety of exploration and production issues including hydraulic fracturing, enhanced oil recovery using carbon
dioxide, and endangered species. Prior to joining Oxy in 2000, Mr. Collins served two years as Vice President of
Regulatory Affairs at National Environmental Strategies, representing clients on environmental and small
business issues. From 1985 to 1997, he worked at the United States Environmental Protection Agency, where he
developed regulations and policy related to waste, toxics, and water. Mr. Collins holds degrees in Economics and
Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State University.
Cal Cooper is Director Special Projects and Emerging Technologies at Apache Corporation in Houston. He is a
recognized expert on hydraulic fracturing technology and has put much effort into issues management
especially for chemicals, water and emissions. Prior to joing Apache in 2009, he was Corporate Science Fellow,
Chief Geoscientist and Center Manager of Geosciences for a major international oil and gas company. He has a
PhD in geology and geophysics.

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 Commissioner Christi Craddick, a native of Midland, is an attorney specializing in oil and gas, water, tax issues,
electric deregulation and environmental policy. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree as a Plan II graduate and
received her Doctorate of Jurisprudence from The University of Texas at Austin. A former president of a
grassroots advocacy firm specializing in coalition building in the public policy arena and development and
implementation of issue strategies, Christi also served as the chief political and legal advisor to the Speaker of
the Texas House of Representatives, Tom Craddick from 2002-2011. She serves the community as an active
member of a number of organizations including the State Bar of Texas, University of Texas Liberal Arts Alumni
Advisory Council and Dell Children’s Medical Center Foundation.
Paula Gant is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oil and Natural Gas in the US Department of Energy’s (DOE)
Office of Fossil Energy. In this role Dr. Gant administers domestic and international oil and gas programs,
including policy analysis and liquefied natural gas import and export authorization. Her work at DOE focuses on
realizing the United States’ abundant natural gas and oil resources potential, which hinges on prudent
production, environmental stewardship, and efficient use. The DOE’s research efforts seek to deploy the best
available science, analysis, and technologies to ensure a more secure energy future by leveraging domestic
natural gas and oil resources and protecting the air, land, and communities. Dr. Gant previously worked for the
American Gas Association and for Duke Energy. She has also served on the faculties of Louisiana State University
and the University of Louisville. Dr. Gant holds a Bachelor of Arts from McNeese State University and a PhD from
Auburn University.
Dave Grossman is the principal of Green Light Group, a consulting practice specializing in research, analysis,
writing, and strategy on sustainability issues, with a particular focus on climate change and clean energy. In his
consulting, Mr. Grossman has helped numerous clients – including non-profits, philanthropic foundations, trade
associations, corporations, and intergovernmental organizations – transform complex concepts and processes
into logical, organized, and clear results. Mr. Grossman has been studying and working in environmental policy,
politics, law, and organizing since the mid-1990s. Prior to founding Green Light in 2006, he managed projects for
the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE), worked in the 2004
presidential campaign cycle, served as a law clerk for the Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court, and was a
grassroots organizer on endangered species and fisheries issues with the National Audubon Society (through
Green Corps). In addition to numerous reports and other publications produced through his consulting, Mr.
Grossman has also published on topics such as the feasibility of tort-based climate change litigation and theories
of why states and firms comply with law. He graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University with a
degree in Politics and received his law degree from Yale Law School.
Marilu Hastings is Sustainability Program Director for the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation in Austin.
She is responsible for developing and implementing the Foundation’s funding strategies and associated grant
portfolios supporting clean energy, natural gas sustainability, water conservation, and sustainability science in
Texas. Marilu’s career over 25 years has focused on examining the complex interactions between social,
corporate and political decision-making and environmental protection. She has published articles in peerreviewed journals on oil & gas industry environmental decision-making in sensitive environments, including the
Amazon and Arctic. Marilu earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin
and a Master of Public Affairs from the University of Texas at Austin. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics
and political science from Duke University. Marilu is from Midland, Texas where her father was the petroleum
engineering manager for ARCO’s first hydraulically-fractured well in 1957.

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 Cal Hill joined the Alberta Energy Regulator in 1980 when it was still the original ERCB. Having just graduated
from the University of Calgary with a Bachelor of Science degree in geology, he began as a reservoir geologist in
the geology department, but he rose steadily through various supervisory positions until he became the
manager of the Resource Appraisal Group in 2000. In 2003, he took responsibility for the Alberta Geological
Survey (AGS), the Economics Group, and the Geology and Reserves Group as the executive manager of the
Resources Branch (now the Geology, Environmental Science, and Economics Branch). In 2009, Cal moved into a
position as the executive manager of the Regulatory Development Branch. The branch is tasked with providing
oversight to all of the organization’s regulatory change initiatives; it also facilitates and coordinates the AER’s
strategic and corporate planning processes. Under Cal, the branch developed a new regulatory framework for
the production of unconventional gas that addressed the unique aspects of developing the resource. His work in
the Regulatory Development Branch prepared Cal for his appointment to the position of acting chief operating
officer of the ERCB in January 2013, during the organization’s transition to the new regulator. Upon
proclamation of the new AER in June 2013, Cal was appointed as the executive vice president of the Strategy
and Regulatory Division. He’ll lead the development of AER strategic and corporate plans, ensuring alignment
with the direction given by the AER board of directors and related government policies. Through his leadership,
the division will be responsible for ensuring all processes and standards are in place to guide effective and
efficient regulatory change. Cal will play a key leadership role in the organization and will be an integral part of
the AER Executive Leadership Team.
David Holt [bio to come]
Nancy Johnson currently serves as Director for Environmental Science and Policy Analysis, Office of Oil and
Natural Gas, within the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy. Her responsibilities include advising
senior DOE officials on technology and policy issues related to U.S. oil and natural gas supply; managing the
Department’s interactions with the National Petroleum Council which is an advisory body to the Secretary of
Energy; and leading efforts to enhance collaboration with States. Nancy has over thirty years with the
Department of Energy, primarily within the Fossil Energy and Policy offices. Her tenure has included policy
analysis, research program management and DOE-wide initiatives and interagency activities including
organizational restructuring and regulatory streamlining.
Nels Johnson is Deputy State Director for The Nature Conservancy’s Pennsylvania Chapter. He has 25 years of
conservation experience in Asia, Latin America, Africa, and North America. Johnson has published articles in
Science, the Journal of Forestry, and Conservation Biology and has authored and edited books on forest
management, biodiversity conservation, and ecosystem services. Currently he leads a team developing tools and
practices to reduce habitat impacts from energy development in the Appalachian region. Johnson currently
serves as chairman of the board for the Pinchot Institute for Conservation. He was with the World Resources
Institute before joining The Nature Conservancy in 2001. Johnson received degrees from Reed College and the
Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He lives in Camp Hill, PA with his wife Eileen, son
and daughter.
Fred Julander has been an Independent and leader in the oil and gas industry for 44 years. Through out his
career he has pushed for responsible development and recognition by the industry of the challenges of climate
change, methane emissions and fracking. Fred is a member of the Natoinal Petroleum Council (NPC), past
president of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association (COGA) and founder and 26-year Co-Chairman of COGA's
Natural Gas Strategy Conference. Fred received the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists' Distinguished
Public Service Award in 2007, was selected to the Western Energy's Alliance's (WEA) Rocky Mountain Oil and
Gas Hall of Fame in 2009, and was selected in 2011 by the "Oil and Gas Investor" as one of it's "Legends...who
have made the Industry great.

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 Kate Konschnik is Director of Harvard Law School’s Environmental Policy Initiative. EPI engages in policy
discussions about energy and the environment, offering robust legal analysis and real time, real world solutions
to move these discussions forward. Kate has presented her research to organizations including the National
Research Council, the National Governors’ Association, the Groundwater Protection Council, the Midwestern
Power Sector Collaborative, and the United States Secretary of Energy’s Advisory Board. Prior to assuming this
role in August 2012, Kate served as Chief Environmental Counsel to U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and
directed his staff on the Oversight Subcommittee of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Kate
worked on a number of nationally significant environmental policy issues on the Hill, including negotiations
around Senate climate bill provisions, defense of EPA Clean Air Act rulemaking, and oversight of the 2010 Gulf of
Mexico oil spill. Previously, from 2002 to 2009, Kate was an environmental enforcement trial attorney in the
Environment and Natural Resources Division of the United States Department of Justice.
Matt Lepore became the Director of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in August, 2012. An
attorney by profession, Director Lepore has 20 years of experience in environmental and energy law and policy.
In 2009, after many years in private practice, Mr. Lepore joined the Colorado Attorney General’s office, where
he served as counsel to the Oil and Gas Commission. In 2011, he returned briefly to private practice at a
boutique energy law firm, Beatty & Wozniak, before taking the Director’s position last August. Mr. Lepore is a
native of Colorado, and an avid cyclist and skier. He holds a B.A. in English from the University of Colorado and a
J.D. from Stanford Law School. He is a former Chair of the Colorado Bar Association Environmental Law Section,
and currently is on the Board of the Sand Creek Regional Greenway.
Dr. Richard Liroff is founder and Executive Director of the Investor Environmental Health Network, a group of
investment advisors and managers working to reduce business’ “toxic footprint”—their production and use of
toxic chemicals. With Green Century Capital Management in Boston, Massachusetts, since 2009 Dr. Liroff has led
investor efforts to promote increased disclosure by energy companies on reducing the environmental and
business risks of hydraulic fracturing operations for unconventional reserves. He is principal author of Extracting
the Facts: An Investor Guide to Disclosing Risks From Hydraulic Fracturing Operations. It identifies twelve core
management goals, practices to implement them, and indicators for reporting progress. It provides guidance for
equity analysts and private equity firms for evaluating/benchmarking company management and it provides
companies with a framework for benchmarking themselves. He is also lead author of Disclosing the Facts, a
disclosure scorecard based on Extracting the Facts. Dr. Liroff is author/editor of a half dozen books and
numerous articles, reports and blogs on hydraulic fracturing, environmental policy, corporate social
responsibility, and sustainability. He curates “The Right Chemistry” blog at greenbiz.com. He holds a Ph.D in
Political Science from Northwestern University and a B.A. in Politics from Brandeis University.
Dr. Jane Long recently retired from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory where she was the Associate
Director for Energy and Environment. Her current work involves strategies for dealing with climate change
including reinvention of the energy system, geoengineering and adaptation. She is currently a senior
contributing scientist for the Environmental Defense Fund, Visiting Researcher at UC Berkeley, Co-chair of the
Task Force on Geoengineering for the Bipartisan Policy Center and chairman of the California Council on Science
and Technology’s California’s Energy Future committee. She is also the Chairman and lead scientist for the
CCST’s advisory committees for the assessment of hydraulic fracturing in California. Dr. Long was the Dean of
the Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno and Department Chair for the Energy Resources
Technology and the Environmental Research Departments at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Dr. Long is a
fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and was named Alum of the Year in 2012 by
the Brown University School of Engineering. Dr. Long is an Associate of the National Academies of Science (NAS)
and a Senior Fellow and council member of the California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) and the
Breakthrough Institute. She serves on the board of directors for the Clean Air Task Force and the Center for
Sustainable Shale Development.

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 Granville Martin joined JPMorgan Chase in 2005 and manages environmental risk, develops new business with a
nexus to environmental protection, and analizes energy and environmental policy trends that have an impact on
JPMC clients and businesses. Granville leads JPMC’s environmental due diligence effort on the oil/gas industry
with a particular focus on clients engaged in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. In addition, he works
across JPMC’s lines of business to leverage regulatory and political drivers towards greater energy efficiency and
distributed generation in the built environment. Granville also closely tracks and analyses energy and
environmental policy and political trends with an impact on JPMC clients and businesses. After graduating law
school in 1996, Granville joined the Office of the Counsel to Governor George Pataki of New York working on
environmental issues such as wastewater treatment, New York City watershed protection and green buildings.
He also worked on local government and mental health issues including negotiating with the Legislature. After
leaving the Pataki Administration, Granville represented the Financial Services Forum prior to joining JP Morgan
Chase in 2005. Granville earned a B.A. from Boston University and a J.D. from University of San Francisco and is
admitted to the bar in New York and California. He is married with two children and lives in Stamford, CT after
three years in Washington D.C.
David Monsma is Executive Director of the Aspen Institute's Energy and Environment Program. The Institute's
energy and environment program work includes three annual energy policy forums: The Aspen Institute Energy
Policy Forum, the Global Forum on Energy, Economy and Security, and the Clean Energy Forum. The program
also convenes, and David moderates, policy-testing dialogues including Aspen’s Food Security Strategy Group;
the India-US Track II Dialogue on Energy and Climate Change; the Aspen Ocean Community Dialogue; and the
Texas Natural Gas Regulatory Modernization Dialogue, as well as various other dialogues, seminars and the
Catto Fellowship. An attorney by training, David has over 20 years of experience in environmental law and
policy. He taught law and ethics at Loyola University in Maryland and served as director of business and
environment at Business for Social Responsibility in San Francisco where he led BSR’s Clean Cargo initiative and
the Green Power Market Development Group with WRI. During the Clinton Administration, David was the
environmental management task force coordinator for the President's Council on Sustainable Development
(PCSD) and, prior to this, led a toxics use reduction and citizen’s suit enforcement campaign in Maryland for the
Environmental Action Foundation. David began his legal career as a program attorney in the Office of Toxics
Substances at the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington, DC.
Nelson Nease graduated from the University of Texas at Austin (B.A. 1992) and the University of Texas School of
Law (J.D. 1997). He is a member of the Texas Bar. Nease represents clients in administrative proceedings,
litigation, technical industry working groups and legislative affairs. He focuses his efforts in the electric industry,
including the representation of publicly-owned power producers and retailers, large industrial electric
consumers, energy efficient product manufacturers and a non-profit foundation dedicated to clean energy
policies, among others. He served as a lobbyist while attending law school and, later, as in-house counsel for an
electric industry trade association. He assisted in the development and implementation of lobby and media
strategies culminating in passage of major legislation affecting the Texas electric industry in 1999. Areas of
Practice include: Electric Cooperatives; Industrial Electric Consumers; Administrative Law and Rulemaking;
Energy Law; Electric Power; and Public Utilities.
Shirley Neff is a Senior Advisor to the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Ms. Neff
has extensive public and private energy sector experience. Prior to joining EIA, she was the economist for the
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and a senior advisor to the National Commission on the BP
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Commission. She started her career in energy at the Kansas Corporation
Commission. Between her state and federal service she worked in the oil and gas industry for Shell and for the
pipeline associations. She is a former member of the National Petroleum Council (NPC) and the Biomass R&D
Technical Advisory Committee. She is a Senior Fellow and past President of the United States Association for
Energy Economics (USAEE). She also served on the advisory board of the Center for Energy Economics at the
Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin and as a Senior Associate with the Energy and
National Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. She was an adjunct lecturer in
energy policy at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University. She received her
M.S. in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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 Dr. Richard Newell is the Gendell Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics at the Nicholas School of
the Environment, Duke University and Director of the Duke University Energy Initiative. During 2009–2011 he
was the Administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the agency responsible for official
U.S. government energy statistics and analysis. Dr. Newell has also served as the Senior Economist for energy
and environment on the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. He is on the Board of Directors and is a
University Fellow of Resources for the Future, where he was previously a Senior Fellow. He is a Research
Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and has served on numerous boards and National
Academy of Science (NAS) expert committees related to energy, environment, and innovation, including the NAS
committees on Energy R&D, Innovation Inducement Prizes, Energy Efficiency, and Energy Externalities. He has
also participated in the National Petroleum Council (NPC) studies on the Future of Transportation Fuels, the
North American Resource Base, and Global Oil and Gas. Dr. Newell holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University and a
M.P.A. from Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
Heather Palmer offers clients in-depth environmental regulatory knowledge and experience in energy-related
environmental issues. As a partner in Bracewell’s environmental strategies group, Heather practices all aspects
of environmental law, advising clients on regulatory requirements, assisting them in the evaluation and
negotiation of corporate and real estate transactions and representing them in environmental litigation and
enforcement matters. Her areas of focus include onshore and offshore oil and gas regulation; solid and
hazardous waste; oil and gas waste; environmental remediation; water quality; water rights; wetlands;
endangered species; Superfund litigation; and compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act. She plays
a major role in advising clients on the environmental issues surrounding shale play development, hydraulic
fracturing and the permitting, construction and operation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) import/export facilities
in the U.S.
Michel Paque has served as Executive Director of the Ground Water Protection Council (GWPC) for 30 years.
The GWPC Mission is to promote the protection and conservation of ground water resources for all beneficial
use, recognizing ground water as a critical component of the ecosystem. Mike has overseen the implementation
of the GWPC Mission through a variety of initiatives including “The Ground Water Report to the Nation”,
presentations and issue resolution on oil and gas regulation and ground water protection with US federal
government agencies and the United States Congress, while promoting the use of a sound science approach to
issue resolution. Mike has served on numerous federal government committees involving ground water and oil
and gas related topics and issues such as chemical fate and transport of injection waste, federal regulations
related to the injection and disposal of oil and gas produced water, aquifer exemptions, and ASR among others.
Mr. Paque has overseen the construction and implementation of a 27 state “Risk Based Data Management
System” (RBDMS) for state energy and water agencies use in production and water protection areas as well as
the widely used chemical disclosure system, FracFocus.org. Mike has served as a member on public boards and
commissions including the Oklahoma Dept of Environmental Quality’s Environmental Board, and Water Quality
Monitoring Advisory Council, Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, USGS Advisory Committee on Water
Information and the National Petroleum Council among others. He holds a B.S. and M.S. from the University of
Wisconsin.

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 Bill Ritter, Jr. is the founder and director of the Center for the New Energy Economy (CNEE) at Colorado State
University which launched on February 1, 2011. The Center employs an assistant director, four senior policy
advisors, an executive assistant and a team of student researchers. The Center works directly with governors,
legislators, regulators, planners, policymakers, and other decision makers. It provides technical assistance to
help officials create the policies and practices that will facilitate America’s transition to a clean-energy economy.
Ritter was elected as Colorado's 41st governor in 2006, and built consensus to tackle some of the state's biggest
challenges. During his four-year term, Ritter established Colorado as a national and international leader in clean
energy, by building a new energy economy. He signed 57 new energy bills into law, including a 30% Renewable
Portfolio Standard and a Clean Air Clean Jobs Act that replaced nearly a gigawatt of coal-fired generation with
natural gas. In total, the Colorado new energy economy created thousands of new jobs. Ritter is a member of
the board of the directors of the Energy Foundation and a senior fellow and member of the board of directors of
the Advanced Energy Economy Institute. Ritter earned his bachelor's degree in political science from Colorado
State University (1978) and his law degree from the University of Colorado (1981).
Martha Rudolph serves as the director of environmental programs for the department, providing oversight to
the Air Pollution Control, Hazardous Materials and Waste Management, Water Quality Control and
Environmental Health and Sustainability divisions. An experienced environmental attorney, Rudolph served for
14 years in the Colorado attorney general’s office, where she represented the Air Pollution Control Division, the
Hazardous Waste Commission and the Water Quality Control Commission. Rudolph has also been in private
practice in Denver. Rudolph is an active member of the Environmental Council of States where she currently
serves as the Secretary/Treasurer. Ms. Rudolph has also served as the Chair of the ECOS Air Committee and the
Vice Chair of the ECOS Planning Committee
Bridget Scanlon is a Senior Research Scientist at the Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of
Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin. Her research focuses on sustainability of water resources in Texas
and globally. Her recent work assesses impacts of energy production and irrigation on water resources within
the context of climate extremes, particularly droughts. Her research group uses satellite data, modeling, and
monitoring to evaluate changes in water resources, with emphasis on groundwater depletion.
Tisha Schuller serves as President & Chief Executive Officer of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association. As President,
Ms. Schuller is responsible for leading the industry in Colorado legislative, regulatory, and public relations
matters. Previously, Ms. Schuller served as a Principal and Vice President with Tetra Tech, a national
environmental consulting and engineering firm. In addition to running business operations, Ms. Schuller spent
15 years conducting environmental permitting for oil and natural gas projects across the country. She has a B.S.
in Earth Systems with an emphasis in Geology from Stanford University. Tisha is a proud Advisory Board Member
of the American Red Cross in Denver.
Michael Teague is serving as Oklahoma’s first secretary of Energy and Environment. Prior to his appointment,
Teague served in the U.S. Army for nearly 30 years before retiring with the rank of Colonel. Teague served in
many capacities during his time in the Army including commander for the Tulsa District of the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers where he was responsible for a civil works program encompassing all of Oklahoma, a large portion of
southern Kansas and the panhandle of northern Texas. He oversaw over 700 employees in engineering,
construction and operations, as well as an annual budget of $700 million. Throughout his career, Teague has
dealt with power generation and distribution, water desalinization, and environmental impact studies. He has
facilitated and negotiated numerous solutions regarding federal and state agencies, tribes, and local
stakeholders and has acted as a liaison between the Tulsa District and the United States Congress. Teague also
served in operational assignments in Germany, Honduras, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and numerous stateside duty
stations. He deployed several times to the Middle East and central Asia including commanding the 52nd
Engineer Battalion in Mosul, Iraq in support of the 101st Airborne Division as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom in
2003. Teague received a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Norwich University. He also received
master’s degrees in operations analysis from the Naval Postgraduate School and in national security and
strategic studies from the Naval War College.
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 Nick Tew is Alabama’s State Geologist and Oil and Gas Supervisor. In these capacities, he directs the Geological
Survey of Alabama and the staff of the State Oil and Gas Board of Alabama. He also serves as an Adjunct
Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Alabama. Nick holds Bachelors, Masters,
and Ph.D. degrees in Geology and has been with GSA and OGB for 29 years. He has served in his present capacity
since 2002. Dr. Tew has extensive knowledge of Alabama’s surface and subsurface geology and the state’s rich
endowment of geologically related natural resources and has published extensively on the geology of the state
and region. Nick is an expert in petroleum geology and the regulation of oil and gas operations and is a frequent
speaker on issues related to fossil fuel energy resources and their development. Nick is President of the
American Geosciences Institute. He has previously served as President of the Association of American State
Geologists, Vice-Chairman of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, and Chairman of the U.S.
Department of the Interior Outer Continental Shelf Policy Committee. He also serves on the National Petroleum
Council, in addition to many other geoscientific and service activities. Nick is a Fellow in the Geological Society of
America and was recently awarded the E.W. Marland Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Interstate Oil
and Gas Compact Commission.
D. Steven Tipton, P.E., has more than 47 years’ experience primarily in drilling, completion, and production
operations through out the US, Canada, Trinidad and Yemen. He is currently employed by Newfield Exploration
in Tulsa, Oklahoma. One of his primary responsibilities is water management for the company’s completion
operations in the Mid-Continent. All of Newfield’s current drilling and completion work is in shale and tight oil
and gas reservoirs. He has made presentations at numerous technical meetings and conferences on water
management including Society of Petroleum Engineers, The University of Tulsa, the Environmental Protection
Agency – Technical Workshops for Hydraulic Fracturing, the OIPA Unconventional Resource Forum, Oil Sands
Water Management Initiative, Water Management for Shale Plays, and in house training at Newfield for new
engineers and geoscientists. He represents Newfield on two Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association
committees. They are working on Induced Seismicity and Water Use and Reuse for Hydraulic Fracturing. Mr.
Tipton is a registered professional engineer in Texas and Oklahoma. He earned his BS in Chemical and Petroleum
Refining Engineering from Colorado School of Mines and holds a MS in Petroleum Engineering from The
University of Tulsa.
Mark Watson was appointed Agency Supervisor on April 1, 2014 by Governor Matt Mead. He started his career
in the oil industry working as a roughneck on an oil rig in Central Alberta in the late 70's. He then attended the
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Calgary, Alberta and received an associates degree in Petroleum
Technology. After a year working for Nowsco Well Services in Northern Alberta, he returned to college to
continue his education. He graduated from the University of Wyoming with a B Sc in Petroleum Engineering in
1982. In 1983 he started the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in 1983 and has worked in various
departments since that time.
Matt Watson oversees EDF’s efforts to improve environmental performance and oversight of oil and gas
production activities at the state level. He manages teams of attorneys, technical experts, policy advocates and
communications specialists and directs both policy development and advocacy efforts. He also helps direct
strategic planning for EDF’s Natural Gas Program as a whole. Before returning to his hometown of Austin in
2013, Matt worked for EDF in Washington D.C. where he focused on both federal and state-level policy around
oil and gas, as well as clean energy in the electric power sector. His work involves collaboration with
Congressional leaders and executive agencies, state regulators and governors’ offices, industry partners and
NGOs. Prior to joining EDF, Matt worked on energy and environmental policy at the state and local levels in
Texas. Most recently, he served as Policy Director for the Mayor of Austin, Texas – where he was responsible for
launching several nationally-leading programs for energy efficiency and climate protection. Matt holds a BA in
Law & Society from the University of California at Santa Barbara and a Master of Public Affairs from the LBJ
School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.

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 Lori Wrotenbery served as Director of the Oil and Gas Conservation Division of the Oklahoma Corporation
Commission (OCC) from August 2004 until she advanced into her current role as chief administrative officer of
the agency in July 2012. Her previous service includes leadership roles at the oil and gas regulatory agencies in
New Mexico and Texas. She is a past president of the Ground Water Protection Council and was a founding
member of State Review of Oil and Natural Gas Environmental Regulations, Inc. (STRONGER). Lori has
participated since 1991 in the activities of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC), where she is
a member of the Environment and Safety Committee, among others. She holds a B.A. in Anthropology from
Wellesley College, a B.S. in Geology from the University of Texas, and law degree from Harvard University.
Dr. Michael Young is Associate Director for Environment and Senior Research Scientist at the Bureau of
Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences at University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Young earned his Ph.D. in
Soil and Water Science (specializing in soil physics and hydrology) from the University of Arizona, Tucson in
1995, and has held senior research positions at Georgia Tech and Desert Research Institute, where he also
served as Acting Executive Director of the Division of Hydrologic Sciences. He has authored or co-authored more
than 60 peer-reviewed journal articles, several book chapters, and more than 100 presentations at scholarly
meetings. He currently serves as Editor of the Vadose Zone Journal and as a member or leader on numerous
other committees in scholarly organizations. His personal research interests and experiences include
water/energy nexus; soil/water/plant interactions and solute transport in arid vadose zones; groundwater
recharge; and the connection between water resources, landscape development, and human interactions.

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