Board of Directors

Chairman
RICHARD CLARK
President, GOM Business Unit
Kosmos Energy
Houston, TX

Vice Chairman
GALEN COBB
Vice President
Industry Affairs
Halliburton
Houston, TX

ROBERT ABENDSCHEIN
Chief Operating Officer
Venari Resources
Houston, TX

KEELAN ADAMSON
Executive Vice President & COO
Transocean
Houston, TX

DAVID BARTON
Senior Vice President
Gulf of Mexico
Marubeni Oil & Gas (USA) Inc.
Houston, TX

PAT BERNARD
Executive Vice President
Superior Energy Services
Houston, TX

BEAU BLAKE
President & CEO
Blake USA Rigs LLC
Houma, LA

PAUL DANOS
Owner Executive
Danos
Houma, LA

TIM DUNCAN
President & CEO
Talos Energy, LLC
Houston, TX

CORNELIUS DUPRÉ
Chairman & CEO
Dupré Energy Services
Houston, TX

LOREN FOWLER
Vice President Sales & Business Development
Heerema Marine Contractors
Houston, TX

CHRIS GOLDEN
Vice President, North America
Offshore Production
Equinor
Houston, TX

TONY GRAY
Executive Vice President
Fugro USA Marine, Inc.
Houston, TX

JEFF GRYBOWSKI
Co-CEO
Orsted Offshore Wind
Providence, RI

MARK HATFIELD
Vice President
Gulf of Mexico
Chevron Corporation
Covington, LA

GREG HILL
President & COO
Hess Corporation
Houston, TX

PAUL HOWES
President & CEO
NewPark Resources
Houston, TX

LEE JACKSON
Chairman, President & CEO
Jackson Offshore Operators
Houston, TX

CLIFFE LABORDE
Managing Member
Laborde Marine
Management, LLC
New Orleans, LA

JON LANDES
Sr. Vice President
TechnipFMC
Houston, TX

KENNY LANG
President & COO
Ridgewood Energy Corporation
Houston, TX

ROD LARSON
President & CEO
Oceaneering International
Houston, TX

TERRY LECHINGER
Vice President
Stress Engineering
Houston, TX

JOE LEIMKUHLER
Chief Operating Officer
Beacon Offshore Energy
Houston, TX

MATT MCCARROLL
President & CEO
Fieldwood Energy, LLC
Houston, TX

MIKE MCCAULEY
Operations GM
Arena Offshore
Houston, TX

MIKE MCFADYEN
Executive Vice President Offshore
Murphy Oil
Houston, TX

KIRK MECHE
President, CEO & Director
Gulf Island Fabrication
Houston, TX

JENNIFER MEDCALF
Vice President – Business Development
The REACH Group
Houston, TX

ERIK OSWALD
Vice President, Americas
ExxonMobil Exploration Corporation
Houston, TX

BILL NEW
President
New Industries, Inc.
Morgan City, LA

WILL PECUE
President
Taylor Energy Company
New Orleans, LA

DAVID DE ROODE
Senior Vice President
Lockton Global Energy & Marine
Houston, TX

DONALD ROSS
Vice President, Gulf of Mexico
Canada, Caribbean Offshore
Schlumberger
Sugarland, TX

ALLEN SANDERS
Vice President
Gulf of Mexico Operations
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
Houston, TX

LOREN SINGLETARY
Chief Investor & Industry
Relations Officer
National Oilwell Varco
Houston, TX

GERALDINE SLATTERY
Petroleum President
BHP Billiton
Houston, TX

MARTIN STAUBLE
Vice President, Exploration
North America & Brazil
Shell
Houston, TX

STARLEE SYKES
President
Gulf of Mexico, Canada
BP
Houston, TX

STEVE WEYEL
Chief Executive Officer
EnVen Energy Ventures
Houston, TX

JIM WICKLUND
Managing Director
Energy Group
Stephens Investment Banking
Houston, TX

DAVID WILLIAMS
Houston, TX