Executive Committee
The Executive Committee is chaired by the Chair of the Advisory Board, and made up of a number of vice chairs, practice committee chairs, program chairs and publications editors. It meets at least three times each year to review programs, finance, membership, publications and committee activities. Members of the Executive Committee generally serve for two years, and appointments other than the Chair, Senior Vice Chair and practice committee chairs can be renewed.
Chair, Advisory Board

Michael P. Lennon, Jr.
Mayer Brown LLP
Houston, TX
Senior Vice Chair

Kristi McCarthy
Chevron North America Exploration & Production Co.
Houston, TX
Vice Chairs
Vice Chair - Academic Outreach

Prof. Frédéric G. Sourgens
Washburn University School of Law
Topeka, KS
Vice Chair - Communications

Miranda Law Firm
Houston, TX
Vice Chair - Finance

Mark Robeck
Golden Pass LNG Terminal LLC
Houston, TX
Vice Chair - Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

TotalEnergies (US)
Houston, TX
Vice Chairs - Membership

Baker Botts L.L.P.
Houston, TX

Shell USA, Inc.
Houston, TX
Vice Chair - Programs

Liskow & Lewis
Houston, TX
Vice Chair - Strategic Planning

Kristi McCarthy
Chevron Products Company U.S.A., Inc.
Houston, TX
Vice Chairs

McGinnis Lochridge
Houston, TX
Culhane Meadows PLLC
Houston, TX

Kean Miller LLP
New Orleans, LA

Sharon O. Flanery
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Charleston, WV

Curtis R. Frasier
CPEM Resources LTD
The Woodlands, TX

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Houston, TX

Locke Lord LLP
New Orleans, LA

Womble Bond Dickinson
Houston, TX

FTI Consulting, Inc.
Houston, TX

GableGotwals
Tulsa, OK

Jay G. Martin
Houston, TX

Elizabeth Matthews
Bristow Group Inc.
Houston, TX

W. James "J.J." McAnelly, III
Bracewell LLP
Houston, TX

Daniel M. McClure
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
Houston, TX

Becky A. McGee
Dallas, TX

BP America, Inc.
Houston, TX

Shell USA, Inc.
Houston, TX

White & Case LLP
Houston, TX

Tracie J. Renfroe
King & Spalding LLP
Houston, TX

Haynes and Boone, LLP
Houston, TX

J. Denmon Sigler
McDermott Will & Emery
Houston, TX

Lawrence P. Simon, Jr.
Liskow & Lewis
Lafayette, LA
Past Chairs
Immediate Past Chair

Laura M. Robertson
ConocoPhillips Company
Houston, TX
Past Chair

David M. Castro
The Woodlands, TX
Energy Law Conference Co-Chairs

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Houston, TX

Elizabeth Matthews
Bristow Group Inc.
Houston, TX
Practice Committee Chairs
Director of Practice Committee Chairs

Decker Jones, PC
Fort Worth, TX
Renewables Practice Committee Chair

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Houston, TX
Environment, Social & Governance Committee Chair

Kelly D. Herrera
ConocoPhillips Company
Houston, TX
International Practice Committee Chair
Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice Committee Chair

Jones Walker LLP
Houston, TX
Oilfield Services Practice Committee Chair

Hedrick Kring Bailey PLLC
Houston, TX
Transactions & Compliance Practice Committee Chair

King & Spalding LLP
Houston, TX
Young Energy Professionals Practice Committee Chair

Baker Botts L.L.P.
Houston, TX
Young Energy Professionals Committee Vice Chair

Chevron
Covington, LA
Young Energy Professionals Practice Committee Secretary

Reed Smith LLP
Pittsburgh, PA
Young Energy Professionals Practice Committee Immediate Past Chair

Shell USA, Inc.
Houston, TX
Editors
Managing Editor - The Energy Law Advisor

Kelly Hart Pitre
New Orleans, LA
Administrative Editor - Oil & Gas E-Report

LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center
Baton Rouge, LA
Ex Officio

Jay E. Ray
Director, Institute for Energy Law
The Center for American and International Law
Plano, TX

President
The Center for American and International Law
Plano, TX