Speaker Presentations

John Brawley is responsible for Presidio’s capital markets and reporting functions.

Douglas Shanda is Seaside LNG’s Senior Advisor, with 30+ years of experience across the public and private energy sectors.

As the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Energy Development Corporation, Jordan Jayson helps determine the vision and strategy of the firm, as well as oversees the implementation of change management.

John Sommers serves as Partner, Investments at Veriten. John previously served as Principal at Cockrell Investments, a Houston-based family-owned investment firm, where he managed investments across diverse asset classes, including private equity, venture capital, and oil & gas.

Walt Hughes is a Managing Director at Breakwall Capital and head of its Houston office.

Ed consults, lectures, and writes on energy markets, environment, investment finance, corporate governance, and ESG. Experience includes the Office of Conservation and Solar Energy at U.S. DOE, independent power producers, renewable fuels, and oil & gas as a consultant, dealmaker, and executive.

Discuss their JV, RPC Power. RPC Power, LLC is a joint venture between Riley Exploration Permian, Inc. and Conduit Power, LLC.

Petrie Partners Director Max Silverman and Senior Vice President Austin Hughes will share their perspectives on energy deal making for 2025.

KEN IRVIN, a co-leader of Sidley’s global Energy practice area team.

Manuela (Nelly) Molina is the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, at California Resources Corporation.

Bryan Lemmerman joined Vital Energy in 2020, bringing with him more than 15 years of E&P experience.

Darin Zanovich founded Mesa Minerals Partners III, LLC (“Mesa”)

Richard Robuck serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Chord Energy.

Marianella Foschi is Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for Civitas Resources.

Peter Xia is the Vice President of Business Development at TG Natural Resources.

George McKean is responsible for credit underwriting, origination, structuring and account management for KeyBank’s Oil & Gas loan portfolio

Jeff Nichols will discuss asset-based securitizations and other structured deals which are playing a larger role in oil and gas financings.

Philip Theodore practiced law as a transactional and corporate lawyer for more than 40 years.

Matt Kelly is a Principal of Carnelian Energy Capital, where he has spent the significant majority of his career focusing on transaction...

Jesse Thompson serves as a senior business economist at the Houston Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Thompson, who joined...