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.