BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Occidental Petroleum Corp.
Chairman
Thomas “Tom” Janiszewski is vice president-regulatory and land for Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation and is responsible for Oxy’s U.S. mineral and surface interests, including the lease administration and division order functions. He also manages the groups responsible for regulatory and environmental permitting, compliance and reporting, and regulatory advocacy. Janiszewski previously was assistant general counsel of Occidental Oil and Gas and was responsible for legal support Oxy’s U.S. operations and Global Supply Chain. Prior to that, Janiszewski served as legal manager for Occidental Petroleum of Qatar. His broad domestic and international experience includes joint operations and development, acquisitions and divestitures, major construction projects and oil and gas litigation.
Prior to joining Oxy in 2000, Janiszewski held various positions in ExxonMobil’s Law Department, including ExxonMobil Development Company where he worked on major projects in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, and Angola, and Exxon’s Litigation Section handling oil and gas cases. Before graduation from law school, Janiszewski spent 11 years as a reservoir engineer for Exxon.
Janiszewski holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Geological Engineering from Michigan Technological University and a Juris Doctor from Loyola University in New Orleans. He is a member of the Texas and Louisiana Bars, the American Association of Professional Landmen and is a Registered Professional Petroleum Engineer.
He is a member of the Board of Directors and has previously served as chairman and vice chairman of the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association (NMOGA). He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO) and the Permian Basin Petroleum Association (PBPA).
Lone Star Production Company
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EnerVest Ltd. Jud Walker is president and CEO of EnerVest Operating Company where he previously served as executive vice president and COO. He joined EnerVest in 2009 as vice president of geosciences and director of new ventures. Prior to joining EnerVest in 2009, he was employed with Chesapeake Energy. Walker was the lead geoscientist for multiple plays within both the Delaware and Val Verde Basins during his seven-year tenure at Chesapeake. He is a founding member of the Next Generation Giving Circle, associated with the Greater Houston Community Foundation. He also serves on the board of the Sam Houston Area Council where he is currently executive chairman of the Eagle Scout Association. Walker holds a Bachelor of Science in geology from Texas Christian University and a Master of Science in geological sciences from The University of Texas at Austin. |
Suemaur Exploration & Production, LLC Brent Hopkins obtained his BS in geology in 1981 from the State University of New York at Cortland. He has been involved in Suemaur Exploration & Production, LLC, since its inception but formally joined the company on January 1, 2008, as president and CEO. Previously, Hopkins was hired as exploration manager of Gedd, Inc., in 2002, before later becoming the president of the company. While at Gedd, he was responsible for overseeing various domestic assets along with international investments in Papua New Guinea, Columbia, South America and Belize. Hopkins spent the first 20 years of his career with Genesis Producing Company in various capacities. Hopkins is a past president of the Corpus Christi Geological Society, past president of the AAPG Gulf Coast Section (GCAGS) and has been chairman of the Corpus Christi Oilmen’s Tennis Tournament for the past several years, helping to raise money for API, SPE and CCGS scholarship programs. |
Hurd Enterprises, Ltd. Eugene Garcia is president of Hurd Enterprises, Ltd., part of a fourth generation family business engaged in oil and gas exploration, ranching, real estate development and investments. Garcia is a member of the executive team of these Hurd Entities with direct responsibility over the Oil and Gas exploration and production and Ranching businesses.
Garcia currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association. Previously, he served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Boy Scouts of America, Alamo Area Council and held the position of committee chairman with the Boy Scouts of America, Saint Mary’s Hall Troup 496 following two years as scoutmaster. Additionally, Garcia served as the chairman of the Board for Habitat for Humanity of San Antonio, board member for Mission Road Ministries and as a member of the McDonald Observatory Board of Visitors.
Garcia graduated from Texas A&M University with a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and earned his MBA from the Florida State University. After spending several years in the co-op program at NASA and working at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center as a payload project engineer, Garcia changed career paths and joined the Intel Corporation in 1995 in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. He worked as a business analyst and supervisor at Intel until moving to Austin, Texas, to work for Dell Computers in 1999. He was manager for Dell’s Product Development and Procurement organizations until 2004 when he joined his family’s business, Hurd Enterprises. |
Past Chairman and Class D Director |
Welder Exploration & Production, Inc. |
Martineau Petroleum
Past Chairman and Class D Director
David F. Martineau, former exploration manager for Pitts Oil Company, LLC., began his association with the Pitts organization in 1972. He received a bachelors of science degree in geology from The University of Texas at Austin. He is a Certified Petroleum Geologist and licensed as a Texas Professional Geoscientist. He is an active member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, and serves as an associate trustee for the AAPG Foundation. He is a current member of the Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission, the Barnett Shale Water Conservation and Management Committee, Dallas Geological Society and Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists. He is also a past chairman of the Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association and is on the Board of the Foundation for Energy Education and Executive Committee of the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers. David served 11 years on the Geological Foundation Advisory Council of The University of Texas and is currently a member of The University of Texas Systems Chancellor’s Council Executive Committee.
Cowboys Resources Corp. |
Goldston Oil Corporation |
Anderson Oil Ltd.
Chairman Emeritus
Scott Anderson graduated from The University of Texas with a B.S. in petroleum engineering in 1980. He then started work at Anderson Oil, opening and managing the company’s Appalachian Basin office in Lexington, Kentucky from 1981-1985. Following that, he moved to Houston, where he continues to co-manage all Anderson Oil assets with his brothers today.
Anderson is a past chairman of the Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association, serves on the advisory board of Memorial Hermann’s Children’s Hospital and is on the board of the Post Oak (Trotter) YMCA.
M.D. Abel Co. |
Boswell Interests, Ltd.
Secretary Emeritus
Patricia Dean Boswell McCall attended SMU and graduated from TCU with a major in education and a minor in speech therapy. Her family’s business (involved in oil and gas, ranching and real estate) was started in the late 60’s by her deceased husband, Bruce Boswell, and is run primarily by her son, John, though she and her daughters are active participants in the Partnership, with Pat serving as secretary and treasurer.
Pat and her husband Clyde S. McCall, Jr. are both Explorer Members of TIPRO. They each have served on the Board of Petroleum Club of Fort Worth and are active members of the Dallas Petroleum Club, as well as IPAA and the Texas Alliance. Clyde has held the office of Secretary of the TIPRO Board of Directors, while Pat has been vice-president of the then Region IV (Dallas/Fort Worth). During her tenure, she reactivated the monthly TIPRO Tuesday Luncheons. She currently serves as secretary of the Board of Directors of TIPRO and is a former recipient of the prestigious “Mr. TIPRO” award.
Sequitur Energy Resources, LLC Derek Davis joined Sequitur Energy Resources, LLC, in 2018, previously serving as operations manager before his current role as vice president of completions and production. Prior to joining Sequitur, he worked at Range Resources as both senior completions and production engineer in high temperature, high pressure reservoirs (2017 – 2018). Before Range, he held various operations and engineering roles at Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (2014 – 2017), including both completions and production engineering and later managing field operations as production superintendent over the Eagle Ford and other assets. He began his career at Halliburton Energy Services as a field engineer, working with a wide variety of operators in numerous reservoirs. He graduated from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. He also holds an MBA from the Harbert College of Business at Auburn University and is licensed in Petroleum Engineering by the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. |
Spirit Oil & Gas Todd Guest is a 1982 graduate from Texas Tech University with a BBA in Accounting and IPAA Advance Leadership Studies at Harvard University in 2000. Guest started his career with an Internship in Crude Oil Supply & Logistics and Windfall Profits Tax Division at Tesoro Petroleum in San Antonio. Since graduation from college he has served in Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Risk Management and various roles with increasing levels of responsibility at Tenneco Oil E&P, Torch Energy Advisors/Nuevo Energy and EnerVest, Ltd. Guest co-founded Spirit Oil & Gas, LLC in 2018 and serves as CEO/CFO. Guest is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA-Retired Status) and has been an active member of the of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the Texas and Houston Chapters of the Texas Society of CPA’s and has served on the oil and gas committee of the Houston Chapter of the TSCPA. Guest was one of the founding members and director of the EnerVest PAC working with members of Congress and is currently actively involved in the Independent Petroleum Association Of America (IPAA), Houston Producers Forum (HPF) and the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners (TIPRO). |
W. B. Osborn Oil and Gas Operations, Inc.
Region 1 Representative
Birch Resources |
Matador Resources
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Brigham Royalties
Region 4 Representative
Robert Roosa is a Partner in Brigham Royalties LLC, and has served as its Chief Executive Officer since January 2023. Roosa also currently serves on the Board of Directors of Texas Pacific Land Corporation (NYSE: TPL) and is currently a member of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Acquisitions Committee. Roosa previously served as President of Brigham Minerals, Inc. (NYSE: MNRL) (“Brigham”) from its inception in November 2012 and as its Chief Executive Officer from July 2017 until its acquisition by Sitio Royalties Corp. in December 2022. Roosa also served as a director of Brigham from May 2018 until 2022. Roosa served as the President of Anthem Ventures, LLC, a family office, between January 2012 and January 2017. Roosa held various roles, including Director of Finance and Investor Relations, while at Brigham Exploration Company from 2006 until its sale to Statoil ASA in December 2011. From 2000 to 2006, Roosa held a series of positions at Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM), an oil and gas company, in the Corporate Treasurer’s Department. Prior to 2000, Roosa worked for Cooper Industries, an electrical products manufacturing company, in its Corporate Controllers and Audit Groups and with the accounting firm Deloitte & Touche LLP in its audit function. Roosa graduated from Southern Methodist University with a Master of Business Administration and from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Business Administration.
Diamondback Energy, Inc. |
Texilvania, LTD. Currie Smith graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BA in economics in 1986. In 1987, he graduated from the TCU Ranch Management Program. After college, he moved back hom to Amarillo, Texas, and began working with his father in their family business involving oil and gas, farming, cattle and real estate. He is the president of ACS ODS Oil and Gas, SSS-ODS Oil and Gas, and Texilvania. Smith is on the board of directors and the executive board of Opportunity Plan, Inc., which provides educational loans, scholarships and financial counseling to students interested in achieving higher education through a college or technical school. He is also a former board member of PPROA, the Pandhandle Producers & Royalty Owners Association. Smith’s family has been a member of TIPRO since the organization was founded. Other current memberships include the National Cattleman’s Beef Association, Texas Cattle Feeders Association, Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association and PPROA. |
Fasken Oil and Ranch, Ltd.
At-Large Representative
EOG Resources, Inc.
At-Large Representative
Pamela Roth joined EOG Resources, Inc. in October 2016. She currently serves as vice president of government relations and is based in Houston. She provides more than 20 years of industry experience advancing organizational policy initiatives and developing and executing strategic public and regulatory policy strategies.
Roth is a Colorado native and has served on numerous non-profit boards in the community including the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce, Colorado Sports Hall of Fame and American Heart Association. She is currently serving on the following trade association boards: USOGA, AXPC, TXOGA, NMOGA, TIPRO and PBPA.
McClure Oil Company
At-Large Representative
A native West Texan born into an oilfield family in Andrews, Rowdy Stilwell obtained his BS in Petroleum Engineering from Texas Tech University. He has been working with McClure Oil Company in Midland, Texas since 2014, currently serving as Operations Manager. Prior to joining McClure Oil Company, Stilwell worked unconventional, conventional, secondary, and tertiary flood operations at Reliance Energy and Energen Resources. Stilwell has experience in operations, reservoir, and drilling. Stilwell has served as volunteer and board member for various industry, educational, and religious organizations.
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Kendrick Oil and Gas Co.
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Caturus Brian Cain is Chief Corporate Affairs Officer for Caturus, where he leads the company’s public affairs, government relations, brand marketing, and media relations initiatives. Cain has more than 20 years of political, media, and energy policy experience, including service on public company executive teams.
Cain most recently served on the leadership team of Commonwealth LNG as Senior Vice President of Government Relations where he led efforts to achieve the first LNG export authorization in more than two years on the heels of the federal government’s pause on LNG exports. He came to Commonwealth LNG from GP3, one of the world’s largest political strategy firms, where he served as a partner in the firm’s Denver office.
Prior to that, Cain served as Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer for Civitas Resources, at the time one of Colorado’s largest upstream oil and gas companies. He also previously served as Vice President of Government Relations and Public Affairs for Denver-based Extraction Oil & Gas. Cain’s earlier experience includes public affairs and government relations roles at Anadarko Petroleum and Chevron Phillips. He began his career as a journalist in central Texas after working on John Cornyn’s first U.S. Senate campaign.
Cain holds a bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University and an MBA from Tulane University. |
U.S. Energy Development Corp.
Todd Witmer is Senior Vice President of Corporate Development for U.S. Energy, bringing nearly 25 years of oil and gas industry experience. Mr. Witmer joined U.S. Energy in 2001 as a geologist and has since held a variety of leadership and executive positions, with responsibilities spanning geology, prospect development, acquisitions and divestitures, and strategic planning.
Since 2010, Mr. Witmer has focused extensively on opportunities across the Permian, Eagle Ford, Anadarko, Powder River, and Williston Basins. Earlier in his career, he concentrated on the Appalachian Basin, where he was responsible for the geologic development of more than 1,200 wells across New York and Pennsylvania, as well as multiple Marcellus Shale projects in southwestern Pennsylvania.
Mr. Witmer has also played a central role in U.S. Energy’s acquisition and divestiture activities. He has directly sourced and led acquisitions representing nearly $1 billion in aggregate transaction value, working alongside U.S. Energy’s technical, financial, land, legal, and executive teams to evaluate, negotiate, and execute transactions across the company’s core operating areas.
Mr. Witmer is a Certified Petroleum Geologist with significant technical and transactional experience across multiple basins throughout the Lower 48. He earned Bachelor of Arts and Master of Science degrees in Geology, as well as a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Studies, from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He also holds an MBA from Southern Methodist University.
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