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July 2023- June 2024
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JACK NEAL
President
EXXONMOBIL (RETIRED)
DetailsJack Neal is currently the VP / President-elect of the Houston Chapter of SDP. He is a recently retired ExxonMobil executive after 28 years with the company. During his career, Jack worked in upstream oil and gas exploration, development, production and research as a geoscientist, manager, and global senior advisor. |
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JAMES MAFFIONE
VP/President Elect
OLIN
James Maffione is the Capital and Strategic Evaluations Manager for Olin, the world’s leading producer of chlorine and membrane caustic soda, leading global supplier of epoxy materials, and top North American seller of chlorine bleach and hydrochloric acid.
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DIANA SWIFT
Secretary/Marketing Chair
Director of Brand, KCA
Diana Swift is the Director of Brand for K Carpenter Associates (KCA), a decision-focused consulting firm. She is a respected marketing professional with over 25 years of experience where she has held a variety of business development positions. These experiences enable her to present the business with realistic application of marketing practices, the management of KCA’s marketing strategies, and the activities done to drive a successful marketing plan. |
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2023-2024 Executive Committee
Ray Spence, Decision Frameworks
Jeremy Walker, Decision Frameworks
Ellen Coopersmith, Decision Frameworks
Ashley Corso, Decision Frameworks
Jara Snyder, ExxonMobil
Orlando (OJ) Sanchez, Consultant
Colin Bower, Woodside Energy
Jim Spanier, Consultant
Chris Travis, bp
Lindsay Oyola, Shell
Matthieu Distel, Woodside Energy
Mike Benefiel, Chevron
July 2019 - June 2020
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2022-23 Officers
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COLIN BOWER
President
WOODSIDE ENERGY
DetailsColin has worked for BHP for the past 15 years in a variety of roles and functions gaining extensive commercial, valuation, transaction, financial, system and governance skills. He has wide international experience working across Australia, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. |
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JACK NEAL
VP/President Elect
CHEVRON (RETIRED)
Jack Neal is currently the VP / President-elect of the Houston Chapter of SDP. He is a recently retired ExxonMobil executive after 28 years with the company. During his career, Jack worked in upstream oil and gas exploration, development, production and research as a geoscientist, manager, and global senior advisor.
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DIANA SWIFT
Secretary/Marketing Chair
Director of Brand, KCA
Diana Swift is the Director of Brand for K Carpenter Associates (KCA), a decision-focused consulting firm. She is a respected marketing professional with over 25 years of experience where she has held a variety of business development positions. These experiences enable her to present the business with realistic application of marketing practices, the management of KCA’s marketing strategies, and the activities done to drive a successful marketing plan. |
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2021-2022 Executive Committee
Ray Spence, Decision Frameworks
Jeremy Walker, Decision Frameworks
Ellen Coopersmith, Decision Frameworks
Ashley Corso, Decision Frameworks
Alfred Idem, ExxonMobil
Christa Roemkens, Chevron
Carol Liffman, Consultant
Jim Spanier, bp
Chris Travis, bp
Lindsay Oyola, Shell
July 2019 - June 2020
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CHRIS TRAVIS
President
Appraisal General Manager, Global Projects Organization, BP
DetailsChris is a geologist by education, with a PhD from LSU and an MBA from London Business School. He has spent his entire 28 year career with BP, holding technical and management roles in exploration, appraisal, technology and project management. |
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Ray Spence
VP/President Elect
Consultant, Decision Frameworks
Ray Spence is a petroleum engineer who joined Decision Frameworks in 2017. He enjoys teaching and providing consultation for value-of-information analysis, scenario and appraisal framing, field development planning and probabilistic analysis. |
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DIANA SWIFT
Secretary/Marketing Chair
Director of Brand, KCA
Diana Swift is the Director of Brand for K Carpenter Associates (KCA), a decision-focused consulting firm. She is a respected marketing professional with over 25 years of experience where she has held a variety of business development positions. These experiences enable her to present the business with realistic application of marketing practices, the management of KCA’s marketing strategies, and the activities done to drive a successful marketing plan. |
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MATT DISTEL
VP
Head of Upstream Agreements & Negotiations | BHP
Matt Distel has been with BHP for 10 years and worked previously for Shell. His career comprises engineering on construction sites, offshore drilling operations, deepwater projects, business development, commercial and economics. At BHP, Matt recently took the role of Head of Upstream Agreements & Negotiations. Prior to that, he held the position of Head of Decision Evaluation, overseeing the evaluation of the Petroleum business investment programme. |
Other Executive Committee members
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ELLEN COOPERSMITH
Decision Frameworks
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MATT DISTEL
BHP
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MATTHEW KURTZ
Worley
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AHREN LACY
Chevron
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CAROL LIFFMAN
Independent Consultant
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CRAIG MCKNIGHT Retired Chevron |
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LUIS MENDOZA-NATIVIDAD
Decision Frameworks
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RAY SPENCE Decision Frameworks |
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DIANA SWIFT
KCA
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CHRIS TRAVIS BP |
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JEREMY WALKER
Decision Frameworks
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