Steven H. Pruett
Chairman
Justin W. Cope
Vice Chairman
C. Jeffrey Eshelman, II
President and
Chief Executive Officer
Jim H. Wilkes
Immediate Past Chairman
W. Byron Dunn
Treasurer
Dan Naatz
Corporate Secretary
At-Large Directors
2023-2025
Harold G. Hamm
Continental Resources
Michael Kukuk
Chord Energy
Cye Cooper Wagner
Cooper Oil & Gas, Inc.
W. Michael Scott
CrownQuest Operating
W. Marc Dingler IV
Diamondback Energy
Jud Walker
EnerVest Ltd.
Justin Furnace
Hilcorp Energy Company
Robert J. Anderson
Petro Peak Energy
Mike Henderson
Marathon Oil Corporation
Vicki Hollub
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Scott Roy
Range Resources Corp.
W. Byron Dunn
Tubular Synergy Group
Regional Directors
2023-2025
Alabama-Florida-Georgia
Tom Sylte
Kelton Company, LLC
Arkansas
Catherine Medlock
Leejay Company, LLC
California, North
Rock Zierman
California Independent Petroleum Association
California, South
Stephen D. Layton
E&B Natural Resources
Illinois
J. Roy Dee III
Dee Drilling Company
Indiana
Stacee Dover
CountryMark
Kansas-Missouri, West
Raul Brito
Brito Oil Company, Inc.
Kentucky-Tennessee-NC-SC
Ryan Watts
Kentucky Oil and Gas Association
Louisiana, Southeast
D. Irwin Mackenroth, Jr.
The Gray Exploration Company
Louisiana, Southwest
Lawrence Svendson
Key Energy Resources
Michigan
Kelly Miller
Miller Investment Company
Montana
Vacant
New Mexico
Betty Read Young
Tierra Encantada LLC.
New York, East-NJ-New England
Sean O’Neill
Old Ironsides Energy, LLC
New York, West-PA-MD-DE
Michael Hillebrand
Huntley & Huntley, LLC
Ohio
Jim Aslanides
MFC Drilling, Inc.
Texas, Central
Jeffrey W. Miller
Vortus Investment Advisors
Texas, North
Mike Elyea
Burk Royalty Co. Ltd.
Texas, North Central
Mark Burroughs, Jr.
EnCap Investments, L.P.
Texas, Northeast
Bruce Faulkner
Lehnertz-Faulkner, Inc.
Texas, Panhandle
Brent Allen
Alpar Energy, LP
Texas, Permian
Jeff Sparks
Discovery Operating, Inc.
Texas, Southeast
Jordan Horoschak
CIBC Capital Markets
Texas, West Central
Allan Frizzell
Enrich Oil Corporation
West Virginia-Virginia-DC
Doug Malcolm
D.C. Malcolm, Inc.
Wyoming
Barbara True
True Companies
IPAA Committee Chairmen
2023-2025
Capital Markets
K. Joaquin Anderson
BP Energy Company
Communications
Pending
Environment & Safety
Gretchen Kern
Qube Technologies
Land & Royalty
Pending
Law Committee
Pending
Membership & Business Development
Chris Atherton
EnergyNet
Natural Gas
Kurt Krieger
Steptoe & Johnson
Offshore
Ron Neal
Houston Energy LP
Supply & Demand
Bob Fryklund
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Tax
Andrew Vecera
Ryan, LLC
Wildcatters Fund
Ron Neal
Houston Energy LP
IPAA is the industry’s strongest presence in the nation’s capital and these are important times. The entire oil and gas industry remains under fire from anti-development groups; but with these challenges arise unique opportunities that IPAA is seizing for our members.
