PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES USA - Key Persons
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- Member of the Sustainability and Climate Oversight Committee
Job Titles:
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Vice President, Legal, Corporate & Securities & Corporate Secretary
Patel is a graduate of Southern Methodist University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and is a graduate of SMU Dedman School of Law.
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Company 's Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning
- Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning, Field Development and Marketing
Beth McDonald is the company's Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning, Field Development and Marketing, a position to which she was appointed in May 2023. Prior to her current role, McDonald served as Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning and Field Development and Marketing, from January 2021 through May 2023 and Vice President, Permian Strategic Planning and Field Development, from 2019 through December 2020.
She joined Pioneer in 2005 as a reservoir engineer on the Engineering and Development team focused on the Gulf of Mexico and North Africa exploration projects. In addition to her reservoir engineering role, McDonald has served in roles handling business analysis and corporate finance, along with key leadership positions, including Vice President, South Texas Asset Team. Most recently, she served in a dual role as Vice President, Permian Infrastructure Group, and President, Pioneer Water Management.
Prior to joining Pioneer, she held engineering positions at Hess Corporation and Total E&P USA in Houston.
McDonald holds a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University in College Station and is a registered professional engineer in Texas.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Member of the Management Team
- Senior Vice President of Technology and Operations
- Senior Vice President, Technology and Operations Support
Bonnie S. Black is the Senior Vice President of Technology and Operations Support for Pioneer Natural Resources. After her appointment to the position in December 2022, Bonnie's efforts are focused on managing Pioneer Technology Solutions, Supply Chain, and Health/Safety & Environmental teams, including strategic goal-setting; plan execution; capital allocation; environmental, social and governance (ESG) protocols; and sustainability principles. She is a member of the Pioneer Executive Committee.
Prior to her current role, Bonnie served as Vice President of Drilling and led one of the largest oil and gas drilling programs in North America.
Bonnie joined the company in 2007 as HSE Manager for the Alaska asset team. She then served as Vice President of Environmental and Sustainable Development from 2013 to 2015. In 2015, Bonnie was named Vice President, Permian Well Planning & Permitting, playing a key role in the execution of the Permian development plan.
With more than 25 years' experience in the oil and gas industry, Bonnie worked in client-facing environmental consulting roles in Texas, Oklahoma and Alaska before joining Pioneer.
Bonnie holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University and is a registered professional engineer with a specialization in Environmental Engineering. At her alma mater, she is the Chair of the Civil & Environmental Advisory Council and an Executive Committee Member of the Aggie Women Engineering Network. Bonnie also serves as an Advisory Board Member of the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program (UPOP) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Job Titles:
- Chief Accounting Officer
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Vice President
Christopher Washburn was elected Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Pioneer Natural Resources in October 2022 after serving as interim Chief Accounting Officer from July through October 2022.
Prior to his current role, Washburn served as Controller from March 2018 to July 2022. After joining Pioneer in 2006, he served in various positions of increasing responsibility with the Accounting and Finance departments.
Washburn earned a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Master of Professional Accounting from West Texas A&M University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Company 's Senior Vice President, Business Development and Strategy
- Senior Vice President, Business Development and Strategy
Chris Paulsen is the company's Senior Vice President, Business Development and Strategy, a position to which he was appointed in May 2023. Prior to his current role, Paulsen served as Vice President, Business Development, for Pioneer Natural Resources from January 2013 through May 2023.
During his tenure in this role, Paulsen has held roles of increasing responsibility in Business Development, managing more than $5 billion in upstream, midstream and oilfield service transactions located in the Permian Basin, Mid-Continent, Gulf Coast, Alaska and Rockies. In his current role, Paulsen's team is responsible for new business origination and evaluation, as well as select non-core monetizations. Since joining Pioneer in 2002, he has served in various areas including investor relations, mergers and acquisitions, operations and subsurface.
Prior to joining Pioneer, he worked for SBC Communications in planning and treasury.
Paulsen received his Bachelor of Business Administration from Baylor University and his Master of Business Administration from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Company 's Senior Vice President
- Senior Vice President, Production Operations
Craig Kuiper is the company's Senior Vice President, Production Operations, a position to which he was appointed in May 2023. Prior to his current role, Kuiper served as Vice President, Production Operations, from April 2019 through May 2023.
He joined the company in 2001 as a production engineer drilling vertical wells. Kuiper has held several positions leading operations and reservoir engineering in Southern Louisiana, the Gulf of Mexico, South Texas, West Panhandle and the Permian Basin. Prior to his current role, Kuiper served as Vice President of the Construct & Operate team and Vice President of Permian Operations and the Southern Wolfcamp Asset Team.
Kuiper graduated from Texas A&M University in College Station with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Leadership Team
Edison Buchanan became a Director of the company in May 2002. Buchanan received a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Tulane University in 1977 and a Master of Business Administration in Finance and International Business from Columbia University Graduate School of Business in 1981.
From 1981 to 1997, Buchanan was a Managing Director of various groups in the Investment Banking Division of Dean Witter Reynolds in their New York and Dallas offices. In 1997, he joined Morgan Stanley Dean Witter as a Managing Director in the Real Estate Investment Banking group. During 2000, Buchanan served as Managing Director and head of the domestic Real Estate Investment Banking Group of Credit Suisse First Boston. He has also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Commonweal Conservancy, a nonprofit conservation-based community-development organization, since November 2003.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Operations Engineer
- Completions Manager
- Vice President, Permian Completions
Gerardo Torres serves as Vice President, Permian Completions, for Pioneer Natural Resources, a position he has held since September 2015. Torres' team is responsible for designing and completing the company's new horizontal wells with an emphasis on ensuring safe, environmentally sound wells that perform at maximum capital efficiency.
Torres joined the company in 2005 as an Operations Engineer. In 2007, Torres was promoted to Completions Manager and, for the next seven years, he held positions of increasing responsibility within the Completions team before being named to his current leadership role. Pioneer currently drills in the Permian Basin of West Texas, and Torres also led completions in previous regions, including the Gulf of Mexico, South Texas, West Panhandle and Alaska.
Prior to joining Pioneer, Torres worked for BJ Services, a pressure-pumping services provider. He served in several capacities and regions for the company, including South Texas, which served the Permian Basin; an international assignment supporting Pemex, which served the Burgos Basin; and the Dallas region, which served the Barnett Shale and East Texas.
Torres graduated from Texas A&M University in College Station with a degree in Civil Engineering.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Member of the Sustainability and Climate Oversight Committee
- Chairman of the Board, President and CEO, Pacific Star Energy LLC
J. Kenneth Thompson became a Director of the company in August 2011 and was named Lead Director in May 2015. He has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Star Energy LLC, a privately held oil and gas investment firm in Alaska, since September 2000. He served as Managing Director of Alaska Venture Capital Group LLC, a privately held oil and gas exploration company in which Pacific Star Energy LLC owns an interest, from December 2004 to December 2012. Thompson's experience includes serving as Executive Vice President of Atlantic Richfield Company's ("ARCO") Asia Pacific oil and gas operating companies in Alaska, California, Indonesia, China and Singapore from 1998 to 2000, and President and Chief Executive Officer of ARCO Alaska, Inc., the parent company's oil and gas-producing subsidiary based in Anchorage, from June 1994 to January 1998. He served as executive head of ARCO's oil and gas research and technology center from 1993 to 1994.
Thompson received a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from Missouri University of Science & Technology. He also serves as a director of Coeur Mining, Inc., a company engaged in the operation, ownership, development and exploration of silver and gold mining property, Alaska Air Group, Inc., the parent company for Alaska Airlines, Virgin America and Horizon Air Industries, and Tetra Tech, Inc., an engineering consulting firm.
Job Titles:
- Executive Vice President, Operations
- Member of the Management Team
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Member of the Management Team
- Senior Vice President, Marketing
John Distaso was named Senior Vice President of Marketing in January 2019 and is responsible for commercial sales of products (crude oil, condensate, NGLs and natural gas) and downstream infrastructure planning to process, transport and fractionate products prior to final disposition.
Distaso has 30 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Pioneer in June 2012 as Vice President of Marketing, he held senior executive and managerial trading and marketing positions at Mobil Oil Corporation for 15 years and similar positions at Apache and Devon Energy. Distaso was most recently with Deloitte, working for the Minister of Petroleum in the Republic of South Sudan to market 300 MBOPD of crude, resulting in the country's first $3 billion of oil revenues.
Distaso has experience in physical and paper trading, term and spot negotiations, cargo tanker shipping, transportation pipelines, processing facilities and storage operations. His experience encompasses all aspects of mid-stream and downstream marketing, and he has led multiple domestic and international Marketing departments.
Distaso received his Master of Business Administration from San Diego State University, a Bachelor of Science in Business from University of California Berkeley and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from University of California San Diego.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Leadership Team
Lori A. George became a Director of the company in June 2021. She most recently served as the Global Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Officer for The Coca-Cola Company until March 2022. In this role, she led the company's DEI Center of Excellence Ms. George spent 20 years with Coca-Cola, having spent most of them in a variety of roles with increasing responsibility within Public Affairs and Communications. Prior to her most recent role, she was the Vice President of Community and Stakeholder Relations, North America. Prior to joining Coca-Cola, Ms. George led her own public relations consultancy, LG Communications; was a vice president at Porter/Novelli, a leading public relations firm where she co-founded their Multicultural Communications and Alliance Building practices; and a senior public affairs specialist for the District of Columbia Government's Office of Human Rights and Minority Business.
Ms. George currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. (Chair), Leadership Atlanta, NAACP Foundation, ColorComm and The Coca-Cola Foundation. She formerly served on the Boards of the Women's Business Enterprise National Council, United Way of Greater Atlanta and Atlanta Mission. She is a member of the Howard University School of Communications Board of Visitors and the former Co-Chair of American University's Women's Network. She is a member of the Executive Leadership Council and Chair's TCCC's Political Action Committee.
Ms. George is a featured speaker globally and has received numerous national awards, including the Alumni Award for Distinguished Postgraduate Achievement from Howard University, PUSH for Excellence, Dr. MLK Jr. Corporate Award, Atlanta Business Chronicle Top Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Atlanta Business League's Top 100 Black Women of Influence, Academy of Women Achievers' YWCA of Greater Atlanta, Inaugural Bravo! Award for Diversity and Inclusion from the Hispanic Public Relations Association, Chairman's Circle Leadership Award from the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, Inc., Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Order of the Phoenix Award and is a Georgia PRSA Hall of Fame Inductee.
Ms. George received her Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations from Howard University and her Master of Arts in Public Communications from American University. In 2019, she completed a 13-month Executive Leadership Experience Program at Harvard Business School. Ms. George is an ordained minister.
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- CEO and Founder, Ardinall Investment Management
Mark H. Kleinman - Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Legal Officer, EVP, Secretary, VP
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- Chief Compliance Officer
- Corporate Secretary
- Executive Vice President
- General Counsel
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Vice President
Mark Kleinman joined Pioneer Natural Resources in June 2005 as Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer, and in January 2014, he was named Senior Vice President and General Counsel. In 2019, he was named Executive Vice President and General Counsel. He serves as a member of the Pioneer Management Committee.
As General Counsel, Kleinman is responsible for all aspects of Pioneer's legal function and supports the Pioneer Board of Directors.
Kleinman began his career in 1986 as an associate with the Dallas-based law firm of Jackson Walker L.L.P. He served as Assistant General Counsel of Sterling Software, Inc., a NYSE company supplying computer software and services worldwide, from 1996 through its acquisition in 2000 by Computer Associates International, Inc., and as Vice President and General Counsel of Inet Technologies, Inc., a NASDAQ-traded global provider of communications software products, from 2000 through its acquisition in 2004 by Tektronics, Inc.
Kleinman received his Juris Doctor, with honors, from the University of Texas School of Law, where he served on the editorial board of the Texas Law Review. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Government from The University of Texas.
He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, and he served on the New York Stock Exchange Commission on Corporate Governance, which issued its final report in 2010.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Member of the Management Team
- Executive Vice President, Corporate Operations
Mark Berg oversees Business Development, Land, Water Management and Well Services, Government Affairs and Corporate Communications, Environmental and Sustainable Development and Facilities at Pioneer Natural Resources, where he serves on the Management Committee as an Executive Vice President. Prior to his current role, he oversaw the company's vertically integrated operations. He joined the Company in 2005 as Executive Vice President and General Counsel.
Berg began his career in 1983 with the Houston-based law firm of Vinson & Elkins, becoming a partner focused on mergers, acquisitions and international transactions. He then moved to American General Corporation, a Fortune 200 diversified financial services company, as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, and oversaw its $27 billion sale to Prudential in 2001. Following that, he was Senior Vice President, General Counsel of Hanover Compressor Company, a NYSE company specializing in natural gas compression and processing.
Berg is active in public policy matters and was instrumental in leading the effort to lift the U.S. crude oil export ban in 2015. He is founding Vice Chairman of the Permian Strategic Partnership and a member of the board of the Texas Oil and Gas Association. He also serves on the boards of HighPoint Resources, ProPetro, the University of Texas Law School Foundation and Dallas CASA, where he is a former chairman.
Berg received his Juris Doctor, with honors, from the University of Texas School of Law and graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy from Tulane University.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Director of the Company in January 2021 through a Merger With Parsley Energy
Matthew M. Gallagher became a Director of the company in January 2021 through a merger with Parsley Energy, where he previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer. He joined Parsley Energy in 2010 to build the Engineering Department. He was named Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in 2014. In January 2017, Gallagher was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer, before being named Chief Executive Officer in 2019. Prior to his time at Parsley, Gallagher spent five years at Pioneer Natural Resources in a variety of roles, including Reservoir Engineer for the Gulf of Mexico Shelf and Hugoton Field plays, Production and Operations Engineer for the Spraberry Trend, and Investor Relations Supervisor.
A third-generation petroleum engineer, Gallagher has a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. He served on the boards of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association, the American Exploration and Production Council, and the Permian Strategic Partnership. Gallagher is currently on the board of Chesapeake Energy Corporation and President of Greenlake Energy Ventures, L.L.C. and is an Operating Partner at NGP Energy Capital.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Executive Vice President
- Member of the Leadership Team
- in 2017 As Vice President, Investor Relations
Neal Shah is the company's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, a position to which he was appointed in May 2023. Prior to his current role, Shah served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from January 2021 through May 2023. Shah oversees Pioneer accounting, corporate finance, treasury, tax and investor relations functions, and he communicates Pioneer strategies, business plans and performance to the investment community.
Shah joined Pioneer Natural Resources in 2017 as Vice President, Investor Relations, a position he held until December 2020, and he became a parent company officer in January 2019.
Shah came to Pioneer with a strong financial and equity research background. Most recently, he worked at Thrivent Asset Management and Nuveen Asset Management where he was responsible for energy sector stock selection. Previously, he held various financial analyst positions at Piper Jaffray & Company, RBC Capital Markets and Goldman Sachs & Company.
Shah earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Louisiana State University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where he was a Siebel Scholar and a recipient of the Irwin J. Biederman Leadership award.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Chairman and CEO, ProPetro Holding Corp
Phillip Gobe became a director of the company in July 2014. He joined Energy Partners, Ltd. as Chief Operating Officer in December 2004 and became President in May 2005, and served in those capacities until his retirement in September 2007. Gobe also served as a director of Energy Partners, Ltd. from November 2005 until May 2008. Prior to that, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Nuevo Energy Company from February 2001 until its acquisition by Plains Exploration & Production Company in May 2004. Prior to that, he held numerous operations and human resources positions with Vastar Resources, Inc. and Atlantic Richfield Company and its subsidiaries. He is also Lead Director and Chairman of the Compensation and Nominating Committees of Scientific Drilling International, Inc., a privately held directional drilling and wellbore navigation, surveying, and logging service company.
Gobe serves on the Board of Pantheon Resources plc, an oil and gas exploration company quoted on the AIM market. Mr. Gobe is a graduate of the University of Texas with a degree in history and earned his Master of Business Administration at the University of Louisiana in Lafayette.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Leadership Team
Phoebe Wood became a Director of the company in July 2013. Since 2008, Wood has been a principal at CompaniesWood, a consulting firm specializing in early stage investments. She was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Brown-Forman Corporation, a diversified consumer products manufacturer, from 2001 to 2006, and Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer from 2006 to 2008. Prior to Brown-Forman Corporation, Wood was Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and a Director of Propel Corporation (a subsidiary of Motorola) from 2000 to 2001. Previously, Wood served in various capacities during her tenure at ARCO from 1976 to 2000.
Wood graduated from Smith College with an A.B. degree in Psychology and then earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of California Los Angeles. She currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Invesco Ltd., a global investment management company, and Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, a diversified manufacturer, as well as on the boards of trustees for the Gheens Foundation, the American Printing House for the Blind, and Pitzer College.
Job Titles:
- Chief Operating Officer
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Member of the Management Team
- President
- President, Chief Operating Officer, and CEO - Designate
Rich Dealy has served as the President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Pioneer Natural Resources since January 2021. In April 2023, Pioneer's Board of Directors named Dealy as the company's next Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2024.
A thirty-year industry veteran, Dealy has contributed to the company's success in roles spanning nearly all operations and business functions at Pioneer and its predecessor company.
As President and COO, Dealy has been pivotal to securing Pioneer's leading operational and financial position. During his tenure, Pioneer built one of the strongest investment grade balance sheets in the industry, became the largest oil producer in the State of Texas, had five consecutive years of operational efficiency improvements, and successfully integrated the acquisitions of Parsley Energy and Double Point Energy.
Dealy helped create and execute the company's strategy to develop low-cost, low-emissions energy while bringing value to its shareholders, employees, and communities. Dealy served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from November 2004 through December 2020. Prior to that, he held positions of increasing responsibility, including Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (February 1998 to November 2004), and Vice President and Controller (August 1997 to January 1998). Dealy joined Parker & Parsley, a predecessor of Pioneer, in July 1992, holding several financial leadership positions with the company. Prior to his time with Parker and Parsley, he was employed by KPMG. Dealy is a member of Pioneer's Board and Executive Committee.
Dealy, who started working in the Permian Basin in 1989 and was one of Pioneer's original employees at its founding in 1997, is a strong advocate for the company's culture of RESPECT. Known for his passion for developing people and his collaborative approach, Dealy credits the company's 2,100 employees for its success, often saying, "we win or lose as a team."
Dealy also serves as a director of Compass Minerals International, Inc.
Dealy has a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance from Eastern New Mexico University.
He is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Job Titles:
- Consultant
- Director
- Executive
- Member of the Leadership Team
Royce Mitchell became a Director of the company in July 2014. He has been an executive consultant, focusing on advising management and audit committees of exploration and production companies, since January 2005, except for the period from April 2008 through December 2008 when he served as Chief Financial Officer of Frac Tech Services, Ltd. Mitchell served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer of Key Energy Services, Inc. from January 2002 to January 2005. Before joining Key Energy Services, Inc., he was a partner with KPMG LLP from April 1986 through December 2001, specializing in the oil and gas industry.
Mitchell received a Bachelor of Business Administration from Texas Tech University and is a certified public accountant.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Member of the Management Team
- Member of the Sustainability and Climate Oversight Committee
- Director of the Williams Companies, Inc
- Energy Industry Leader
Scott D. Sheffield is an energy industry leader who played significant roles in the American shale revolution and lifting of the U.S. crude oil export ban. He currently serves as CEO of Pioneer Natural Resources, the company he helped found in 1997 and grew into what is today: the second-largest crude producer in Texas.
The son of an ARCO executive, Sheffield attended high school in Tehran, Iran. After graduating from the University of Texas, he began his career as a reservoir engineer with Amoco Production Co. In 1979, Sheffield became the fifth employee of Parker & Parsley Petroleum Co. in Midland, Texas. By 1985, he was CEO of Parker & Parsley and became its chairman in 1991.
Under Sheffield's leadership, Parker & Parsley merged with MESA, Inc. in 1997 to form Pioneer Natural Resources Co. He became the company's founding CEO and assumed the position of chairman of the board in August 1999. Sheffield retired from the company in 2016, but he returned as President and CEO in 2019, began serving as CEO in 2021 and continues to serve on the Board.
Sheffield also serves as a director of The Williams Companies, Inc., a provider of large-scale infrastructure for natural gas and natural gas products, on the advisory board of the Center for Global Energy Policy at Columbia University and on the Energy Council of CSL Capital Management, LLC, a private equity firm.
The Permian Basin Petroleum Association recently honored Sheffield as the recipient of its prestigious Top Hand award, which recognizes individuals who have demonstrated exceptional leadership within the oil and gas industry and the Permian Basin community.
He is also a 2013 inductee into the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum Hall of Fame, memorializing those whose achievements and outstanding contributions to the industry helped build the Permian Basin. Sheffield also received the Texas Oil & Gas Association's Distinguished Service Award, the ADL's Henry Cohn Humanitarian Award in Dallas, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society's Hope Award in Midland and the Frank Pitts Award for Energy Leadership from SMU.
Sheffield is a distinguished graduate of the University of Texas with a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Retired Vice President, Shell Oil Company
Stacy Methvin became a Director of the company in July 2013. From 2011 until her retirement in 2012, Methvin was Vice President, Refining Margin Optimization, for Shell Oil Company ("Shell"). Prior to that, from 2009 until 2010, she served as Vice President, Global Distribution. Methvin also held various other operational and management roles in the upstream, downstream and chemical businesses during her tenure at Shell and its subsidiaries that began in 1979, including President, Shell Louisiana E&P Company, President, Shell Deer Park Refining Company, President Shell Pipeline Company LP, President, Shell Chemical LP, and Vice President, Strategy and Portfolio for the downstream business.
Methvin graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts in Geological and Geophysical Sciences. She also currently serves on the boards of the general partner of Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P., a master limited partnership engaged in the transportation, storage and distribution of refined petroleum products and crude oil, and Marquard & Bahls AG, a Hamburg, Germany-based company that operates in the fields of energy supply, trading and logistics. Methvin's other board service includes the Houston Zoo and Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, and she is a trustee of the Springside Chestnut Hill Academy in Philadelphia. She has been an appointee on the Louisiana Governor's Advisory Commission on Coastal Protection, Restoration and Conservation since 2003.
Job Titles:
- Company 's Vice President
Tadd Owens is the company's Vice President, Government and Public Affairs, a position to which he was appointed in May 2023.
Owens is responsible for the company's government relations strategy at the local, state, and federal levels and community relations in North and West Texas, including the company's charitable giving program. Beginning in 2014, Owens served in positions of increasing responsibility, including Vice President, Government Affairs; Vice President, Communications and Government Affairs; and Vice President, Government and Public Relations. Prior to those roles, he served for three years as Director, Government Affairs, where he managed the company's government affairs work in Texas. He joined Pioneer in November 2006 as Director, Government & Public Affairs, for the company's Alaska division.
Prior to joining Pioneer, he served for six years as the Executive Director of the Resource Development Council for Alaska, Inc., an Alaska business association representing the oil and gas, mining, timber, tourism, and fisheries industries.
Owens graduated with honors from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. Owens currently serves on the board of the Texas Oil and Gas Association.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Vice President, Government and Public Affairs
Job Titles:
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Communications