After receiving a degree in Creative Writing from the University of North Texas, Lucy expanded her technical writing expertise in a variety of fields, from nonprofits to fashion, and now energy transition.

In her free time, when she’s not working on personal writing projects, she enjoys traveling to new places and rereading her favorite classics.

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Lesley has fifteen years of upstream oil and gas operational experience and a passion for problem-solving in the low-carbon energy future. Graduate of a large-company training program and having worked as in start-up PE companies, she is an expert in operations, reserves analysis, and getting stuff done. She is a proficient user of PHDwin, both versions 2 and 3.

Lesley is passionate about diving into the details of a project and uncovering insights that deliver meaningful results. Outside of her engineering expertise, she is a licensed sailboat captain and has sailed across the Atlantic Ocean.

Tiffany spent 11 years studying and planning conventional and unconventional fields across Texas and Louisiana for ExxonMobil and XTO, learning their thorough work methodologies. Then she spent another five years at a top tier third-party reserves firm analyzing production across the U.S. using both ARIES and PHDwin.

Today, she helps her clients through Flanagan Technical Services to go below the surface, and she resides most of the year in the cool climes of Colorado.

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Shameka's favorite part of her job is the merger of her love for events and science. She majored in chemical engineering before earning a master's in event management! When she’s not hard at work, you’ll find Shameka curled up with a good book at her home in Florida. She prefers the real thing, no audiobooks!

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Trained as both a geologist and oceanographer, Amy has worked most of her 15-year career in the oil industry including locations in California and Texas as well as South America and Africa.  Besides large and small oil companies, she has also worked for two geologic surveys and the American Geological Institute. She brings a broad base of geologic experience, a broad toolkit of software, and a uniquely conscientious attention to detail.

She offers geologic insights through Spaziani GeoServices, and when time allows she enjoys exploring her new home in the Finger Lakes region of New York with her family.

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Laura Freeman is a Managing Director at Highpoint Global Capital. Laura specializes in technical valuation, financing, and navigating the complexities of dealmaking including over $8 billion in acquisitions and divestitures.

She has been featured as an expert on M&A, finance, and reservoire engineering for various magazines, industry events, and online publications including Oil and Gas Financial Journal, Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), OilPrice.com, American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), and Journal of Petroleum Technology (JPT).

Laura earned a master’s degree in petroleum engineering, an MBA from UCLA Anderson, and a bachelor’s degree in physics

Five years after graduating cum laude in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M, Tom moved from Texas to California.  Initially working for 10 years at a major oil company, he gained additional experience in production engineering, facilities engineering, and health, safety and environmental engineering.  For the last 25 years, Tom has offered a broad range of petroleum engineering consulting services to assist a broad base of clients to navigate the unique geology and complex operating environment of California.

 Tom’s varied and deep expertise allows him to render assistance to oil and gas operators, developers looking to build on / adjacent to abandoned wells. He also assists governmental agencies seeking insight into oil and gas operations within their jurisdiction and provides professional engineering input to governmental agencies relative to their decisions on permitting construction on sites containing oil wells. As a member of both the SPE and the SPEE, he is also well positioned to assist mineral interest owners with the valuation of their oil and gas assets.

 Tom is married with two kids, who are both recent college graduates and are just starting their work careers. He has stayed very involved with the local community, including a 7-year stint organizing outdoor activities (hiking, biking, canoeing, kayaking) for BSA Troop 1 in Huntington Beach. He has climbed a mountain or gone for a run or biked in seven countries on four continents.

Lachlan Hughson, the founder of 4-D Resources Advisory LLC, works with Boards, executives, and investors across the global energy and mining industries to help them build more successful companies through making better strategic and financial decisions using dynamic financial modeling.

With $30+ billion of mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures undertaken, supported through $15+ billion of debt, high yield, and equity financings, Lachlan has developed an insightful, commercial framework on which to upgrade the corporate finance function for the challenges and opportunities of today’s business world.

Lachlan’s professional experience reflects increasingly senior investment banking roles at Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, Standard Bank, and Macquarie Capital, and as the Finance Director at Antero Resources Corporation. He holds an MSc degree, with Distinction, from Imperial College London and an MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.