Please join the KBH Center as it presents its Women in Energy Event. We will be joined by female panelists who have had successful careers in the energy industry. This year’s panelists include: Maria Dunn – Manager – Policy and Sustainability, Phillips 66, Lynne Hackedorn, Director of Government Affairs, Talos Energy Inc, Ann Kluppel – Manager, Midstream F&PA for Phillips 66, Suzanne Murray – Partner, Haynes & Boone LLP, and Lauren Woodward – Project Manager, Technology Strategy, Pioneer Natural Resources.

All students who are interested in learning about a career in the energy industry are welcome to attend.

The event will take place in RRH 3.406 on Thursday, March 28 from 4:00 – 7:00pm. We’d also like you to RSVP so we can get a head count (http://attend.com/kbhwie2019).  The idea is to have a panel discussion followed by some smaller breakouts and a reception.  The special guests are listed below.

 

 

Maria Dunn – Manager Policy and Sustainability, Phillips 66

Maria Dunn, Manager Policy & Sustainability, helps formulate Phillips 66’s view on external enterprise public policy issues, sustainability strategy and environmental-social-governance engagement.  She currently co-chairs permitting and social license to operate section of the National Petroleum Council study on major energy infrastructure projects.  Before her current role, Maria was a lawyer for the company where she managed matters ranging from M&A, litigation, commercial transactions, midstream and marketing operations, procurement and information technology. Maria has a passion for finding and connecting people and resources to solve business, legal and social problems, and has expertise in management of technical and legal matters affecting the energy industry, with an emphasis on collaboration strategy. She has led company-wide initiatives including human rights position, issues governance, corporate responsibility, data privacy and electronic discovery. Before joining Phillips 66 in 1997, Maria maintained a civil and criminal litigation practice in Illinois after her federal judicial clerkship. A graduate of University of Illinois law school and Boston College, Maria’s home is in Houston, Texas, with her husband and two increasingly-adult children.

 

Lynne Hackedorn – Director of Government Affairs, Talos Energy Inc

Lynne L. Hackedorn has over 35 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, most recently as a Land and Government Affairs Consultant for Marubeni Oil & Gas (USA).  She is looking forward to starting her new position as Director of Government Affairs at Talos Energy Inc. on April 1st.  Prior to joining Marubeni, she served as Vice President, Government and Public Affairs for Cobalt International Energy from 2010 through 2017. Ms. Hackedorn joined Cobalt in early 2006 as Land Manager, and was promoted to Vice President of Land in 2009.  In 2010, she transitioned into her Government and Public Affairs leadership role. From 2001 to early 2006, Ms. Hackedorn served as Senior Landman at Spinnaker Exploration Company, L.L.C., working the offshore Gulf of Mexico region. From 1998 to 2001, Ms. Hackedorn held both technical and management positions within the offshore Gulf of Mexico regions of the merged companies of Sonat Exploration GOM, Inc. and El Paso Production GOM, Inc. From 1994 to 1998, Ms. Hackedorn was an offshore Gulf of Mexico Landman with Zilkha Energy Company.  Ms. Hackedorn began her career as a Landman in 1984 at ARCO Oil and Gas Company, where she worked in the onshore South Texas region from 1984 until 1990, and then in the offshore Gulf of Mexico region from 1990 until 1994.

Ms. Hackedorn is a native Houstonian.  She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Land Management from the University of Houston Downtown, graduating Magna Cum Laude.

 

Ann Kluppel – Manager, Midstream F&PA for Phillips 66

Ann holds a BBA from the University of Texas and a MBA from the University of Houston. She has been with Phillips 66 for 17 years, where she has held a variety of roles within the Finance and Human Resources organizations. She is currently the Manager, Midstream F&PA in Houston. In addition, Ann is the UT McCombs School Business partner for Phillips66 and sits on the University of Texas Accounting Advisory Council. Ann holds a Texas CPA license and has both public accounting and other oil & gas industry experience.

 

Suzanne Murray- Partner, Haynes & Boone LLP

For more than 20 years, Suzanne Murray has enjoyed the practice of environmental law in the public and private sectors. She is a strategic thinker committed to achieving results who has experience as a member of the federal Senior Executive Service, as an in-house counsel and in large law firms in Texas and New York. Through this practice, Suzanne has proven results in all major areas of environmental law, and has built strong and productive relationships with State and Federal partners, the regulated community, environmental advocacy groups and communities which benefit her clients and help them achieve win-win outcomes in complex, multi-faceted environmental resolutions.

 

Lauren Woodward- Project Manager, Technology Strategy,

Pioneer Natural Resources

Professionally, Lauren is a Project Manager at Pioneer Natural Resources within the Technology Strategy team. In her role, she facilitates technology-based projects to further the technology culture and technology infrastructure at Pioneer. She previously held various roles within the Information Technology department. Lauren’s career began at Devon Energy in Oklahoma City in a Business Analyst role imbedded within the Land department. Outside of work, she is an avid volunteer with the Junior League of Dallas with her current placement being Habitat for Humanity. Lauren enjoys hosting themed gatherings with friends and family, traveling, reading, and staying active. Lauren earned her B.A. from The University of Oklahoma, majoring in both Management Information Systems and Entrepreneurship & Venture Management.