2025 Speakers
The speaker lineup for the 2025 Permian Energy Dialogues is coming soon! While we finalize this year’s distinguished experts, take a look at the 2024 speakers who shared their insights on the most pressing issues in the Permian Basin. Stay tuned for updates on the leaders and innovators joining us in 2025.

Dr Taimur (Taim) Shaikh
Senior Policy Advisor - Energy
Environmental Protection Agency Region 6

Melanie A. Kenderdine
Cabinet Secretary Designate
New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD)

Catarina Gonzales
Commissioner
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Shankar Annamalai
SVP Emissions Technologies and Permian Geomarket
ChampionX

Caroline Alden
Co-Founder and Chief Scientist
LongPath Technologies

Stefanie Asher
Permian Realization Manager
ExxonMobil

Melanie Barnes
New Mexico State Director
Bureau of Land Management

Greg Bloom
Assistant Commissioner of Mineral Resources
New Mexico State Land Office

Birlie Bourgeois
Asset Manager – Permian New Mexico and East Texas
Chevron

Scott Buechler
New Mexico Production Manager
ExxonMobil

Tracey Cameron
Consultant
Ceres

Steve Coffee
President
Produced Water Society

Steve Cole
EVP and Partner
Five Point Energy

Missi Currier
President and CEO
New Mexico Oil & Gas Association

Chris Davis
Senior Vice President
Milestone Carbon

Molly Determan
President
Energy Workforce & Technology Council

Andrea Felix
Senior Policy Advisor
New Mexico Oil & Gas Association

Jeff Hammad
Chief Commercial Officer
Golden Pass LNG

Mike Hightower
Program Director
New Mexico Produced Water Research Consortium

Holly Hopkins
Vice President - Upstream Policy
API

Chris Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Agrellus

Kris Kindrick
Senior Vice President - Commercial
Kinetik

Sydney Lienemann
Deputy Director
New Mexico Environment Department

Dr. Tami McMullin
Director, Applied Public Health
CTEH, LLC

Tim Novick
President and CEO
Ecotec

Debra Richmond
Director of Strategic Initiatives
Permian Strategic Partnership

Josh Schmidt
Partner
Juniper Capital

Martina Sittler
VP Engineering & Construction
Targa Resources

Justin Smiley
Director, SPS Customer Relations
Xcel Energy

Michael Smith
Managing Director
Permian Road Safety Coalition

Mike Smith
Senior Environmental Policy Advisor
Devon Energy

Kathy Steerman
Director of Air Programs
Civitas

Tiffany Wallace
Manager Policy & External Affairs US Lower 48
Oxy

Brian Woodard
Director, Government & Regulatory Affairs
Mewbourne Oil Company

Ted Wooten
Chief Engineer
Railroad Commission of Texas