H. Kent Brock grew up in Lake Jackson, Texas, and entered The University of Texas at Austin in the fall of 1976. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in petroleum engineering with Highest Honors in 1980. Currently, he serves as president of Strand Energy, L.C., in Houston and is a registered Professional Engineer in… Read more

Kenneth Ford was born on the 2nd floor of a frame house in Alvin, Texas. He was the 2nd of four sons of Natalia Wellborn Ford and Henry Harrison Ford.* Soon the family moved to Houston and Kenny began to excel in sports and academics. Before attending UT Austin, he was a student at Exeter… Read more

C. Susan Howes, PE, PHR is president at Subsurface Consultants & Associates, LLC (SCA), where she is responsible for all facets of the company’s consulting, recruitment and training services business, including maintaining the highest technical quality standards. Susan joined SCA as VP of engineering in 2016. She was formerly a reservoir management consultant at Chevron,… Read more

Horacio Daniel Marin graduated with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the National University of La Plata with an overall average of 9.5. He was awarded his master’s degree in petroleum engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 1994, and in 2009 he participated in the Stanford University School of Business Executive… Read more

R. Graham Whaling serves as chairman of Headwaters Minerals, where he was a founding partner in 2016. Headwaters is currently managing three successful oil and gas mineral funds with operations in the Permian Basin of West Texas. Graham has had a long and distinguished career in the energy business and brings over 45 years of… Read more

Sanzhar Zharkeshov was born in 1986 in the Karaganda region of Kazakhstan. He graduated from the Kazakh University of Economics, Finance and International Trade with a degree in finance in 2009 and from The University of Texas at Austin with a degree in petroleum engineering in 2010. Sanzhar is a highly experienced executive in the… Read more

David Baldwin joined SCF Partners in 1991 and currently is responsible for the firm’s energy transition initiatives. In this role, he oversees SCF’s energy transition strategy, including identifying new platform investments and helping SCF’s existing companies develop exposure to new energy growth markets. Previously, he was co-president of the firm, and led SCF’s efforts financing… Read more

Yogashri Pradhan is a reservoir engineer for Coterra. At Coterra, she is involved with field development planning in the Delaware Basin unconventional reservoirs. Prior to that, she worked as a reservoir engineer at Endeavor Energy Resources. At Endeavor, she was involved with field development planning for unconventionals in the Midland Basin. Most recently, she was… Read more

Kamy Sepehrnoori is a Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering professor at The University of Texas at Austin, where he holds the Texaco Centennial Chair in Petroleum Engineering. He has been teaching at UT Austin since 1981 and has graduated more than 250 MS and PhD students under his supervision. Read more

Dr. Irwin Harold “Hal” Silberberg (1926–2021) entered The University of Texas at Austin in 1943. After earning his BS in chemical engineering, he continued as a graduate student. His mentor in the doctoral program was Dr. John McKetta, who became a lifelong friend. Hal, known for his wit, liked to joke that he entered grad… Read more