Dylan Bramhall
Group Chief Financial Officer - Energy Transfer LP

Mr. Bramhall has served as Executive Vice President and Group Chief Financial Officer of the general partner of Energy Transfer LP (“Energy Transfer”) since November 2022 and currently is also Chief Financial Officer of Sunoco LP’s general partner.

Bramhall joined Energy Transfer in 2015 as a result of its merger with Regency Energy Partners and is responsible for oversight of the Energy Transfer’s Financial Planning and Analysis, Credit and Commodity Risk Management, Insurance, Cash Management, Capital Markets, Accounting, Financial Reporting and Investor Relations groups. He also serves as a member of Energy Transfer’s Risk Oversight Committee. While at Regency, Bramhall held management positions in the finance, risk, commercial and operations groups.

Bramhall holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance and Master of Business Administration in finance and operations management, both from the University of Iowa.

Gus Faucher
Senior Vice President & Chief Economist – PNC Bank

Augustine (Gus) Faucher is senior vice president and chief economist of The PNC Financial Services Group, serving as the principal spokesperson on all economic issues for PNC.

Prior to joining PNC as senior macroeconomist in December 2011, Faucher worked for 10 years at Moody’s Analytics (formerly Economy.com), where he was a director and senior economist. He was responsible for running the firm’s computer model of the U.S. economy, edited a monthly publication on the U.S. economic outlook, covered fiscal and monetary policy, and analyzed various regional economies. Previously, he worked for six years at the U.S. Treasury Department and taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was named senior vice president in March 2015, deputy chief economist in February 2016, and to his current role in April 2017.

Faucher is frequently cited in international, national, and regional media outlets including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. He has appeared on ABC World News, CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News and Nightly Business Report, and is regularly featured on CNBC and CNN. In addition, he appears regularly on CBS Radio, NPR and Marketplace.

He serves on the board of directors of The Economic Club of Pittsburgh - the local chapter of National Association of Business Economics (NABE), the of Veterans Place of Washington Boulevard and is on the Tocqueville Committee of the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania.

Faucher earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania, with concentrations in labor economics and public economics. He also has a B. A. in economics from Cornell University.

Michael Llanos
Director, Midstream & Refining - S&P Global Ratings

Michael Llanos is a Director in the North American Energy Infrastructure ratings group at S&P Global Ratings. Michael joined the team in January of 2010 and is responsible for analyzing credit risk for midstream energy companies and refiners. Michael is also responsible for chairing credit committees.

Michael joined S&P Global in 2006 where he was responsible for assessing the credit risk of portfolios for over 30 collateral managers.

Before joining S&P Global, Michael worked as an analyst at Reuters Loan Pricing Corporation where he provided third party pricing for loans in the syndicated loan market.

Michael holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance & Investments from Baruch College.

Moderator: Colin Warman – Managing Director, Midstream, Refining & Marketing – PNC Bank

M. Colin Warman is a founding member of PNC Bank’s Energy Group. For 15 years, he has developed and maintained PNC’s industry-leading lending and capital markets practice with midstream, refining and marketing firms throughout the US and Canada. In addition, Colin previously worked for Wells Fargo and HSBC, and he earned an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University.

Steven Lowenthal
Co- Chief Executive Officer - Frontier Carbon Solutions, LLC

An experienced energy investment professional, Steven leads the business development efforts of Frontier Carbons Solutions. Steven has spent more than 13 years focused on public and private investment strategies.

Prior to co-founding Frontier, Steven most recently served as a VP at Riverstone Credit Partners (RCP), a $2B AUM diversified energy credit strategy, and the credit and capital markets affiliate of Riverstone Holdings, a $39B energy-focused alternative asset manager. He was the fifth employee at RCP where he was responsible for originating, underwriting, and executing direct credit and equity investments in energy and power companies. He led the liquid secondary trading strategy for RCP where he helped identify, structure, and execute trades across term debt, bonds, equity, and revolvers.

Prior to RCP, he focused on direct lending in the energy and infrastructure space via secured and mezzanine loans at PennantPark Investment Advisors, a $2B asset manager.

Steven began his career as an investment banking analyst at Nomura Securities, specializing in natural resources leveraged finance. He holds a B.A. from Columbia University.

Robby Rockey
President and Co-Chief Executive Officer - Frontier Carbon Solutions, LLC

With more than 18 years of sourcing and evaluating acquisition opportunities, Robby puts his experience to work as President and COO of Frontier Carbon Solutions. He has evaluated, marketed and unsolicited transactions ranging from $500K-$1B in every major oil and gas basin in North America.

Most recently, he served as EVP of corporate development, co-head of M&A and a member of the valuation and investment committees at Fleur de Lis Energy. Robby led the underwriting, acquisition, and integration of the firm’s largest transaction, a $703MM package of CO2 EOR assets in the Rockies which included upstream, midstream, and power components. Additionally, he was responsible for strategic direction of the firm’s A&D and oversight of the firm’s operations, corporate exploitation, and investor relations teams.

Prior to Fleur de Lis, Robby served in operations and business development roles with UOGG, LLC and Merit Energy Company.

He holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Oklahoma, a M.S. in finance from The University of Texas at Dallas and is a member of the University of Wyoming’s EORI Technical Advisory Board.

Moderator: Scott Peters, Managing Director - Tailwater Capital LLC

Mr. Peters joined Tailwater Capital in September 2013 and is responsible for deal sourcing, transaction execution and portfolio oversight. He currently serves as a Director of Frontier Carbon Solutions, Pivotal Petroleum Partners, and Pivotal Royalties Partners.

Mr. Peters has over 14 years of experience in energy private equity and investment banking. Prior to joining Tailwater, Mr. Peters was an Analyst at Raymond James & Associates where he focused on public capital raises and M&A advisory work within the energy industry. Mr. Peters graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Alabama with a BBA in Finance and Accounting.

Alan Armstrong
President & Chief Executive Officer – Williams

Alan Armstrong became President and Chief Executive Officer of Williams in January 2011. During his tenure, Williams has expanded its reach, currently handling one third of all U.S. natural gas volumes, through gathering, processing, transportation and storage services.

Prior to being named CEO, Armstrong led the company’s North American midstream and olefins businesses through a period of growth and expansion as Senior Vice President – Midstream. Previously, Mr. Armstrong served as Vice President of Gathering and Processing from 1999 to 2002; Vice President of Commercial Development from 1998 to 1999; Vice President of Retail Energy Services from 1997 to 1998 and Director of Commercial Operations for the company’s midstream business in the Gulf Coast region from 1995 to 1997. He joined Williams in 1986 as an engineer.

Armstrong serves on the board of the American Petroleum Institute and is a member of the President’s National Infrastructure Advisory Council. He serves as Chair of the National Petroleum Council and in 2019 chaired the Council’s Energy Infrastructure Study on Changing Dynamics of Oil & Gas Infrastructure. Armstrong is a member of the Business Roundtable, The Business Council and serves on the Board of Directors of BOK Financial Corporation.

Additionally, Armstrong serves on the boards of several education-focused organizations including Chair of the Board for Junior Achievement, USA, 3DE and the Board of Trustees for The University of Oklahoma Foundation. Armstrong is also a member of the boards of The Williams Foundation and Gilcrease Museum. He is a member of the Distinguished Graduates Society of the Gallogly College of Engineering, University of Oklahoma.

Armstrong graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1985 with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.

Moderator: Gabriel Moreen, Managing Director - Mizuho Securities

Gabe Moreen joined Mizuho in August 2018 as a senior analyst based in New York, covering the MLP, Midstream Energy & Gas Utility sector.

Prior to Mizuho, Gabe worked at Deutsche Bank, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) and JP Morgan Securities. At BAML, Gabe was responsible for covering over ninety midstream energy and utility securities and published the widely-followed weekly MLP Maven, a report on trends in the energy MLP sector. Gabe has been named to the Institutional Investor’s All-America Research Team nine times.

He is a graduate of Princeton University with an A.B. in Politics.

John Zoeller
Vice President & Treasurer - Westlake Corporation

John Zoeller is Vice President and Treasurer at Westlake, where he is responsible for overseeing treasury operations, corporate finance, and cash management. Prior to assuming his current role, he served as Chief Accounting Officer at Westlake, leading the company’s accounting and financial reporting functions.

Before joining Westlake, Mr. Zoeller spent over 16 years at KPMG, where he was a Partner focused on audit and advisory services for energy and industrial clients. Earlier in his career, he worked as an Audit Senior at Arthur Andersen & Co.

Mr. Zoeller received a Master of Accountancy and a Bachelor of Accountancy from the University of Mississippi.

Moderator: Spiro Dounis, Director, Midstream Analyst – Citi

Spiro Dounis is a Director at Citi, covering the Midstream energy sector. He joined Citi in September 2022 after leading Midstream coverage at Credit Suisse. Mr. Dounis has over a decade of experience covering the energy sector in various capacities and has been ranked by Institutional Investor for his research.

Prior to his time at Credit Suisse, Mr. Dounis led coverage of the Refining and Shipping sectors at UBS and served as a member of the MLP team at J.P. Morgan, where he led upstream MLP coverage. Earlier in his career, he covered the U.S. Metals & Mining sector at UBS Investment Bank.

Mr. Dounis earned his B.S. magna cum laude in Accounting from Fairfield University, where he was a member of Beta Gamma Sigma and Beta Alpha Psi. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a CFA charterholder. He resides in Garden City with his wife Michelle and two children.

Jamie Welch
Chief Executive Officer – Kinetik Holdings, Inc.

Mr. Welch has served as the Chief Executive Officer, President and as a member of the Board of Directors since February 2022.

Prior to February 2022, he served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of BCP Raptor Holdco GP, LLC, the general partner of BCP, a position he held since May 2021. From April 2019, he was President and CEO and before then was President and CFO. Prior to February 2022, he served as director of BCP Raptor Holdco GP, LLC since June 2017. Mr. Welch has served as a Senior Advisor to Blackstone Energy Partners since July 2016. Prior to joining Blackstone and BCP Raptor Holdco GP, LLC, he was the Group Chief Financial Officer and Head of Business Development for the Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. family from June 2013 to February 2016. Mr. Welch also served on the Board of Directors of Energy Transfer Equity, L.P., Energy Transfer Partners and Sunoco Logistics. Before joining Energy Transfer Equity, L.P., Mr. Welch was Head of the EMEA Investment Banking Department and Head of the Global Energy Group at Credit Suisse. He was also a member of the Investment Banking Division Global Management Committee and the EMEA Operating Committee. Mr. Welch joined Credit Suisse First Boston in 1997 from Lehman Brothers Inc. in New York, where he was a Senior Vice President in the global utilities and project finance group. Prior to that he was an attorney in New York with Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and a barrister and solicitor with Minter Ellison in Melbourne, Australia.

Mr. Welch received a Bachelor of Laws and a Diploma of Legal Practice from Queensland University of Technology.

Moderator: Gabriel Moreen, Managing Director - Mizuho Securities

Gabe Moreen joined Mizuho in August 2018 as a senior analyst based in New York, covering the MLP, Midstream Energy & Gas Utility sector.

Prior to Mizuho, Gabe worked at Deutsche Bank, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) and JP Morgan Securities. At BAML, Gabe was responsible for covering over ninety midstream energy and utility securities and published the widely-followed weekly MLP Maven, a report on trends in the energy MLP sector. Gabe has been named to the Institutional Investor’s All-America Research Team nine times.

He is a graduate of Princeton University with an A.B. in Politics.

Boran Buturovic
Director, Portfolio Manager, Energy Infrastructure Equities – Brookfield Asset Management

Boran Buturovic is a Portfolio Manager on the Public Securities Group’s Energy Infrastructure Equities team. In this role, he oversees and contributes to the portfolio construction process, including execution of buy/sell decisions.

Prior to joining the firm in 2014, he was an Associate with UBS Investment Bank, focusing on midstream and MLPs. Boran holds a CPA license in the state of Texas and he earned Bachelor of Business Administration and Master in Professional Accounting degrees from The University of Texas at Austin.

Erikhans Kok
Senior Partner, Houston - McKinsey & Company

Erikhans Kok is a senior partner in McKinsey & Company’s Houston office and serves as the global co-leader of the firm’s Capital Excellence practice. With over 20 years of experience across the energy and materials sectors, Erikhans specializes in managing and optimizing large-scale capital projects. His expertise includes business case validation, cost and schedule optimization, contracting strategies, and project execution.

Erikhans holds an MBA in Finance and Organization from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, as well as master’s degrees in Political Science from the University of Amsterdam and Business Administration from Erasmus University Rotterdam. With a focus on practical solutions and long-term impact, Erikhans brings a thoughtful and collaborative approach to navigating the challenges of capital-intensive industries.

Harrison Little
Partner, Deputy Co-Head and Director of Research - Kayne Anderson

Harrison Little is a partner, deputy co-head and director of research of Kayne Anderson’s energy infrastructure strategies, where he will lead the group’s public company research efforts in addition to assuming broad portfolio management responsibilities.

Prior to rejoining Kayne Anderson in 2023, Little was a partner and director of research for Decade Renewable Partners, an energy-specific hedge fund co-founded by Little in 2021. Prior to co-founding Decade, Little spent four years at Citadel, investing across the energy value chain, including renewables, infrastructure, upstream and integrated energy companies.

Little was a member of Kayne Anderson’s energy infrastructure group from 2012 – 2015. Little began his career in investment banking as an analyst at Jefferies.

Little earned his bachelor’s degrees in Business Honors and Plan II at the University of Texas at Austin as well as an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Oscar Brown
Director, President & Chief Executive Officer - Western Midstream Partners, LP

Oscar K. Brown has served as a Director and President and Chief Executive Officer of the general partner of Western Midstream Partners, LP since October 2024. Additionally, he served as director of our general partner’s board of directors since August 2019 and Chairman of the ESG committee of the Board of Directors until his appointment to President and CEO.

From April 2022 until June 2024, Mr. Brown served as Chief Financial Officer of FREYR Battery, which provides industrial scale clean battery solutions to reduce global emissions. Prior to FREYR, Mr. Brown was an executive at Occidental Petroleum from 2016 to 2020. He has also worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he served as managing director and co-head of Americas Energy Investment Banking, as well as Barclays Capital, Lehman Brothers, Credit Suisse First Boston and PNC Bank. He has more than 25 years of energy and industrial banking experience in 25 countries. From 2017-2019, Mr. Brown served as Occidental Petroleum’s designated representative on the board of directors of Plains All-American Pipeline’s governing entity, PAA GP Holdings LLC (NYSE: PAA and PAGP).

He has served on the boards of Houston’s Alley Theatre, Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas, The Children’s Fund, Inc. and Plains All American Pipeline LP and Plains GP Holdings LP, Junior Achievement of SE Texas and The Children’s Fund, Inc. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, he holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and Marketing.


Moderator: Gabriel Moreen, Managing Director - Mizuho Securities

Gabe Moreen joined Mizuho in August 2018 as a senior analyst based in New York, covering the MLP, Midstream Energy & Gas Utility sector.

Prior to Mizuho, Gabe worked at Deutsche Bank, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) and JP Morgan Securities. At BAML, Gabe was responsible for covering over ninety midstream energy and utility securities and published the widely-followed weekly MLP Maven, a report on trends in the energy MLP sector. Gabe has been named to the Institutional Investor’s All-America Research Team nine times.

He is a graduate of Princeton University with an A.B. in Politics.

Gage Dwan
Senior Energy Analyst, Crude - East Daley Analytics

Gage Dwan is an Energy Analyst at East Daley Analytics, where he focuses on midstream capital markets and crude analytics. He leverages data analysis, financial modeling, and industry research to deliver insights on the financial performance of energy companies and market trends across the energy sector.

Before assuming his current role, Mr. Dwan interned with East Daley’s Equity Research team and previously held a credit internship at CrossFirst Bank. His work reflects a deep interest in the intersection of energy, economics, and geopolitics.

Mr. Dwan earned his B.S.B.A. in Finance from the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business, where he also studied abroad at the Prague University of Economics and Business.

Nigel Gorbold
Vice President of Commercial & Consulting – East Daley Analytics

Nigel Gorbold is the Vice President of Commercial & Consulting at East Daley Analytics in Denver, CO. East Daley specializes in North American commodity market fundamentals and energy infrastructure analysis. Since joining East Daley in 2021, Nigel has extensive experience in leveraging infrastructure data and analysis for M&A transactions, market studies, and commercial due diligence for both public and private investments. With over 15 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, Nigel has a diverse background that includes upstream and midstream developments across multiple U.S. basins and international operations in the North Sea, Middle East, and Deepwater West Africa.

Nigel holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado. Living in Colorado, Nigel enjoys spending as much time as possible outdoors skiing and camping with his wife and kids.

Zach Krause
Senior Energy Analyst - East Daley Analytics

Zachary Krause is an Energy Analyst at East Daley Analytics, where he provides micro- and macro-level insights on trends and developments across the midstream oil and gas sector. He draws on a multidisciplinary background in policy, economics, and commodity analytics to support strategic decision-making within the energy industry.

Prior to joining East Daley, Mr. Krause served as a researcher with the Payne Institute for Public Policy at Colorado School of Mines, where he focused on mineral supply chains critical to the energy transition.

Mr. Krause earned his M.S. in Natural Resources and Energy Policy and a Certificate in Resource Commodity Analytics from Colorado School of Mines. He holds a B.A. in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Brown University, where he competed as a two-time NCAA Division I Wrestling Team Captain.

Julian Renton
NGL Analyst - East Daley Analytics

Julian Renton is an NGL Analyst at East Daley Analytics, where he focuses on the natural gas liquids (NGL) market, including ethane, propane, butanes, and C5+ streams. He analyzes infrastructure, pricing, and export dynamics to develop strategic insights connecting production trends with global markets and capital flows. His commentary on international propane trade and energy policy has been featured in The Wall Street Journal.

Prior to joining East Daley, Mr. Renton held roles in software development and bioinformatics research, applying advanced data systems and predictive modeling to scientific problems. He brings a data-driven mindset to energy market intelligence, with a focus on turning complex information into actionable insights.

Mr. Renton earned his B.S. in Computer Science from Ohio University, where he participated in the Honors Program and Ohio Men of Excellence. He holds multiple credentials in business analysis and market fundamentals from Wharton and Rice University.

Daniel Eggers
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer - Constellation Energy Corporation

Daniel L. Eggers is the executive vice president and chief financial officer for Constellation. In this role, he is responsible for leading the execution of all financial activities for the Constellation business. He serves on the Constellation Executive Committee, which sets strategy and direction for the company. Constellation is the nation’s largest supplier of clean energy with more than 32,400 megawatts of generating capacity from nuclear, wind, solar, natural gas and hydro assets. The company produces about 10 percent of America’s emissions-free energy, making it a leader in addressing the climate crisis and an indispensable partner to businesses and state and local governments with carbon-reduction goals.

Eggers also co-leads Constellation’s data center customer business development initiatives, working to ensure that the company’s clean energy centers are poised to power the AI boom. He was named to Institutional Investor’s “Best CFO” rankings for the utilities sector in 2023 and 2024.

Previously, Eggers served as senior vice president of Corporate Finance for Exelon Corporation, where he led Exelon’s management of investor relations, treasury, corporate planning, corporate financial operations, and insurance. He and his team served as a key interface between Exelon and the financial community, including investors and rating agencies, and were responsible for communicating the company’s financial, strategic, operation and regulatory goals and results. He also served on Exelon’s Executive Committee.

Eggers joined Exelon in 2016 as senior vice president of investor relations. In that role, he developed and managed strategy and message content for external financial communications including earnings materials and other investor presentations. He served as the primary interface with Exelon’s institutional investors and 21 sell-side analysts. In 2018, Eggers was named a top IR professional in the utilities sector by Institutional Investor.

Prior to joining Exelon, Eggers was a managing director at Credit Suisse in the Investment Banking division, based in New York. Eggers served as a member of the Equity Research department where he covered regulated utility, integrated power and independent power producer stocks, including Exelon. He also served as co-head of U.S. Energy Research and had macro coverage responsibilities for the power sector as well as wind energy and carbon policy. Over his 18-year career at Credit Suisse, Eggers also held roles in equity research covering other energy related sectors.

Eggers serves on the board of director of Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, an organization committed to ensuring that the downtown experience is safe, hospitable and memorable. He also serves as an advisory board member with FM Global, a commercial property insurance firm. Additionally, Eggers is on the Constellation Foundation which was established to expand the company’s philanthropic mission and further its commitment to investing long term in the communities it serves.

Eggers received a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Texas Christian University and received the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2000. He also completed the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Reactor Technology Course in 2023.

Nigel Gorbold
Vice President of Commercial & Consulting – East Daley Analytics

Nigel Gorbold is the Vice President of Commercial & Consulting at East Daley Analytics in Denver, CO. East Daley specializes in North American commodity market fundamentals and energy infrastructure analysis. Since joining East Daley in 2021, Nigel has extensive experience in leveraging infrastructure data and analysis for M&A transactions, market studies, and commercial due diligence for both public and private investments. With over 15 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, Nigel has a diverse background that includes upstream and midstream developments across multiple U.S. basins and international operations in the North Sea, Middle East, and Deepwater West Africa.

Nigel holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado. Living in Colorado, Nigel enjoys spending as much time as possible outdoors skiing and camping with his wife and kids.


Jeff Miers
Director, Global Energy – Amazon Web Services

Jeff Miers is the Global Director of Partnerships and Alliances for the Energy & Utilities Industry Business Unit (IBU) at Amazon Web Services (AWS), based in Houston. At AWS Jeff works with traditional oil and gas, renewable energy producers, and utility customers and partners on solutions to key business and operational challenges. Prior to joining AWS, Jeff was a Managing Director at Accenture where he spent 27 years leading consulting and systems implementation projects with clients through all aspects of the energy industry, including upstream, downstream, oilfield services, deregulated gas and power. Jeff serves as a member of the board of directors for Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas, Spring Spirit and the Galveston Bay Foundation, and previously served on the board of the Houston Golf Association.

Jeff holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin with highest honors.

Moderator: Robert Keehan, Partner and Global Chief Auditor - PwC

Robert Keehan has 37 years of experience at PwC serving multiple Fortune 250 clients in the global energy, utility, and renewables sectors. He also assumed management responsibilities for both high-growth geographic and energy sector practices with revenues in excess of $1B. Robert has also been asked to lead initiatives at PwC related to technology, AI, ESG, risk management, and quality improvement that required building consensus across the Firm’s global network and with regulators.

Robert received a Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting, from Texas A&M University.

Michael Hauswirth
Principal, Mergers & Acquisitions National Tax Practice - PwC

Michael Hauswirth is a Principal in PwC’s national M&A tax practice, based in Washington, D.C., where he focuses on all aspects of partnership taxation. He advises clients on complex tax matters related to mergers, acquisitions, and structuring issues, drawing on both private sector and government experience.

Before joining PwC in 2013, Mr. Hauswirth spent five years in senior tax policy roles on Capitol Hill, serving as Democratic Tax Counsel for the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means and as Legislation Counsel for the Joint Committee on Taxation. Earlier in his career, he was a Partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and an Associate at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP.

Mr. Hauswirth earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School, his M.A. in German Studies from Duke University, and his B.A. in History and German Language and Literature from Northwestern University.

Curt Wimberly
Counsel, Tax - Vinson & Elkins LLP

Curt Wimberly advises clients on U.S. federal income tax matters related to domestic and international transactions. His practice includes the formation of inbound and outbound cross-border structures, master limited partnerships (MLPs), joint ventures, “Up-Cs,” IPO vehicles, and private equity structures. He also counsels clients on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), capital markets transactions, and cross-border restructurings.

Mr. Wimberly received his J.D. and LL.M. in Taxation with distinction from Georgetown University Law Center and his M.P.A. and B.B.A. in Accounting from The University of Texas at Austin. He has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America© as “Ones to Watch” in Tax Law (Houston) from 2023 to 2025. He is a member of the American Bar Association’s Tax Section and is admitted to practice in Texas, the District of Columbia, and before the U.S. Tax Court.

Lori Ziebart
President & Chief Executive Officer - Energy Infrastructure Council

Lori Ziebart is President and CEO of the Energy Infrastructure Council (EIC), a national trade association dedicated to promoting investment in America’s energy infrastructure. In consultation with the EIC Board, she leads the organization’s operations and directs outreach to policymakers, the investment community, and the public to highlight the critical role that energy infrastructure companies and master limited partnerships (MLPs) play in the U.S. economy. She previously served as Executive Director of EIC’s predecessor - the Master Limited Partnership Association (MLPA) - where she led its legislative and regulatory outreach efforts.

Ziebart brings extensive experience at the intersection of government, business, and energy policy. Earlier in her career, she spent several years on Capitol Hill, including as Tax Counsel to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. Ziebart also held senior government affairs positions at El Paso Corporation and Goldman Sachs in Washington, DC and New York, including serving as Vice President of Government Affairs and then as a Vice President in the Alternative Energy Investing Group of the Special Situations Group (SSG). Additional private sector experience includes practicing law at Vinson & Elkins and working in the Washington National Tax Office at KPMG. Ziebart is a Partner at Ziebart Consulting LLC and serves on the Board of Directors at GLAMSQUAD.

Ms. Ziebart earned her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and her B.A. in Politics and History from Mount Holyoke College, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

David Cecere
Partner – Tailwater Capital, L.L.C.

Mr. Cecere joined Tailwater Capital at inception and is responsible for deal sourcing, transaction execution, and portfolio oversight. He serves on the boards of Blue Tide Environmental, Continuus Materials, Cureton Midstream, Freestone Acquisition Corp, Pivotal Petroleum Partners, Pivotal Royalties Partners, and Renovo Resources.

Mr. Cecere has over 16 years of experience advising and financing companies in the energy industry. Prior to joining Tailwater, Mr. Cecere was an Associate with HM Capital where his primary responsibilities included evaluating, executing, and monitoring investments in the energy portfolio. Mr. Cecere joined HM Capital from Merrill Lynch and Co., where he worked as an Analyst providing capital raising and M&A advisory services for midstream companies. Mr. Cecere earned an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Texas at Austin with a BBA in Finance and a BA in Plan II Honors.

Moderator: Elvira Scotto, Managing Director, Equity Analyst - Energy Infrastructure - RBC Capital Markets

Elvira Scotto, CFA, is a Managing Director and Equity Research Analyst at RBC Capital Markets, where she leads coverage of U.S. energy infrastructure and master limited partnerships (MLPs). Ms. Scotto brings extensive experience in financial modeling, valuation, and company-level and macroeconomic research across the energy, consumer, healthcare, technology, and industrial sectors.

Prior to joining RBC in 2011, she held equity research roles at Credit Suisse, Banc of America Securities, and Needham & Company.

Ms. Scotto earned her M.B.A. in Finance from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and her B.A. in Economics from Fordham University. She is a CFA charterholder.

Max Harris
Managing Director - EIV Capital

Max Harris joined EIV Capital in 2015 and currently serves as a managing director. He is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, structuring, executing and monitoring the firm’s investments.

Prior to EIV Capital, Max worked as a private equity associate at Riverstone Holdings, where he focused on capital investments in the upstream, midstream and power generation sectors. His responsibilities included evaluation of new investments, portfolio company monitoring, industry research, transaction structuring and execution. He also served as an investment banking analyst in the natural resources group of Barclays, where he focused on mergers, acquisitions and capital market transactions for companies involved in the upstream and midstream oil and gas sectors.

Max earned his B.B.A. degree in finance and accounting with a minor in energy technology and management, graduating with honors from the Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University.

Chris Joseph
Managing Director, Blackstone Credit

Chris Joseph is a Managing Director with Blackstone Credit. He is involved with originating and executing upon investments in the energy, energy transition, and sustainability sectors.

Before joining Blackstone Credit, Mr. Joseph worked in the Global Natural Resources Investment Banking group at Goldman Sachs, where he advised on mergers and acquisitions and debt and equity capital raises for companies within the energy and energy transition sectors. Prior to that, Mr. Joseph began his career at Lehman Brothers in the Fixed Income Division.

Mr. Joseph received a BA in Economics from Cornell University and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Moderator: Nick Dhesi, Managing Partner of Houston Office - Latham & Watkins LLP

Nick Dhesi, Managing Partner of the Houston office, advises clients on strategic mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, and structured investments. He serves as a trusted advisor to boards of directors, senior leadership teams, and companies on complex, high-profile transactions, including public and private M&A, IPOs, preferred financings, high-yield debt offerings, spin-offs, take-private transactions, and SPAC, Up-C, and carve-out transactions.

Mr. Dhesi brings deep cross-disciplinary experience and seasoned leadership to complex deals, providing strategic guidance on post-transaction corporate governance, shareholder activism, and crisis management. Nationally recognized as a thought leader, he is a frequent speaker at conferences and webcasts and serves on the advisory boards of the Institute for Energy Law and the Houston chapter of the Texas General Counsel Forum.

Mr. Dhesi received his J.D. with honors from The University of Texas at Austin, where he served as Administrative Editor of the Texas Law Review, and his B.A. magna cum laude from Cornell University. He is admitted to practice in California and Texas.

Carlin Conner
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer – IMTT

Carlin Conner has more than 28 years of experience in the midstream industry, including executive level experience gained through his leadership with SemGroup Corporation and Oiltanking. He also has substantial board experience related to the management and oversight of publicly traded corporations and master limited partnerships.

In 2000, Carlin joined a subsidiary of Oiltanking GmbH, a Germany based independent worldwide storage provider of crude oil, refined petroleum products and liquid chemicals. During his nearly 14 years with Oiltanking and its affiliates, he focused on international business development and operations and strategy, while serving in various leadership roles. From 2012 to 2014, Carlin served as global managing director of Oiltanking, and chairman of the board of directors of the general partner of Oiltanking Partners, L.P., a publicly traded master limited partnership engaged in independent terminaling, storage and transportation of crude oil, refined petroleum products and liquefied petroleum gas, from 2011 to 2014. From 2012 to 2014, he served as an executive board member of Marquardt & Bahls, AG, the parent company of Oiltanking, where he was instrumental in defining a new strategy for the energy supply, trading, and logistics business across Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa.

From April 2014 to January 2020, Carlin was president, chief executive officer and a director of the board of directors of SemGroup Corporation, a publicly traded company engaged in gathering, transportation, storage, distribution, marketing and other midstream services, primarily in the US and Canada. He also served as chairman of the board of directors, president and chief executive officer of Rose Rock Midstream, a publicly traded MLP and subsidiary of SemGroup from 2014 to 2016. Carlin served as a senior advisor of Riverstone Holdings from April 2020 until his appointment as CEO of IMTT in March 2021.

Carlin is actively involved in various community and philanthropic initiatives, serving on the board of directors of the following: Tulsa Regional Chamber, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa Innovation Lab, Cascia Hall Preparatory School, and the Indian Nations Council of Boy Scouts.

Carlin received his B.S. in Environmental Science from McNeese State University.


Moderator: PJ Carini, Managing Director (Energy & Power) - Wells Fargo Securities

PJ Carini is a Managing Director in the Energy & Power Corporate Banking group at Wells Fargo Securities. PJ has over 16 years of experience in the Energy Sector with a focus on the Midstream / Downstream and LNG sectors and has held various leadership roles within the organization and the Energy Group

He is located in Houston, Texas and earned his Finance and Marketing degree from Texas Tech University graduating with Summa Cum Laude honors.

D. Bradley Childers
Chief Executive Officer - Archrock, Inc.

Brad Childers has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since December 2011, after serving as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer since November 2011. He also served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Archrock GP LLC, the managing general partner of Archrock Partners, L.P., a master limited partnership in which Archrock owned an equity interest (the “Partnership”) from November 2011 until the Partnership’s merger into a wholly-owned subsidiary of Archrock, Inc. in April 2018. Mr. Childers served as Senior Vice President from August 2007 through November 2011. He served as an officer, including as President, North America of Exterran Energy Solutions, L.P., a predecessor subsidiary, from March 2008 through November 2011, and as Senior Vice President of the Partnership from June 2006 through November 2011.

Mr. Childers joined Universal Compression Holdings, Inc., a predecessor company, in 2002 and served in a number of management positions, including as Senior Vice President and as President of the International Division of Universal Compression, Inc. (Universal’s wholly owned subsidiary). He held various positions with Occidental Petroleum Corporation (an international oil and gas exploration and production company) and its subsidiaries from 1994 to 2002. He also serves as an officer of certain other Archrock subsidiaries.

Mr. Childers holds a B.A. from Claremont McKenna College and a J.D. from the University of Southern California.


Moderator: Selman Akyol, Managing Director, Energy & Power – Stifel

Selman Akyol joined Stifel in 1999. Selman is a Managing Director in the Energy & Power sector, covering Energy Infrastructure-MLPs.

Selman’s past accolades include ranking #1 and #2 in earnings estimates for multiple Financial Times/StarMine Awards and The Wall Street Journal’s Best on the Street Survey Awards. Selman has been an analyst for more than 20 years. He was previously an analyst at Johnson Research & Capital, a staff accountant at Edison Brothers Stores, and an account executive at PaineWebber.

Selman earned an MBA from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Alisha Adatia
Managing Director - EIV Capital, LLC

Alisha Adatia joined EIV Capital in 2017 and currently serves as a managing director. She is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, structuring, executing and monitoring the firm’s investments.

Prior to EIV Capital, Alisha worked as an investment banking associate and vice president in Wells Fargo Securities Energy & Power Group, where she focused on the midstream and upstream sectors of the oil and gas industry. She also focused on mergers and acquisitions, debt, and equity engagements for privately held and publicly traded organizations. Prior to Wells Fargo, Alisha worked as a powertrain engineer for Toyota Motor Europe’s research and development group.

Alisha earned her B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Waterloo, M.S. in automotive engineering from Cranfield University, and M.B.A. from Carnegie Mellon University.

Suzanne Clevenger
Partner, Energy Regulation - Vinson & Elkins LLP

Suzanne Clevenger counsels clients on regulatory and commercial matters involving midstream assets, with a focus on compliance with FERC regulatory requirements. She advises clients on the development of regulatory compliance and internal audit programs, rate regulation of natural gas pipelines and storage companies, and FERC regulatory requirements for developing liquids and natural gas pipelines.

Ms. Clevenger also assists clients in negotiating midstream agreements, including service agreements for interstate gas and liquids pipelines, gathering pipelines, processing facilities, storage terminals, purchase and sale of commodities, gas rights agreements, and related facilities agreements for renewable natural gas projects.

Before becoming an attorney, Ms. Clevenger worked for six years at a major natural gas pipeline and storage company, spending four years in engineering and two years in regulatory affairs. Her work included cost management for major pipeline expansions and assisting with FERC certificate applications and market-based rate filings.

Ms. Clevenger received her J.D. summa cum laude from the University of Houston Law Center, where she was a member of the Order of the Coif, Order of the Barons, and the Houston Law Review. She earned her B.S. magna cum laude in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University.

Ronald J. Tenpas
Partner, Environmental & Natural Resources - Vinson & Elkins LLP

Ron Tenpas is one of the nation’s preeminent environmental litigators. A former Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, he represents clients in civil and criminal investigations involving alleged environmental violations, imports, and other regulatory matters. He also advises companies and trade associations on commenting on proposed regulations and litigating challenges to new regulatory provisions.

Mr. Tenpas draws upon 12 years of experience at the Justice Department. As Assistant Attorney General from 2007 to 2009, he managed a 700-person division, including 400 lawyers, and oversaw civil and criminal litigation arising under more than 150 environmental and natural resources laws.

Mr. Tenpas received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, his B.A. from Balliol College at the University of Oxford, and his B.A. with high honors from Michigan State University.

Moderator: Ryan Carney, Partner - Vinson & Elkins LLP

Ryan Carney serves as Head of the firm’s Tax practice. He is a leading tax lawyer who advises partnerships (public and private), MLPs, and corporations on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, divestitures, public offerings and other domestic and international transactions. Ranked in Chambers USA since 2011, Ryan is known for his practical approach and his ability to reduce the complexities of tax law into language any professional can understand.

Ryan is among the country’s best-known tax legal advisors to MLPs. In addition to representing numerous MLPs, he served as tax counsel to the Master Limited Partnership Association (MLPA) during its lobbying efforts with respect to tax reform that resulted in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.

Over the last decade, Ryan has represented issuers and underwriters in dozens of MLP initial public offerings and in more than 140 follow-on offerings, as well as multiple mergers, acquisitions and financing transactions.

Ryan received his J.D. from Southern Methodist University School of Law magna cum laude, 2005 (Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity; Associate Managing Editor, SMU Law Review) and a B.B.A. from Texas A&M University, B.B.A., 2001.

Brock Degeyter
Legal Consultant - Degeyter Legal

Brock Degeyter is a Legal Consultant at ONEOK, where he advises on corporate, transactional, and compliance matters. He brings over two decades of legal experience in the energy sector, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, regulatory compliance, and corporate governance.

Prior to joining ONEOK, Mr. Degeyter served as General Counsel at Medallion Midstream and as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Chief Compliance Officer at Summit Midstream. He also held senior legal roles at Energy Future Holdings, where he supported the company through complex transactions and regulatory proceedings.

Mr. Degeyter earned his J.D. from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law and his B.A. in Political Science and Government from Louisiana State University.

Jenelle “Jennie” Simmons
Partner - Troutman Pepper Locke LLP

Jennie Simmons advises private and public companies, private equity funds, independent sponsors, family offices, and closely held businesses on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and equity investments. She takes a pragmatic, business-minded approach to strategic and complex transactions, representing clients in deals ranging from small but critical investments to multibillion-dollar transactions.

Ms. Simmons also routinely advises clients on corporate matters throughout the business lifecycle. In addition to her M&A work, she represents management teams, private equity funds, and alternative investment vehicles from initial acquisitions and equity investments through portfolio company management, add-on acquisitions, and ultimate exits.

Ms. Simmons received her J.D. from the University of Arizona College of Law, where she earned the Dean’s Achievement Scholarship, was named to the Dean’s List, and served on the Arizona Journal of Environmental Law and Policy. She earned her B.A. cum laude in History from Davidson College. She is admitted to practice in Texas.

Luis Vaca
Executive Director, Energy Group & Corporate Investment Banking Coverage - SMBC

Luis Vaca is an Executive Director in SMBC’s Energy Group with Corporate & Investment Banking Coverage. In his role, Luis is responsible for leading new energy-related transactions and for managing existing relationships, representing the firm with existing and prospective clients, and supporting the credit approval and monitoring process of transactions. Luis joined SMBC in June 2007 and is based in the Houston, Texas office.

Luis has more than 20 years of experience in the energy industry, with a special focus on commercial and financial aspects, including evaluation of investments in E&P activities in North America, international trading of petroleum related products, and development of new business opportunities in the oil & gas industry and the specialty chemical sector.

Prior to joining SMBC, Luis worked for JM Huber Corp as Director of New Business Development from 2002 to 2007 and was Senior Trader of liquified gas products in PMI, the international branch of PEMEX from 1998 to 2000.

Luis started his career as an Analyst with PMI in 1993, where he was responsible for assessing energy markets and identified trading business opportunities.

Luis received a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from Universidad Ibeoramericana in Mexico City, DF, and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.

Luis holds FINRA Series 24, 63, and 79 registrations. He is also a CFA charter holder.

Moderator: Mark Clevenger, Managing Director - Alvarez & Marsal Holdings, LLC

Mark Clevenger is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal’s U.S. Energy Practice in Houston. He specializes in performance improvement and mergers and acquisitions for exploration and production (E&P), midstream, and oilfield services companies.

With over 18 years in the oil and gas industry, Mr. Clevenger has worked with leading oilfield service providers and E&P operators on business plan reviews, pre-acquisition due diligence, merger integration, general and administration (G&A) cost reduction, operating cost reduction, and supply chain initiatives. Mr. Clevenger has worked on many leading unconventional resource plays, including the Barnett, Bakken, Eagle Ford, DJ/Niobrara, Haynesville, Marcellus and the Permian basin, successfully leading performance improvement initiatives and synergy capture from transactions.

Mr. Clevenger is exceptionally effective at driving transformations and rapid cost reduction initiatives. He brings significant leadership experience in the execution of critical transactions including mergers, acquisitions, carve-outs and stand-ups. In a recent engagement, he implemented initiatives to reduce operating costs by $30 million annually, leveraging procurement, operations, organizational and governance, and G&A cost levers for an industrial services provider.

Mr. Clevenger also led a carve-out/integration for an E&P operator’s acquisition of 2,000 wells from a publicly traded operator, including negotiating the transition services agreement (TSA) and managing transition efforts for finance, accounting, IT, operations, supply chain, land, and human resources functions.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Clevenger held product design, project engineering and manufacturing roles with Cameron International Corporation. His responsibilities included design, manufacturing and testing of wellheads, gate valves, and manifolds for surface and subsea applications.

Mr. Clevenger earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University and an MBA from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas. He has presented at numerous industry conferences, including the Offshore Technology Conference, and authored articles in World Oil and Oil & Gas Financial Journal on unconventional resource play development strategy. Mr. Clevenger is Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certified.

Orgil Batsaikhan
President & Chief Financial Officer - West Texas Gas

Orgil Batsaikhan is President and Chief Financial Officer of West Texas Gas, based in Midland, Texas. He oversees the company’s financial strategy, operations, and growth initiatives across its midstream business.

Mr. Batsaikhan previously served as President and Chief Financial Officer of Cureton Midstream and held finance leadership roles at Williams Companies and Access Midstream. He brings extensive experience in financial management, risk analysis, and strategic planning within the energy sector.

Mr. Batsaikhan received his M.B.A. and M.S. in Finance with a concentration in Risk Management from The University of Tulsa, and his B.A. in International Business and French from Concordia College. He also completed executive education at Stanford University.

TJ Shipman
Vice President of Finance - West Texas Gas

T.J. Shipman is Vice President of Finance at West Texas Gas, where he oversees financial planning, capital markets activities, investor relations, treasury management, and M&A valuations. Prior to joining West Texas Gas, Mr. Shipman served as Vice President of Finance at Cureton Midstream, where he led the finance department and managed key corporate finance functions.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Shipman held various finance and project management roles at Williams, focusing on financial modeling, project controls, and process optimization. He also served as an Intelligence Officer with the Oklahoma Army National Guard, including a deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Mr. Shipman earned his M.B.A. and M.S. in Management Information Systems from the University of Oklahoma’s Price College of Business. He holds B.A. degrees in Chinese and East Asian Studies from the University of Oklahoma and studied abroad at Xi’an International Studies University.

Moderator: Drew Winston, Managing Director - Tailwater Capital, LLC

Mr. Winston is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, executing, and monitoring Tailwater Capital’s investments. He serves on the boards of Summit Midstream, Goodnight Midstream, Producers Midstream, Cureton Midstream II, and Ash Creek Renewables.

Mr. Winston has held various roles in energy and finance during his career. Prior to joining Tailwater, Mr. Winston worked at Sage Midstream, a portfolio company of Riverstone and Stonepeak. Mr. Winston also worked for Austin Ventures, a venture capital and private equity fund, and Simmons and Company International as an analyst in the investment banking group. Mr. Winston earned an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and a BBA in Finance from Texas A&M University.

Rob Fuller
Chief Financial Officer – TransMontaigne Partners, LLC

Rob Fuller has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, and Treasurer of TransMontaigne Partners and its subsidiaries since November 2014.

Before his tenure at TransMontaigne, Rob served as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of TransMontaigne Partners and its affiliates since January 2011 and as its Assistant Treasurer since February 2012.

Prior to his affiliation with TransMontaigne, Rob spent 13 years as a certified public accountant with KPMG LLP.

Rob has a B.A. in Political Science from Fort Lewis College and an M.A. from the University of Colorado. Rob is licensed as a certified public accountant in Colorado and New York.

Mickey McKee
President and Chief Executive Officer - Kodiak Gas Services, Inc.

Robert “Mickey” McKee serves as Kodiak’s President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors. Mr. McKee formed Kodiak Gas Services in June 2011, and he has served as its President since 2011 and its Chief Executive Officer since 2019. Before co-founding our predecessor in 2010, he was the Senior Vice President of Sales and Engineering for CDM Resource Management, LLC (CDM), an oil and energy company that provides contract natural gas compression services from 2003 to 2010. Mr. McKee also managed the Engineering and Fleet Management group, worked with vendors and OEM manufacturers, and managed the sales and marketing efforts of some of the highest growth areas at CDM while building meaningful relationships with customers. Prior to that, Mr. McKee worked for two years in CDM’s Operations group researching and qualifying projects and installing that equipment across Texas and Louisiana. As a result, he attributes much of his industry knowledge to his time working directly for the founders of CDM Resource Management.

Mr. McKee received a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Tulane University. He brings 19 years of experience and an extensive background in natural gas compression operations.

Moderator: Doug Irwin, Research Analyst - Citi

Doug Irwin is a Research Analyst at Citi, covering US Compression and supporting the broader Midstream & Energy Infrastructure research team. Doug has nearly a decade of experience covering the Midstream sector in various capacities. Prior to joining Citi in 2022 he was a member of the Midstream team at Credit Suisse and led coverage of several sponsored-MLPs.

Doug received a B.S. in Business Administration from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a CFA Charterholder.

Joel Fry
Partner - Tailwater Capital, LLC

Mr. Fry joined Tailwater Capital in 2014 and is responsible for guiding the firm’s overall investment strategy, managing institutional capital, investment origination, execution, and portfolio company oversight. He serves on the boards of Copperbeck Energy Partners, Goodnight Midstream, Renovo Resources, and Tall Oak Midstream.

Mr. Fry has over 20 years of experience in private equity and investment banking. Prior to joining Tailwater, Mr. Fry was a Principal with Crimson Investment and was a Senior Associate at HM Capital, where he worked extensively on investments in the energy portfolio. Prior to HM Capital, Mr. Fry worked for Harrison Lovegrove & Co. (now Standard Chartered PLC) as an Associate Director focusing on energy merger and acquisition advisory. Mr. Fry also served as an Analyst within Citigroup’s energy investment bank. Mr. Fry graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BBA in Finance.

Max Harris
Managing Director - EIV Capital LLC

Max Harris joined EIV Capital in 2015 and currently serves as a managing director. He is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, structuring, executing and monitoring the firm’s investments.

Prior to EIV Capital, Max worked as a private equity associate at Riverstone Holdings, where he focused on capital investments in the upstream, midstream and power generation sectors. His responsibilities included evaluation of new investments, portfolio company monitoring, industry research, transaction structuring and execution. He also served as an investment banking analyst in the natural resources group of Barclays, where he focused on mergers, acquisitions and capital market transactions for companies involved in the upstream and midstream oil and gas sectors.

Max earned his B.B.A. degree in finance and accounting with a minor in energy technology and management, graduating with honors from the Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University.

Joshua Packwood
Co-Founder, President, and COO – Kingston Infrastructure Partners, LLC

Josh Packwood is the Co-Founder, President, and COO of Kingston Infrastructure Partners, a global middle-market infrastructure investment firm. Kingston partners with business owners, developers, and operators to provide flexible capital solutions across renewables, digital, transportation, energy, and social infrastructure sectors. Kingston usually invests $50 million or more per transaction, primarily in equity, and can also offer hybrid and debt solutions.

Beyond direct investments, Kingston actively seeks high-quality service providers, technologies, and solutions to optimize and scale its portfolio companies. The firm invests not only in businesses but also in the tools, products, and services that drive operational efficiency and long-term success. By working closely with best-in-class providers, Kingston introduces innovative solutions across its global portfolio—helping partners expand their reach while enhancing the performance of its assets.

Before co-founding Kingston, Josh was an analyst and portfolio manager at Citadel, Balyasny, and Point72. He previously co-founded Lucus Advisors (formerly known as Red Alder), an SEC-registered multi-strategy investment firm that employed fundamental and quantitative hedge fund, venture capital, and fund-of-funds strategies. Josh began his career in the Special Situations Group at Goldman Sachs and later served as the Head of Strategy, Business Development, and Technology for Financial Services at Microsoft.

Josh graduated as valedictorian from Morehouse College and was a Rhodes and Marshall Scholar finalist, earning a bachelor’s degree in economics. He also completed graduate coursework as a master’s student in statistics and data science at Columbia University.

Moderator: Andrew Schulte, Partner - Baker Botts L.L.P.

Andrew Schulte advises clients on corporate finance and securities law, with a focus on capital markets transactions, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters. He represents both issuers and underwriters in initial public offerings and other public and private offerings of equity and debt securities.

Mr. Schulte also counsels private equity investors, portfolio companies, and a range of public and private companies in connection with mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic investments. He has particular experience advising clients in the energy sector, including publicly traded master limited partnerships, exploration and production companies, midstream operators, and oilfield services firms.

Mr. Schulte earned his J.D. summa cum laude from South Texas College of Law, where he served as Assistant Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review, and his B.S. in Economics from Texas A&M University. He is admitted to practice in Texas.

Tony Chovanec
Executive Vice President, Fundamentals & Commodity Risk Assessment - Enterprise Products Partners L.P.

Tony Chovanec was elected Executive Vice President in March 2023. He heads the Company’s Fundamentals/Supply Appraisal Team which was formed in 2010 and is responsible for the evaluation of the key supply and demand trends around the Company’s five business lines: Natural Gas, Natural Gas Liquids, Crude Oil, Refined Products and Petrochemicals. These analyses are used in the company’s commercial activities and in evaluating capital investment opportunities.

Prior to joining Enterprise in 2007, Mr. Chovanec was with El Paso Corporation for seven years where he had gas marketing and business development responsibilities, including leading the natural gas marketing and trading activities. Mr. Chovanec spent the early part of his career with Valero Energy Corporation where he focused on finance, strategic planning and business development.


Randy Fowler
Director and Co-Chief Executive Officer – Enterprise Products Partners L.P.

Mr. Fowler has served as Co-Chief Executive Officer since January 2020 and has been a director of Enterprise GP since September 2011. He serves as Co-Chairman of the Capital Projects Committee. Mr. Fowler previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Enterprise GP from August 2018 to February 2024, President of Enterprise GP from January 2016 to January 2020 and Chief Administrative Officer of Enterprise GP from April 2015 to January 2016. He served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Enterprise GP from November 2010 to March 2015 and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of EPGP from August 2007 to November 2010. He also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of DEP GP from April 2010 until September 2011 and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of DEP GP from August 2007 to April 2010. He served as a director of DEP GP from September 2006 until September 2011.

Mr. Fowler served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer of EP GP from February 2005 to August 2007 and of DEP GP from October 2006 to August 2007. Mr. Fowler also previously served as a director of EPGP and of Holdings GP from February 2006 to May 2010. Mr. Fowler also served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Holdings GP from August 2005 to August 2007. Mr. Fowler was elected Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of EPCO in May 2010. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of EPCO from December 2007 to May 2010 and as its Chief Financial Officer from April 2005 to December 2007.

Mr. Fowler, a Certified Public Accountant (inactive), joined Enterprise as Director of Investor Relations in January 1999. Mr. Fowler serves as Chairman of the Board of the Energy Infrastructure Council (formerly Master Limited Partnership Association). He also serves on the Advisory Board for the College of Business at Louisiana Tech University and the Advisory Board of Gear Up for Game Wardens under the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation.

Moderator: Spiro Dounis, Director, Midstream Analyst – Citi

Spiro Dounis is a Director at Citi, covering the Midstream energy sector. He joined Citi in September 2022 after leading Midstream coverage at Credit Suisse. Mr. Dounis has over a decade of experience covering the energy sector in various capacities and has been ranked by Institutional Investor for his research.

Prior to his time at Credit Suisse, Mr. Dounis led coverage of the Refining and Shipping sectors at UBS and served as a member of the MLP team at J.P. Morgan, where he led upstream MLP coverage. Earlier in his career, he covered the U.S. Metals & Mining sector at UBS Investment Bank.

Mr. Dounis earned his B.S. magna cum laude in Accounting from Fairfield University, where he was a member of Beta Gamma Sigma and Beta Alpha Psi. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a CFA charterholder. He resides in Garden City with his wife Michelle and two children.

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Randy Fowler
Director and Co-Chief Executive Officer – Enterprise Products Partners L.P.

Mr. Fowler has served as Co-Chief Executive Officer since January 2020 and has been a director of Enterprise GP since September 2011. He serves as Co-Chairman of the Capital Projects Committee. Mr. Fowler previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Enterprise GP from August 2018 to February 2024, President of Enterprise GP from January 2016 to January 2020 and Chief Administrative Officer of Enterprise GP from April 2015 to January 2016. He served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Enterprise GP from November 2010 to March 2015 and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of EPGP from August 2007 to November 2010. He also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of DEP GP from April 2010 until September 2011 and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of DEP GP from August 2007 to April 2010. He served as a director of DEP GP from September 2006 until September 2011.

Mr. Fowler served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer of EP GP from February 2005 to August 2007 and of DEP GP from October 2006 to August 2007. Mr. Fowler also previously served as a director of EPGP and of Holdings GP from February 2006 to May 2010. Mr. Fowler also served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Holdings GP from August 2005 to August 2007. Mr. Fowler was elected Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of EPCO in May 2010. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of EPCO from December 2007 to May 2010 and as its Chief Financial Officer from April 2005 to December 2007.

Mr. Fowler, a Certified Public Accountant (inactive), joined Enterprise as Director of Investor Relations in January 1999. Mr. Fowler serves as Chairman of the Board of the Energy Infrastructure Council (formerly Master Limited Partnership Association). He also serves on the Advisory Board for the College of Business at Louisiana Tech University and the Advisory Board of Gear Up for Game Wardens under the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation.

John Porter
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer - Williams

John Porter became Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Williams in January 2022. Porter previously served as Williams Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, Controller and Financial Planning and Analysis.

Porter began his career in public accounting and first joined Williams in 1998 as Supervisor of Revenue Accounting. In 2001 he relocated to Denver, serving in various finance and accounting roles for Forest Oil Corporation, an exploration and production company.

Porter returned to Williams in 2005, serving in roles of increasing responsibility across the finance and accounting organization, including Director of Investor Relations, Assistant Controller of Williams Partners, L.P., Director of Accounting—Master Limited Partnerships, and Manager of Financial Reporting. Prior to his current role, Porter served as Vice President, Enterprise Financial Planning and Analysis and Investor Relations, overseeing Williams’ forecasting and budgeting process while also developing and managing relationships with research analysts, institutional and individual investors and retail brokers.

Porter is a Certified Public Accountant and earned his Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Oklahoma State University in 1993. He serves as a Board Member on the Energy Infrastructure Council and is active in the Tulsa community.

Stephen Trauber
Managing Director, Chairman and Global Head of Energy and Clean Tech – Moelis & Company

After retiring in 2022 from a 34-year career in investment banking, Stephen Trauber made the decision to return to the industry and reunite with his former colleague Ken Moelis at Moelis &Co. where he currently serves as Chairman & Global Head of Energy & Clean Tech. Prior to his retirement, from Citi, he served as Vice Chairman and Global Co-Head of Natural Resources and Clean Energy Transition and served on the senior executive and operating committee of the global investment and corporate bank.

Mr. Trauber has served as financial advisor on over $700 billion of Global Energy and Clean Energy Transition transactions, which include many of the most significant M&A and financing transactions throughout all the energy subsectors. These transactions represent many of the energy industry’s largest and most transformative transactions. Additionally, Mr. Trauber has worked with and served as lead financier for many of the industry’s IPOs as well as both equity and debt capital markets transactions in the past 34 years.

Since retiring Mr. Trauber has joined and currently serves on several corporate Boards of Directors including Nabors Energy Transition Corp II where he serves as Audit Chair, NXTClean Fuels, New Asean Energy, Global Technology Inc., Global Geophysical Services and Odyssey Trust Company. He also serves as an Advisory Director for Aon, Last Energy, Third Gear Investments, Element Resources and Energy Capital Ventures.

Mr. Trauber currently serves as Chairman of the Memorial Hermann Hospital Foundation, on the Board of Directors for Theater Under the Stars, Performing Arts Houston and its Foundation and is a former Chairman of both Theater Under the Stars and Performing Arts Houston. He is also an Overseer of the Jones Business School at Rice University. Mr. Trauber has served on the Board of Directors for Greater Houston Partnership, the Houston Children’s Museum, the Houston Zoo and the Mayor’s Economic Development Task Force for the City of Houston. Steve was awarded the first Annual Congressman Barbara Jordan Award for Community Service and he and his wife are the recipients of the 2003 “I Have a Dream” award for their support of local children’s charities and of children’s education. Mr. Trauber and his wife have chaired many fundraisers and capital campaigns for local charities raising nearly $60 million dollars.

Mr. Trauber received his BA in Economics and Managerial Studies from Rice University. He was an Austin Scholar and earned his MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. He is married to Leticia and has four children and five grandchildren.

Moderator: Tim Fenn, Partner - Latham & Watkins LLP

Tim Fenn, former Office Managing Partner in the Houston office and former Chair of the Houston Tax Department, advises clients on business taxation as it applies to partnerships and corporations. He represents energy and infrastructure clients, including upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas companies, master limited partnerships (MLPs), oilfield services companies and infrastructure funds, as well as corporations, private equity firms, investment banks, partnerships, and individuals on tax-related issues involving mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, capital market transactions, and carbon capture.

Mr. Fenn has served as tax counsel to over 75 issuers and underwriters in initial public offerings of equity securities of MLPs. Mr. Fenn is a frequent speaker at investment banking conferences and energy industry symposiums and serves on the advisory board for the Alerian MLP index.

In addition to representing clients in connection with transactional matters, Mr. Fenn has successfully represented clients before the Internal Revenue Service and federal courts. Mr. Fenn spent several years as an investment banker with Goldman Sachs & Co. where he was part of the natural resources group.

Mr. Fenn received his JD from Georgetown University Law Center magna cum laude, Editor, Georgetown Law Journal, and his BBA from Baylor University summa cum laude.

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