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Zachery McGavitt

Job Title: 
Operations Manager
Organization: 
Kirby Inland Marine

Zach McGavitt is an Operations Manager Kirby Inland Marine. Originally from Pittsburgh, PA I began my career in the marine industry working summers in high school as a deckhand on the Monongahela River in the Pittsburgh area in the construction and coal segment of the marine industry. I then attended the State University of New York Maritime college for 4 years, along with the classroom experience the summers included sailing on the schools training ship completing three - sixty day tours to gain practical hands on experience to complement the classroom training environment. Immediately upon graduation I began my career at Kirby Inland Marine In the vessel fleet before moving to shore side management where I currently reside in Houston, TX. Overall, I have 20 Years of experience in the marine industry.

Education:

-Bachelor of Science New York Maritime College

-Master of Towing Vessels, 3rd Mate Unlimited Oceans USCG License

Jay Churchill

Job Title: 
Senior Vice President, Health, Safety and Environment
Organization: 
Phillips 66

Jay D. Churchill is senior vice president, Health, Safety and Environment (HSE), and Projects, for Phillips 66, a diversified energy manufacturing and logistics company. He was appointed to the role in September 2016 and reports directly to Phillips 66 Chairman and CEO Greg Garland. Churchill has more than 35 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, with a focus on the downstream business.

Churchill previously served as regional vice president, Refining, with responsibility for the Alliance, Billings, Ferndale, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Wood River refineries.

He began his career with Conoco in 1979 as a plant process engineer at the Lake Charles Refinery in Louisiana. He went on to hold operating superintendent positions in the Billings and Lake Charles refineries. In 1994, Churchill became operations manager responsible for the safe and efficient startup of a $500 million lube oil hydrocracking project and worked in the Excel Paralubes joint venture. In 1998, he was transferred to the Houston office as strategy manager, Downstream, North America.

Churchill serves on the board of directors for the American Red Cross of Greater Houston. He graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering.

Doug Sauer

Job Title: 
Manager, Midstream Asset Integrity and Regulatory Compliance
Organization: 
Phillips 66

Doug currently serves as Manager, Midstream Asset Integrity and Regulatory Compliance for Phillips 66 and Vice President of subsidiary company Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC. He has 30 years in the energy industry and has held various positions including project management, logistics services, and operations management throughout his career. Doug holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Kansas and a Master’s in Business Administration from Georgia State University. Doug is active in various API midstream committees and co-chaired the technology and cyber chapter of the 2019 NPC Midstream infrastructure study.

Brooke Harris

Job Title: 
Global Gas Demand Development Manager, Upstream Oil & Gas
Organization: 
ExxonMobil

Brooke Harris joined ExxonMobil in 2005, with an initial focus on natural gas marketing and business development in Russia, China, and Qatar. Brooke spent 6 years in ExxonMobil’s Exploration Company as a Commercial Advisor, advancing opportunities in Guyana and Russia. Today, Brooke leads a global, multi-disciplinary team that seeks to grow long-term natural gas demand around the world through technical and commercial solutions to meet growing energy demand while reducing environmental impacts.

Prior to joining ExxonMobil, Brooke earned her Master’s and Undergraduate degrees in International Affairs and Economics at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service (SFS) in Washington, DC. She also worked for Zurich Insurance and Booz Allen Hamilton, where she specialized on emerging markets and economic development, respectively.

Paul McNutt

Job Title: 
Reserves and Development Manager
Organization: 
ConocoPhillips

Paul McNutt is the reserves and development manager for ConocoPhillips.

Paul has over 35 years of industry experience, all with ConocoPhillips. He began his career as a reservoir engineer in New Orleans, La. and Midland, Texas. Since then, he has progressed through asset management and corporate leadership in decision analysis, major projects, and reserve compliance.

Paul led the Supply and Demand Task Group for the National Petroleum Council’s Dynamic Delivery Study. He has served on and has been president on the boards of two credit unions and the Cinco/Seven Lakes Lacross Club.

Paul earned a Bachelor of Science in petroleum and natural gas engineering from The Pennsylvania State University in 1985.

Maria Dunn

Job Title: 
Chief Governance Officer
Organization: 
Phillips 66

Maria is the chief governance officer for public policy issues, sustainability strategy and environmental-social-governance (ESG) engagement.  Recently, she co-chaired the permitting section of Dynamic Delivery, a National Petroleum Council study on major energy infrastructure projects needed in 2040.

Maria leads the company’s disclosures and outreach on ESG.  She has a passion for finding and connecting people and resources to solve business and social problems with her expertise in managing technical and legal matters.  Through her collaboration, Maria has negotiated the Phillips 66 human rights position, analyzed and managed corporate risk and established international data privacy governance.

While a lawyer for ConocoPhillips and Phillips Petroleum Company, she managed matters ranging from M&A, commercial, midstream and marketing operations, to litigation, procurement and information technology.  Maria practiced civil and criminal law in Illinois following a federal clerkship.

A graduate of University of Illinois law school and Boston College, Maria’s home is Houston, Texas, with her husband.  She has two increasingly-adult children.

When she is not listening to and talking with stakeholders, Maria can be found in a yoga class, gardening or reading a good book.

Amy Shank

Job Title: 
Director of Pipeline Integrity
Organization: 
Williams

Amy Shank is the Director of Pipeline Integrity for Williams.  Her current responsibilities span Pipeline Safety related Regulatory Compliance as well as Pipeline Integrity and Pipeline Risk.  Amy has 32 years in the Energy Industry.  She has held various leadership positions overseeing compliance programs, technical support organizations, and building large scale pipeline and petrochemical infrastructure projects in both the US and Canada.  She holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma and a MBA from Oklahoma City University.

Amy recently chaired the Coordinating Subcommittee of the 2019 National Petroleum Council (NPC)’s Study “Dynamic Delivery: America’s Evolving Oil and Natural Gas Transportation Infrastructure”.  The study was performed at the request of the Secretary of Energy will inform & advise policy makers.

Christiane Gabbe

Job Title: 
Head of Security Grid & Infrastructure
Organization: 
Innogy SE/E.ON SE (Germany)

Christiane Gabbe is head of Security for Network and Infrastructure at Innogy SE (future EON SE), one of the largest distribution network operators in Europe. She has been dealing with security-related issues in the utility industry for 15 years. Christiane works for various industrial and energy industry associations and is involved in European Union projects and is an active member of the German delegation of ISO/IEC JTC1 SC 27.

Through her experience, she has in-depth knowledge of the strategic approach to standards development, practical implementation and certification issues in the energy industry.

Before she started her professional career, she completed studies in mechanical engineering and computer science. She joined RWE as a trainee after her studies and has experienced different perspectives and requirements regarding security architecture on her way to her current position.  She lives in Essen, Germany - where the headquarters of EON/Innogy is located.


 
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Johnna Blackhair

Job Title: 
Deputy Bureau Director
Organization: 
Trust Services, US Bureau of Indian Affairs

Ms. Blackhair was designated the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Acting Deputy Bureau Director – Trust Services on April 26, 2018, after serving as the Acting Associate Deputy Bureau Director – Trust Services since January 16, 2018. She has served as the Deputy Regional Director for the Eastern Region since December 10, 2013, and served as the Acting Eastern Regional Director from June 10, 2014 through September 29, 2015.

Ms. Blackhair also served in the Western Region as the Superintendent of the Uintah & Ouray Agency in Fort Duchesne, Utah from February 12, 2012 to December 9, 2013. She served the Southwest Region as the Regional Realty Officer in Albuquerque, New Mexico managing the Land Titles and Records Office; the Division of Real Estate Services, Probate, Agriculture and coordinated BIA’s Cadastral Services with the Bureau of Land Management from April 2010 to February 2013. During her tenure in the Southwest Region, she served as the Superintendent of the Mescalero Agency from July 2011 to February 2012. Ms. Blackhair worked with Mr. Robert Hall, United States Solicitor and the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation to develop Federal Indian Mineral Leasing guidance materials addressing mineral agreements on Indian lands, statutory and regulatory background, and model lease provisions to enhance economic returns for Tribes and allottees.

In September 1991, she served the Uintah & Ouray Agency as the Land Conservation Officer and worked as a Real Estate Service Specialist in Fort Duchesne, Utah until July 2006, to then become the Realty Officer. During this period, she served as the Western Region Deputy Regional Director in January 2002 for 120 days on the Bureau’s High Potential Program. In May 2004, Ms. Blackhair completed the Office of the Special Trustee’s Fiduciary Trust certification from the Cannon Financial Institute. Prior to Federal service, Ms. Blackhair worked for the Ute Indian Tribe as the Business Committee’s Legal Liaison where she coordinated with various law firms, she also worked for the CEO of Pennzoil Refinery as his Administrative Assistant. Ms. Blackhair is a member of the Chippewa Cree Tribe. In her youth, she was employed on the BIA’s summer youth program working for the Superintendent of the Rocky Boy Agency, in Rocky Boy, Montana.

Mark Cruz

Job Title: 
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Organization: 
Indian Affairs for Policy and Economic Development, US DOI

Mark Cruz, an enrolled member of the Klamath Tribes in Oregon, is the Deputy Assistant Secretary–Indian Affairs for Policy and Economic Development (DAS-PED).  He was appointed to that post by Assistant Secretary–Indian Affairs Tara Karuk Mac Lean Sweeney on September 24, 2018.  The DAS-PED oversees the Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development (IEED) and the Office of Self-Governance (OSG). He also assists the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs in overseeing and managing the Bureau of Indian Education, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of Indian Gaming and Office of Federal Acknowledgment.

Mr. Cruz came to the Interior Department after serving on Capitol Hill, most recently as chief of staff to Representative Todd Rokita (R-Indiana) from 2017-2018 and on his legislative staff from 2014-2017.  Prior to that office, from 2013-2014, he worked as a legislative fellow in the office of Representative Tom Cole (R-Oklahoma).  On Capitol Hill, Mr. Cruz's legislative work focused on education, labor, civil service reform, appropriations, and oversight.  He played a notable role in helping enact the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015, and twice helped lead House passage of the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act.

A Teach for America alum, Mr. Cruz taught at the St. Francis Indian High School, a Bureau of Indian Education tribal grant school, located on the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota.  While there, he earned the 2011-2012 St. Francis Indian High School Teacher of the Year award.  That experience further instilled in Mr. Cruz the belief that all students deserve a high quality education as a means to accessing opportunity and achieving upward mobility.

A 2006 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Millennium Scholarship recipient, Mr. Cruz earned his bachelor’s degree at Pepperdine University and master’s degree at Brown University.

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