Texas Tech University

Energy Law Lecture Series

Energy Law Lecture Series by Years:

2022-2023

  1. Barry Smitherman – Texas Geothermal Energy Alliance
  2. Cameron Chandler – Owner, Chandler Energy Resources
  3. Hon. Phil Johnson – Former Justice - Supreme Court Texas
  4. Billy Murphy – Chief Executive Officer, University Lands

2021-2022

  1. Mark Mathis – Clear Energy Alliance
  2. John & Keith Davis – Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation 
  3. Jack & Elizabeth Ames Coleman – Energy North America 
  4. Karr Ingham – Texas Alliance of Energy Producers
  5. James Wicklund – Stephens, Inc. 
  6. Melissa Miller and Raina Hornaday – CleanTX.org

2020-2021

  1. Bill Magness – Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)
  2. Jason Modglin – Texas Alliance of Energy Producers
  3. Leslie Beyer – Petroleum Equipment & Services Association (PESA) (now the Energy Workforce & Technology Council)
  4. Kirk Edwards – Latigo Petroleum
  5. Kathleen Sgamma – Western Energy Alliance
  6. Jason Isaac – Life: Powered, Texas Public Policy Foundation

2019-2020

  1. Robert Brannon and Jane Campbell – Chevron (Tech Law alums)
  2. Angela Staples – Tall City Exploration
  3. Rodger Baker – Stratfor
  4. Dana Newsome – Chairman of PPROA
  5. Scott Tinker – Director of the Bureau of Economic Geology (University of Texas)

2018-2019

  1. Cody Campbell – CEO of Double Eagle
  2. Glenn Hegar – Texas State Comptroller
  3. Anne Idsal – Regional Administrator, EPA Region 6
  4. John Tintera – President, Texas Alliance of Energy Producers
  5. Bernard Weinstein – Assistant Director, SMU Maguire Energy Institute
  6. Robert Bryce – Author, lecturer; producer of Juice: How Electricity Explains the World
    1. Including a screening of Juice: How Electricity Explains the World the night before at Alamo Draft House

2017-2018

  1. Todd Staples – President of TXOGA (Texas Oil & Gas Association)
  2. Allen Gilmer – Chairman of TIPRO (Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association) and President of Drillinginfo
  3. Rod Wetsel – Wetsel, Carmichael & Allen
  4. Bruce Kramer – Professor Emeritus (Texas Tech University School of Law); Of Counsel – McGinnis, Lochridge
  5. Wayne Christian – Commissioner (Texas Railroad Commission)
  6. John Walker – CEO (EnerVest); Member – Texas Tech University Board of Regents

2016-2017

  1. Al Zapanta – President of the U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce
  2. Kathleen Hartnett White – Texas Public Policy Foundation; author of Fueling Freedom
  3. Ryan Sitton – Commissioner (Texas Railroad Commission)
  4. Bernard Weinstein – SMU Maguire Energy Institute
  5. Phelim McAleer – FrackNation
    1. Including a screening of FrackNation the night before at Alamo Draft House
  6. Tom Fitzsimmons – Commissioner (Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission)

2015-2016

  1. Mark Mathis – Producer of spOILed and Fractured
    1. Including a screening of spOILed the night before at Alamo Draft House
  2. Heather DeShon – SMU seismologist
  3. Mike Smith – Director of IOGCC
  4. Alex Epstein – Author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
  5. Drew Darby – State Representative/Chairman of the House Energy Resources Committee
  6. Lynn Lyon – President of Energy Connects
  7. Hunter Hunt – CEO of Hunt Consolidated Energy

2014-2015

  1. Russell Gold – Wall Street Journal; author of The Boom;
  2. Carlos Ortiz – Ministry of Energy – Government of Mexico
  3. Corey Goulet – Trans-Canada/Keystone XL Pipeline
  4. Shelby McCue – ExxonMobil (ret.) (Tech Law alum)
  5. Donna Nelson – Commissioner (Public Utility Commission of Texas) (Tech Law Alum)
  6. Christi Craddick – Commissioner (Texas Railroad Commission)

2022-2023

Barry Smitherman; Texas Geothermal Energy Alliance

Cameron Chandler; Owner, Chandler Energy Resources

Hon. Phil Johnson – Former Justice - Supreme Court Texas

Billy Murphy; Chief Executive Officer, University Lands

2021-2022

Mark Mathis; Clear Energy Alliance

John & Keith Davis; Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation

Jack & Elizabeth Ames Coleman; Energy North America

Karr Ingham – Texas Alliance of Energy Producers

Jim Wicklund – Managing Director and Senior Banker in the Energy Group at Stephens Inc

Melissa Miller and Raina Hornaday – CleanTX.org

2020-2021

Bill Magness; Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

Jason Modglin; Texas Alliance of Energy Producers

Kirk Edwards; Latigo Petroleum

Kathleen Sgamma; Western Energy Alliance

Jason Isaac; Life: Powered, Texas Public Policy Foundation

Leslie Beyer; Petroleum Equipment & Services Association (PESA) (now the Energy Workforce & Technology Council)

2019-2020

Angela Staples; Tall City Exploration

Dana Newsome; Chairman of PPROA

Robert Brannon and Jane Campbell; Chevron

Rodger Baker; Stratfor

Scott Tinker; Director of the Bureau of Economic Geology (University of Texas)

2018-2019

Anne Idsal; Regional Administrator, EPA Region 6

Bernard Weinstein; Assistant Director, SMU Maguire Energy Institute

Glenn Hegar; Texas State Comptroller

John Tintera; President, Texas Alliance of Energy Producers

Robert Bryce; Author, lecturer; producer of Juice: How Electricity Explains the World

2017-2018

Allen Gilmer; Chairman of TIPRO (Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association) and President of Drillinginfo

Bruce Kramer; Professor Emeritus (Texas Tech University School of Law), Of Counsel, McGinnis, Lochridge

Cody Campbell; CEO of Double Eagle

John Walker; CEO (EnerVest); Member – Texas Tech University Board of Regents

Roderick Wetsel; Wetsel, Carmichael & Allen

Todd Staples; President of TXOGA (Texas Oil & Gas Association)

Wayne Christian; Commissioner (Texas Railroad Commission)

2016-2017

Al Zapata; President of the U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce

Bernard Weinstein; SMU Maguire Energy Institute

Kathleen Hartnett White; Texas Public Policy Foundation; author of Fueling Freedom

Phelim McAleer; FrackNation

Ryan Sitton; Commissioner (Texas Railroad Commission)

Tom Fitzsimmons; Commissioner (Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission)

2015-2016

Alex Epstein; Author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels

Drew Darby; State Representative/Chairman of the House Energy Resources Committee

Heather DeShon; SMU seismologist

Hunter Hunt; CEO of Hunt Consolidated Energy

Lynn Lyon; President of Energy Connects

Mark Mathis; Producer of spOILed and Fractured

2014-2015

Carlos Ortiz; Ministry of Energy, Government of Mexico

Christi Craddick; Commissioner (Texas Railroad Commission)

Corey Goulet; Trans-Canada/Keystone XL Pipeline

Donna Nelson; Commissioner (Public Utility Commission of Texas) 

Russell Gold; Wall Street Journal, author of The Boom

Shelby McCue, ExxonMobil (ret.)