 Join Rice University, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. and Ernst & Young LLP for the 5th Energy Industry Directors Conference, a director education program designed for board members of energy companies. The conference will feature industry leaders addressing the key energy industry issues facing board members.
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| Drew Nelson |
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Clean Energy Project Manager, Environmental Defense Fund |
| Vice Admiral Lee Gunn |
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United States Navy (Retired), President, American Security Project and CNA’s Institute for Public Research |
| Thad Hill |
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President and Chief Operating Officer, Calpine Corporation |
| Jeffrey Immelt |
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, General Electric Company |
| Dr. Derek Mathieson |
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President, Western Hemisphere Operations, Baker Hughes Incorporated |
| Roger Plank |
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President and Chief Corporate Officer, Apache Corporation; Director, Parker Drilling |
| Lady Barbara Judge |
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Chairman Emeritus of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and Former Commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Director, Statoil |
| The Honorable Bill White |
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Chairman, Lazard |
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 Directors attending this limited admission event will participate in an intimate and candid hands-on program in an open forum to address how directors optimize their individual performance, the board’s performance and the success of the company. The primary theme is that boards must give priority to the “what” and the “who” issues; namely what is the strategic direction of the company and who are the executive leaders. The speakers will address how directors establish priorities for the board and how they ensure an effective board, including an examination of so called “best practices.” The speakers will also address how the board can ensure successful performance from the “C Suite,” as well as compensation philosophies and practices with an analysis of incentive alignment and board monitoring. There will be discussions on the challenges of addressing governance expectations of investors and the legal and practical interactions within an ethical culture, including insights from the Chairman of the PCAOB.
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| Ian Campbell |
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Vice Chairman, The Abernathy MacGregor Group |
| Clarence Cazalot |
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Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Marathon Oil Corporation; Director, Baker Hughes Incorporated |
| Robert Clarke |
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Senior Partner, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP; Former Comptroller of the Currency; Director, Stewart Information Services Corporation, Eagle Materials Inc, Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company, Inc. and Dubai Financial Services Authority |
| Alan Crain |
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Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Counsel and Governance Officer, Baker Hughes Incorporated; Former Director, Mariner Energy, Inc. |
| James Crownover |
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Former Chairman, Rice University Board of Trustees; Chairman, Republic Services, Inc.; Director: FTI Consulting, Inc., Chemtura Corporation and Weingarten Realty Investors |
| Charles Davidson |
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Noble Energy, Inc. |
| James Doty |
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Chairman, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB); Former General Counsel, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
| Lynn Elsenhans |
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Former Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Sunoco Inc.; Director, GlaxoSmithKline plc and Baker Hughes Incorporated |
| Margaret Foran |
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Chief Governance Officer, Vice President and Corporate Secretary, Prudential Financial, Inc.; Director, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, The MONY Group, Inc. and MONY Life Insurance Company |
| Ryan Lance |
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, ConocoPhillips Company |
| George Lawrence |
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Chairman, Management Development & Compensation Committee, Apache Corporation; Former President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Phoenix Resource Companies, Inc. |
| Melvin Payne |
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Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Carriage Services, Inc. |
| H. John Riley |
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Former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Cooper Industries plc; Director, The Allstate Corporation, Baker Hughes Incorporated, Post Oak Bank and Westlake Chemical Corporation |
| Gerry Sanders |
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Professor of Strategic Management, Rice University, Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business |
| Sarah Teslik |
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Senior Vice President, Policy and Governance, Apache Corporation |
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