Jim Hackett

James (Jim) T. Hackett served as a partner and advisor to private energy investing firm Riverstone Holdings, LLC and was chairman of Alta Mesa Resources, Inc., a public company sponsored by Riverstone, from 2013 to 2020. Previously, he served as chairman and CEO of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, an international energy production and midstream company. Before joining Anadarko, Hackett held leadership roles at Devon Energy Corporation, Ocean Energy, Seagull and Duke Energy. His experience spans engineering, finance and marketing across conventional, renewable and nuclear energy sectors. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the National Petroleum Council, and currently serves as a director of Fluor Corporation and chairman for both Enterprise Products Partners L.P., SLB and NuScale Power. Hackett is also a board member of Baylor College of Medicine and was a longstanding member of the Rice University board of trustees until this past June.

Hackett has served on the faculties at Rice University and the University of Texas at Austin and has chaired numerous civic organizations, including serving as Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas during the financial crisis of 2008. Hackett holds a bachelor’s from the University of Illinois, an MBA, a master’s in theological studies from Harvard University and an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the University of St. Thomas.

He and his wife Maureen funded and founded the Hackett Center for Mental Health to advocate for policy analysis and legislation in Texas, following an Emmy® Award for the Mental Health Channel they created. Together, they have four children and three grandchildren.