Rice Energy Finance Summit
Agenda
Friday, November 14, 2025 • Shell Auditorium, Jones Graduate School of Business
Time
Description
7:30 – 8:30 a.m.
Registration & Breakfast
8:30 – 8:45 a.m.
Welcome Remarks
- Peter Rodriguez — Dean, Rice Business
8:45 – 9:30 a.m.
Morning Keynote
- Dan Pickering — Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Pickering Energy Partners
9:40 – 10:25 a.m.
Panel 1
Hydrocarbons in Transition: Managing Legacy Assets and Capital Structures
- Dan O’Donnell — Vice President of Origination & Business Development, Phillips 66
- Marina Matselinskaya — Director of Investor Relations, Exxon Mobil
- Matt Scholin — Vice President Finance, Hilcorp
- Moderator: Mike King — Partner, Latham and Watkins
10:25 – 10:40 a.m.
Break
10:40 – 11:25 a.m.
Panel 2
LNG’s Expanding Role: Financing the Next Wave of Global Energy Security
- Sarah Bairstow — President, Louisiana LNG, Woodside Energy
- Nicole Wood — General Manager, Market Economics & Pricing, Chevron
- Ruairi Kerr — SVP, Global Business Development , EnerMech Ltd.
- Victor Ureta — Director of Risk and Structuring, Sempra Infrastructure
- Moderator: Victoria Salem — Partner, Clifford Chance
11:25 – 11:40 a.m.
Announcement of Rice Energy Case Competition (RECC) Winners
11:40 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 – 1:45 p.m.
Afternoon Keynote
- Zach Davis — Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Cheniere Energy
1:55 – 2:40 p.m.
Panel 3
Power Hungry: The AI Revolution in Energy Finance
- Rob Gaudette — Executive Vice President, President, NRG Business and Wholesale Operations
- David Berry — Co-Founder and CEO, Cloverleaf Infrastructure
- Ryan Tull — Managing Director of Energy and Power Investment Banking, Piper Sandler
- Moderator: Adam Whitehouse — Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
2:40 – 3:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks
3:00
Reception & Networking
Live Podcast: Oil and Gas This Week
with Mark LaCour and Paige Wilson
Agenda is tentative and subject to change
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