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Darrell is a seasoned executive with more than 31 years of engineering, operations and business development experience in the midstream space, especially in produced water, natural gas and crude gathering and processing, liquids pipelines, natural gas liquids and petrochemicals. He most recently served as the Vice President of Business Development at Crestwood Midstream LP, where he was a leader in gathering and processing for the Delaware (Permian), Marcellus/Utica and Niobrara Basins. Prior to Crestwood, Darrell spent 16 years at The Williams Companies in various engineering, business development and leadership roles, spearheading the development of their strategy in the Marcellus. He served as the company’s first General Manager for Ohio Valley Midstream and was responsible for operations and P&L for the $2 Billion business unit. Darrell began the first eight years of his career as an engineer at Mobil. Throughout his career, Darrell has been active in volunteer recruiting on college campuses and served as the Scholarship Chairman for the Midcontinent GPA Chapter. He currently serves on the Advisory Board for Midstream Business Magazine and for the University of Oklahoma’s Gallogly College of Engineering Advisory Board on Diversity, where he was a charter member. Darrell holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma.

Stewart Coleman is a Managing Director of Pearl Energy Investments. Prior to joining Pearl, Stewart was a Vice President in the Opportunistic Investments Group at Crestline Investors, a Fort Worth, Texas-based alternative asset manager. Before joining Crestline, Stewart was an Associate at Kelso & Company in New York, where he focused on evaluating investments in the upstream and midstream sectors. Stewart began his career as an Analyst in the investment banking division at Citigroup. Stewart holds a B.B.A. in Finance from the Business Honors Program from The University of Texas at Austin.

Barry E. Davis is an energy industry leader and Chairman and CEO of EnLink Midstream. Davis led EnLink Midstream’s predecessor, Crosstex Energy, from its founding in 1996 through the 2014 merger of Crosstex with midstream assets from Devon Energy Corp., which created EnLink. The company was on the forefront of the shale revolution, and, under Davis’ leadership, EnLink evolved into a leading, integrated midstream company with a strong financial foundation and a diverse geographic footprint in several top U.S. basins. In addition to serving on the EnLink Board of Directors, Davis is a Trustee of Texas Christian University (TCU) and a board member of the Kirby Corp. and several other civic and nonprofit organizations. He is a former President and current member of the Dallas Petroleum Club and the Dallas Wildcat Committee, and a member of the World Presidents’ Organization. Davis earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance from TCU in 1984.

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Denis A. Fallon (Archie) is a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department. Archie represents private equity funds and corporate clients in strategic transactions primarily in the energy and infrastructure sectors. Archie has particular experience advising on platform investments, mergers and acquisitions, financings, joint ventures, recapitalizations and project development for complex energy infrastructure, including midstream assets and power assets. Archie regularly writes and speaks to groups regarding trends affecting private equity investments in the energy, infrastructure and technology sectors. Archie was named as one of Law360’s 2019 MVPs in the area of Project Finance. He has also been recognized as a Law360 Rising Star in the area of Energy and by Super Lawyers as a Texas Rising Star.

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Ed Kelly is a vice president and leader of the Americas Gas and Power consulting practice at IHS Markit in Houston, Texas. Mr. Kelly has more than 30 years of experience in the natural gas business, including 20 years in research and consulting. He leads major consulting engagements and advises energy firms regarding business strategy in the North American gas and power industries. Prior to joining the company in 2012, Mr. Kelly was a senior executive in a North American gas and power consultancy, a founder and leading spokesperson for a North American gas research and consulting practice, and an expert in the gas midstream business and market and basis analysis. Prior to that he was director of research, North American Gas for CERA (now part of IHS Markit). During a decade there, Mr. Kelly edited the research product and directed numerous consulting engagements, applying scenarios to client investment and decision making. He has held a variety of strategic planning, market analysis, and storage development positions for two interstate pipeline companies. Mr. Kelly holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Chicago and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin, Texas, United States.

Brett D. Knowles, CFA is a Vice President of EnCap Flatrock Midstream. Mr. Knowles supports all finance, administrative and accounting functions of EFM’s funds and portfolio companies. Prior to joining EnCap Flatrock Midstream in 2013, Mr. Knowles was an investment banking analyst at Barclays in Houston, where he focused primarily on public capital raises and M&A advisory work within the energy industry. Mr. Knowles graduated summa cum laude from the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University with an M.S. in Finance and a B.B.A. in Accounting. Mr. Knowles is a CFA charterholder and member of the CFA Society of Houston, a member of Young Professionals in Energy and a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board at Mays Business School. He currently serves on the board of directors of several EFM portfolio companies, including Aspen Midstream, Cardinal Midstream III, Edgewater Midstream and Rangeland Energy III.

Dr. Matthews has 15 years of experience in rehabilitation and inspection of infrastructure systems. He is the Director of the Trenchless Technology Center (TTC) and an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Construction Engineering Technology at Louisiana Tech University. Prior to returning to the TTC, he served as Water Market Sector and Pipe Renewal Service Line Manager at Pure Technologies. Prior to Pure, he served as Battelle’s Water Infrastructure Management Lead, leading numerous water infrastructure studies. Prior to Battelle, he led multiple projects while at the TTC as a Research Associate relating to the development of automated decision support systems. He has given more than 115 conference presentations and authored more than 160 publications. He is active in North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and American Water Works Association (AWWA). He also serves on several boards including the NASTT Board of Directors and the Editorial Boards for Trenchless Technology magazine and ASCE's UES magazine. He also serves as an Associate Editor for ASCE's Journal of Pipelines System Engineering & Practice.

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Nichole Francis Reynolds is Vice President of Government and Public Affairs at the Interstate Natural Gas Association of American (INGAA) where she manages the organization’s government and public affairs efforts, which focuses on three priority areas: protecting the safety, reliability, and resilience of the pipeline system; promoting the value and benefits of natural gas infrastructure; and advancing permitting predictability. Nichole joined INGAA in September 2019.

Previously, Nichole served as Vice President of Public Policy & Community Relations for Mastercard. Prior to Mastercard, she spent a decade on Capitol Hill in a variety of leadership positions, including serving as Chief of Staff to two U.S. Representatives, Counsel on the House Committee on Homeland Security, and as District to Director to a U.S. Representative.

Prior to her service on Capitol Hill, Nichole practiced law in the Washington, D.C. office of Baker Hostetler and in the Nashville office of Baker Donelson.

Nichole graduated cum laude and with honors with a Bachelor of Science from Eastern Michigan University and received her law degree from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.

Veteran energy industry editor Jeff Share was named a contributing editor to Hart Energy’s upstream and midstream editorial platforms in November 2018. He contributes articles to Hart Energy’s websites and magazines, including frequent op-ed columns.

Share served as the Editor of the Pipeline & Gas Journal from 1995 until December 2017 when he retired from that post. During his tenure, he started and organized PG&J’s annual Pipeline Opportunities Conference.

Share has been recognized with 12 Lone Star Awards from the Houston Press Club, including 11 for his popular Editor's Notebook column which will be reprised on Hart Energy's consolidated website starting in January.

Prior to P&GJ, Share wrote for the Oil Daily and several other energy publications. A longtime member of the Pipeliners Association of Houston, he provided its annual industry forecast on 14 occasions. In 1995 he wrote The Oil Makers, An Insider's Perspective of the Petroleum Industry, published by Rice University Press.

Share worked at The Houston Post for 10 years and at newspapers in upstate New York and in the Philadelphia area for another 10 years. He earned his journalism degree from Temple University. He and his wife Janet live in Houston.

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Ed is responsible for managing TRC’s Oil and Gas Sector, which provides integrated end-to-end solutions to oil and gas customers. He has more than 30 years of experience in pipeline engineering, project management, operations and business development, providing technical services to the pipeline industry.

Oryx CEO Brett Wiggs leads the team with overall responsibility for the development and execution of the company’s business plan. Brett has a long history as a successful leader in the energy industry, both in the U.S. and abroad, and has a strong record of creating value and growth. Most recently prior to founding Oryx in late 2013, Brett served as a managing director for EnCap Flatrock Midstream. Previously, Brett served as CEO of DFW Midstream Services, a natural gas gathering company focused in the Barnett Shale. Within three years of starting the company in 2008, Brett built a gathering system with more than 80 miles of large and small diameter pipeline and approximately 50,000 horsepower of compression in a dense urban environment. Brett has also served as president and general manager of Bolivia’s principal oil and gas pipeline company, Transredes SA, and as president and CEO of the Cuiaba Integrated Power Project, a power plant and natural gas pipeline project located in western Brazil. Additionally, Brett has held various business development and management positions at Enron and Texas Utilities. Prior to beginning his business career, Brett served as an artillery officer in the U.S. Army. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from West Point and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Texas.