HOUSTON (PRWEB) SEPTEMBER 04, 2019
Experience Energy, the leading resource for diverse talent, careers, and culture in the energy industry, announces the finalists in the annual GRIT Awards and Best Energy Workplaces.
The GRIT Awards, sponsored by Medallia and Gapingvoid, were created to recognize women leaders in energy, and the men who advocate for their progress. Nearly 200 nominations poured in from across the world from oil and gas, utilities, and alternative energy companies, academia and non-government organizations. Best Energy Workplaces were added in 2019 with the aim of recognizing energy employers of choice. The program will be October 10, 2019 in Houston, Texas and portions will be broadcast online.
The event will feature keynote speaker and White House Champion for Change, Haben Girma, the first deaf-blind graduate of Harvard Law. Haben believes disability is an opportunity for innovation. She travels the world teaching the benefits of choosing inclusion and has been featured in the New York Times, Oprah Magazine, People, The Wall Street Journal, and the Today Show.
The program will also include five-time member of the U.S. Adaptive Water Ski Team, Mike Royal with Occidental Petroleum, Rich Jahr, Chief Customer Officer of Air Liquide, Kristine Bird, Vice President of Human Resources, Nalco Champion, Eduard Erbiceanu Head of Energy for Sodexo Energy & Resources, and D&I strategist Arquella Hargrove.
The 2019 finalists include:
Melody Bechberger, Geologist, ConocoPhillips
Karen Blackburn, GCBU Asset Integrity, Project Quality & Technical Safety Supervisor, ConocoPhillips
Bethany Clarkson-Morgan, Upstream Assurance Lead, BP
Vicki Codd, Marketing Director, NES Global Talent
Karen David-Green, Senior Vice President Stakeholder Engagement, Chief Marketing Officer, Weatherford International
Tana Deshayes, Advisor to SVP of Human Resources, Marathon Oil Company
Shanta Eaden, Director, IT PMO and Diversity Lead, Weatherford International
Emily Fisher, Geologist, Aera Energy
Kelly Fortner, Country PSL Operations Manager - India, Halliburton
Chloe Grabowski, Assistant Project Manager - Process Engineer, HDR Engineering, Inc.
Paul Greenwood, Project Executive HR, ExxonMobil
Carrie Hackenberger, Operations Manager, American Petroleum Council
Johanna Haggstrom, Director of Technology, Halliburton
Christine Harris, Associate Vice President/Regulatory Compliance Practice Leader, HDR Engineering, Inc
Sonia Hernandez-Cordon, Principal Geologist, Equinor
Kimberly Hill, Director, Land and Commercial Services, Marathon Oil Corporation
Tina Hunton, Analytics Innovation Project Manager, ConocoPhillips
Valentina Kretzschmar, Director, Wood Mackenzie
Monica Krishnan, Technology Manager, Chevron
Josh Lowrey, Chief Executive Officer, Galtway Industries
Michele Mendoza, Executive Assistant, Worley
Victoria Parisi, Senior Staff Petroleum Geochemist, Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Christine Piela Cox, Geologist, BP
Tiffany Polak, Development Director, Marathon Oil Corporation
Manika Prasad, Professor, Colorado School of Mines
Ramon Quintero, Senior HSE Advisor, ConocoPhillips
Diana Ramberansingh, IT Manager - Enterprise Application Services, ConocoPhillips
David Reid, Chief Marketing Officer, National Oilwell Varco
Sarah Renko, Production Operations Control Center Supervisor, Marathon Oil Corporation
Amy Rhodes, Greater Kuparuk Area Light Oil Development Supervisor, ConocoPhillips
Emeliana Rice-Oxley, Vice President, Exploration, Upstream, PETRONAS
James Scheel, Sr. VP Northeast Gathering & Processing, Williams Companies
Georgina Scorer, Director, Unconventional Reservoirs Excellence, ConocoPhillips
Tracie Slone, Vice President Global Supply Chain, Marathon Oil Company
Melissa Sowell, Manager, Community Relations, Halliburton
Kirsten Torr, FERS Houston CoE Manager, Halliburton
Mishu Ullah, Managing Consultant, NES Global Talent
Tina Unachukwu, Director, Baker Hughes, a GE Company
Bill Way, Chief Executive Officer, Southwestern Energy
Best Workplaces Finalists
Aera Energy
Choice! Energy Management
Crestwood Equity Partners
FTP Power LLC dba SPower
The Global Edge Consultants LLC
Liquid Power Specialty Products, Inc.
Halliburton
Marathon Oil Company
Southwestern Energy
Sunnova Energy Corporation
Teams
BOLD: Black Organization for Leadership & Development, TechnipFMC
Diversity Network of Alaska (DNA) - ConocoPhillips
The Colorado Petroleum Council
e.DOT T, Equinor
Geoscience WIN, ExxonMobil
LGBT + Allies ERG, Aera Energy
Oil & Gas Trafficking Advocacy Group (OTAG)
Marathon Oil Women’s Group
She Persisted, University of Utah Energy
The Wise Network Australia
Winners are selected through a blind application review by six external judges and will be announced live on October 10, 2019. To view the full agenda, support or attend, visit here for more information.
"We believe it's important to recognize those who embrace growth and innovation as the industry undergoes a massive transformation. It is time the energy industry and our people socialize the great work we do in service for modern society," said Katie Mehnert, founder and CEO of Experience Energy, a division of Pink Petro.
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