Today’s featured 25 Influential Women in Energy honoree is Brenda Schroer, senior vice president, CFO and  treasurer, Concho Resources Inc.: At the helm of Concho’s accounting,  finance, investor relations and IT organizations, Schroer said her goals  include spearheading its digital transformation efforts as well as  enhancing the company’s diversity initiatives.

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Today’s featured 25 Influential Women in Energy honoree is Kristen Ray, vice president of technology of petroleum  and legacy U.S. Assets, BHP: Ray says that, throughout her career, she’s  had personal experiences of being selected and not being selected for  roles due to gender. “These experiences have made me critically focus on  the hiring process to ensure objective measures are put in place prior  to interviews and as part of the selection criteria.”

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Today’s featured 25 Influential Women in Energy honoree is Heather Powell, president and CEO, Ventana E&P LLC:  Powell believes one of her greatest career milestones is building  Ventana E&P LLC from scratch. “Having a group of investors and board  members that believe in me and our team enough to back us not once but  twice is extremely humbling.”

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Tiffany Polak, development director, Marathon Oil  Corp.: While delivering “optimum, capital efficient production” is  Polak’s intent, she feels that teambuilding is a crucial piece of the  puzzle. It doesn’t have to be expensive or elaborate, she explains.  Knowing employees’ strengths and how to leverage individual talents  makes a difference.

Eileen Perillo, vice president finance,  unconventionals, Shell USA Co.: Perillo’s advice to others, “I’ve told  college students and young professionals that they have to find ways to  work collaboratively in teams, because it’s challenging to do things by  themselves,” she says. “But, equally, you need to figure out how to  stand out as an individual.”

Today’s featured 25 Influential Women in Energy honoree is Dr. Sharon L. Wood. 

This year’s Pinnacle Award recipient Dr. Sharon L. Wood, dean of the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas  at Austin (UT-Austin). The award, sponsored by Schlumberger, recognizes  her dedication to the advancement of architectural and environmental  engineering.

As dean of one of the largest engineering schools in the U.S., with  more than 8,000 students, Woods—a civil engineer—is the first woman to  hold the title at UT-Austin. It is a position she’s held since 2013.

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Today’s featured 25 Influential Women in Energy honoree is Shauna Noonan, SPE president, director of artificial  lift, Occidental.

Noonan says she has no problem staying motivated in  her career, even after reaching such heights. “There are [approximately]  840 million people on this planet that still do not have access to  electricity,” she says. “Knowing that I work in an industry that  contributes to reducing energy poverty and improving the standard of  living for individuals in this world is such a motivation.”

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Today's featured 25 influential Women in Energy honoree is Cathy Lebsack, vice president, land and exploration,  new ventures, Devon Energy Corp.

Lebsack is a woman of faith and, while  she describes herself as “incredibly competitive,” she wants her staff  to feel her kindness and love and to succeed as a team. Young  professionals, she advises, should be proactive.

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Today's featured 25 influential Women in Energy honoree is Wendy King, vice president, Great Plains Business Unit, Lower 48, ConocoPhillips.

Years learning the business, and her keen curiosity to understand  geology, led to perhaps the pinnacle of her career so far. Last year,  she was offered to lead the Great Plains unit, though her husband and  son would have to remain in Australia.

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Today's featured 25 influential Women in Energy honoree is Sam Holroyd, principal, Golden Advisory Services. 

One  factor helping drive Sam’s career is a “passion” she has to be a  communications catalyst. This has enabled her to bridge the gap that  often exists between those assessing geotechnical and operational issues  and those evaluating commercial factors and, in turn, developing an  aligned valuation proposition for a specific asset.

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