Julie Woodard, CPL

Julie Woodard serves as the senior land manager for Expand Energy in the Northeast Appalachia Business Unit. She assumed this role after leading the land business development and exploration activities for the Mid-Continent region at Chesapeake Energy Corp. She has worked for Expand (formerly Chesapeake) since 2004 and has served the organization in various individual contributor and leadership roles within the Land Department. 

Woodard earned a Bachelor of Science in economics, pre-law, from Oklahoma State University and subsequently attended the University of Oklahoma’s Energy Management Program following her acceptance into law school.  She currently serves on the University of Oklahoma’s Energy Management board of directors. 

Woodard has been a member of the Oklahoma City Association of Professional Landmen and AAPL since 2004.She joined OCAPL’s Executive Committee in 2008 and is a past president of the association. She also has served as a chair and member of numerous AAPL committees since 2007 and has been an active member of their board of directors. Currently she serves as chair of the NAPE Operators Committee, following her service as chair of the Awards Committee, a member of the Executive Committee as third vice president for 2015-16, and president and chai of the AAPL Educational Foundation. 

Among her many honors, Woodard was a finalist in the Young Professional in Energy category of the International Oil and Gas Awards, Mid-Continent Division in 2013, included in Oil and Gas Investor’s distinguished list of “20 under 40” in the industry, and named OCAPL’s Landman of the Year in 2014 and AAPL’s Landman of the Year for 2014-15. Most recently, she was an honoree in Hart’s Oil and Gas Investor 2025 Influential Women in Energy. 

In addition to her professional association involvement, Woodard is a past president of the Edmond Public Schools Foundation.

Most importantly, she is a dedicated and loving mother of three children: Grayson, Hallie and Henley. She and her husband, Brian, live in Edmond, Oklahoma. She enjoys spending time with family, being outdoors, vacationing and being involved with her church community.