Oklahoma Energy Institute

Carl Campbell

Co-Founder and COO, Alamo Resources, LLC

As a co-founder and COO of Alamo Resources LLC, Carl D Campbell, CPL, has extensive industry experience in the Gulf Coast, Mid-Continent and Rocky Mountain regions of the United States and in Canada. Alamo Resources currently has holdings in the Permian Basin, Eagle Ford, and the San Juan Basin.

A native of Oklahoma City and an alumnus of the University of Oklahoma, Campbell began his professional career in 1983 as a landman for the newly formed PetroCorp Inc. He became a division landman in 1987 during the company’s aggressive exploration and development program in the Mid-Continent region. In 1991, Campbell moved to Houston as the division landman for PetroCorp’s Gulf Coast region, and from 1993 through 1999, he gained a broad spectrum of experience in varied and prolific petroleum provinces as the company’s division land manager for the newly consolidated Gulf Coast, Rockies and Canada Division.

Prior to co-founding Alamo Resources in July 2004, Campbell formed Concorde Resources LLC in early 2000 and successfully pursued exploration and development opportunities in the Gulf Coast and Mid-Continent regions. Over the course of his career, he has been directly involved in producing property acquisitions and divestitures totaling more than $850 million.

A certified professional landman since 1995, Campbell has been an active member of AAPL, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Landmen, the Houston Association of Professional Landmen, the Independent Petroleum Association of America, Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Association, and the Texas Oil and Gas Association.

Campbell was elected to the HAPL board of directors in 2004 and served as the organization's past president. He served as AAPL president, first and second vice president, and as chairman of several committees, including the NAPE Operators Committee and the NAPE Advisory Board.

In 2011, Campbell was honored as HAPL’s Outstanding Landman of the Year and in 2018 as AAPL’s Landman of the Year. In 2012, the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association named him among the Texas Top Producers in the Landman category of awards. In 2013, he was selected as a finalist for the top 100 most influential Houston business leaders in the energy industry. And in 2014, he was named to the Houston Business Journal’s list of Who’s Who in Houston Energy.

Campbell currently serves on the advisory boards of both the Robert M. Zinke Energy Management Program in the Price College of Business at the University of Oklahoma and the Tulsa University Energy Program. In addition, he is a past vice chairman and a member of the board of directors for Angel Flight South Central. This nonprofit organization provides free air transportation to patients for medical and humanitarian purposes.

Campbell resides in Oklahoma City and Houston with wife, Jennifer, and daughter, Victoria. He is an active member of the First Presbyterian Church and a charter member of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Houston Museum of Natural Science

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Jared Hembree

Partner, Hinkle Shanor, LLP

Jared A. Hembree, CPL, is a partner in the Roswell, New Mexico, office of Hinkle Shanor LLP and is a member of the faculty at Washington and Lee University School of Law, where he teaches oil and gas law as an adjunct professor. He is also a member of the faculty for the Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law’s Federal Oil and Gas Leasing Short Course, where he teaches federal title examination and federal bonding. He has written and lectured extensively on oil and gas matters, specifically pertaining to title examination, federal units and mineral extraction from produced water, and is the co-author of Chapter 8: Spacing, Pooling, and Unitization of the Landman’s Legal Handbook, 5e.

Hembree is a past AAPL regional director and a past president of the New Mexico Landmen’s Association and of the Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico. He currently serves as a trustee of the Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law.

In addition to his professional involvement, Hembree formerly served as a representative from Chaves County in the New Mexico House of Representatives.

Graduating with honors, Hembree received a Bachelor of Arts in history with a minor in museum studies from Montana State University. He earned a Juris Doctor from Washington and Lee University School of Law. While at W&L, he served as editor for the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy’s 2005 Symposium Edition and as co-chairman of the Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Distinguished Lecture Series.

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Drew Hopkins

Vice President of Business Development & Marketing , Novus Consulting

Drew Hopkins is an energy industry veteran, business development executive, and lifelong believer that the best things in this business still happen through relationships. As Vice President of Business Development & Marketing at Novus Consulting, Drew brings leadership experience spanning land, land administration, owner relations, software, consulting, and business growth. He has helped grow companies from early-stage operations into major industry players and helped organizations explore their true potential. 

But Drew’s favorite part of the industry has never been a spreadsheet or a software implementation. It’s the people and the stories. ….nd the occasional deal that probably shouldn’t have worked but somehow did.

That passion is a big reason he co-hosts The Real Deal Landman Show with Jerris Johnson, a podcast celebrating the people and untold stories behind the people making the industry work. With a healthy respect for the profession and a willingness to poke fun at it, Drew and Jerris bring candid conversations and plenty of humor to a business that takes its work seriously, but know how to enjoy the ride. 

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Jerris Johnson

Landman and Technology Advocate

Jerris Johnson, CPL, has more than 20 years of practice as a land professional in the oil, gas, and renewable energy industries. He advises companies on blending traditional workflows with improved data systems, technological advancements, and AI to help land departments and professionals maximize productivity and efficiency. He is grateful for opportunities to present and educate at regional and national conferences and corporate events. Jerris also co-hosts the Real Deal Landman Show podcast, available on all major streaming platforms.

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Lindsey Miles

Vice President - Land & Regulatory, Devon Energy

Lindsey N. Miles is Vice President of Land and Regulatory for Devon Energy, where she oversees a large, multi-basin portfolio across the most prolific oil and natural gas plays in the United States. She is responsible for end-to end land strategy and execution, including commercial, regulatory, division orders, and land data management.

Miles joined Devon in 2008 as a landman in the Barnett Shale and went on to lead the Midcontinent, Texas Panhandle, and Delaware Basin land teams. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Central Oklahoma and a master’s in energy management from Oklahoma City University. She is an AAPL Certified Professional Landman and was named OCAPL Landman of the Year in 2016.

Her industry leadership includes serving as OCAPL President in 2014 and AAPL Second Vice President in 2017, chairing the AAPL Oklahoma Energy Institute, and serving on the NAPE Advisory Board and the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board, among other roles. She also brings her leadership to nonprofit and community organizations in Oklahoma City.

Outside of work, she and her husband, Taylor, are busy keeping up with their three children, Isaac, Aubree, and Adi.

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Nick O'Grady

CEO, NOG

Nicholas O’Grady has served as Chief Executive Officer at NOG since January 2020 and was named to its Board of Directors in 2024. Mr. O’Grady joined the company in June 2018, previously serving as Chief Financial Officer. He also held the title of President from September 2019 until his promotion to CEO. Mr. O’Grady leads the team in all aspects of the business, including acquisitions, investments, financial management and business strategy. Over his tenure, the company has executed acquisitions and related financings over 6 billion dollars. Prior to joining NOG, Mr. O’Grady had nearly two decades of energy-related finance experience, both as an investment banker and as a principal investor. Mr. O’Grady began his career in the Natural Resources investment banking group at Bank of America. Later, moving to the asset management business, he worked at firms such as Highbridge Capital Management. Immediately prior to joining the company, Mr. O’Grady worked at Hudson Bay Capital Management, where he focused on energy-related equities, public credit, and private and direct investments. Since 2025, Mr. O’Grady has served on the Board of Directors of the American Exploration & Production Council, or AXPC, as the only Non-Operating Upstream E&P CEO on the Council. In 2026, Mr. O’Grady was named a finalist for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Heartland award, which recognizes business leaders across Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska for exceptional ingenuity and corporate growth. He is also active in the community through volunteer youth coaching and service on several local nonprofit committees. Mr. O’Grady holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in History and Economics from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.

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Michael Pisciotte

Director of Land & Contracts, Mull Drilling Company, Inc.

Michael A Pisciotte, CPL, is director of Land & Contracts at Mull Drilling Company, Inc., an independent E&P company in Wichita, Kansas, where he oversees the Land Department and serves on the executive leadership team. Prior to joining Mull in July 2024, he spent over 17 years as land manager at Murfin Drilling Company, Inc, where he led the Land & Legal Department, and worked as an independent field landman in the Mid-Continent and Rocky Mountain regions for several years.

Pisciotte has greatly enjoyed his time as a landman and becoming involved with local industry professionals. He has served in many capacities for the Wichita Association of Professional Landmen, including vice president, president, and twice as AAPL director. He maintains an active behind-the-scenes role with WAPL, remaining involved in educational seminars, annual sporting clays and sponsorship of local member certifications. Mr. Pisciotte also serves on the Kansas Independent Oil & Gas Association Executive Committee as South Central vice-chair on the board of directors.

After joining AAPL in 2008, Pisciotte soon earned his RPL, followed by his CPL in 2011. He currently serves as immediate past chair of the Awards Committee, as a board member of the AAPL Educational Foundation and as a member of the Accreditation Committee. In addition to his past terms as treasurer for AAPL, the AAPL Educational Foundation and the NAPE Charities Fund, he has served as AAPL’s third vice president, AAPL director (two terms), chair of the Ethics Committee and the Membership Committee, and president of the AAPL Educational Foundation. He also has served on numerous committees, including Certification, Finance, Investment Advisory, Strategic Planning Taskforce, EVP Search, and Affinity Vendor Group and Treasurer’s Advisory Group, as well as liaison to Leg/Reg, NOC, Tax Issues, SWLI, Technology, GeoCare, and Field Landman Seminar and previous nominating subcommittees.  

Pisciotte earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a master’s degree in public administration from Wichita State University with an emphasis on public finance, budgeting and organizational management. He previously worked for three public municipalities as a manager/administrator buts enjoys landwork much, much more.

He is a proud son of Colorado’s Western Slope, where he met and married his lovely bride, Victoria. They have been blessed with three wonderful children — Dylan, Kierstin and Joseph —along with four amazing grandchildren: Gretchen, Violet, AJ and Jasper. Pisciotte enjoys the mountains, outdoor activities, reading and spending time with and admiring his family.

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Kyle Reynolds

Managing Member, RBG Permian

Kyle B. Reynolds, JD, CPL, & Immediate Past President of the American Association of Professional Landmen. He’s a seasoned pro in the energy sector with a knack for making things happen. Kyle’s journey has taken him from leading teams at Chesapeake Energy and Energen Resource Corp. to his current role as a managing member at RBG Permian. When he's not busy with all things land-related, Kyle enjoys cooking, exploring new places, diving into a good book, and passionately supporting the Arkansas Razorbacks. He's also a proud father of 3 and the entrepreneurial spirit behind Benjamin Lee Bison (a direct-to-consumer meat business), Bryant Moore law firm, and Greenway Capital Partners (a real estate investment firm).

Reynolds and his wife, Amy, have three beautiful children: Lila, Anne Douglas and Hardin. He enjoys cooking, traveling, reading, and all things Razorbacks sports, including writing weekly articles for The Pig Sty.

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Jesse Sandlin

Director, Policy and Regulatory Affairs, American Exploration and Production Council

As AXPC’s Director of Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Jesse Sandlin leads AXPC’s efforts in policy engagement on Air, Climate, Water, and Waste issues, and supports AXPC’s ESG efforts. Before joining AXPC, Jesse spent 14 years working in the upstream oil and gas sector for Devon, Noble Energy, and most recently Chevron. In those roles, Jesse served in leadership roles in government affairs, environmental policy, sustainability, and facilities engineering. Jesse has led policy development within those organizations and through collaboration with multiple trade associations with respect to hydraulic fracturing, wastewater, emissions, seismicity, tariff and trade policy, federal lands and permitting, and a variety of other issue areas. More recently, Jesse played a key role on Chevron’s methane reduction team, serving as an advisor on project implementations and policy development, while also leading multiple methane detection initiatives across both onshore and offshore operations. Jesse holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma and a Juris Doctor from Emory University, and uses the combination of technical and legal skills to advocate for policy priorities that strengthen American energy production to enable people around the world to flourish.

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Matthew Smith

Vice President of Land, EOG Resources

Matthew W. Smith, CPL, is the VP of Land for EOG Resources, Inc.  After graduating from Texas Tech University in 1996, Matt began his career as a Field Landman working Texas and Oklahoma.  In 2001, Matt took a job with El Paso Production in Houston, Texas as an in-house landman working the Gulf Coast of Texas.  He left El Paso Production in 2003 to work as a Field Landman.  In 2005, EOG hired Matt as a landman to work in the Fort Worth, Texas Division Office and in 2012 EOG moved Matt to the San Antonio, Texas Division Office to serve as Division Land Manager.  In 2018, EOG moved Matt to the Denver, Colorado Division Office to serve as Division Land Manager for the Western U.S. and Canada and in late 2020 EOG moved Matt to the Midland, Texas Division Office to serve as Division Land Manager.  In January of 2025 EOG moved Matt to Houston, Texas to serve as VP of Land.  Matt has been an active member of American Association of Professional Landmen (AAPL) since 1998 and became a Certified Professional Landman in 2005.

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Scott Stone

Manager, Pebblestone Properties, LLC

Scott L. Stone is currently Manager of Pebblestone Properties LLC, an oil and gas consulting and investment company and is also Mineral Manager for The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation. He started in the Land profession in 1978 and then began his long and distinguished oil and gas career with the Noble Family in 1981. He retired after serving 42 years with the Nobles in several capacities, including Manager of Spartan Resources, LLC, an officer, and advisor of other related entities and remains as a member of the Board of Directors. Scott graduated from the University of Oklahoma in Business Administration and also earned an MBA degree with honors from Oklahoma City University. 

As a leader in the oil and gas industry, Scott served as President of the American Association of Professional Landmen and has held many leadership positions for AAPL through the years.  Scott has earned the Certified Professional Landman designation and strives to promote professionalism within the Landman profession.  He has served as Chairman of the AAPL Landman Scholarship Trust and also Chairman of the AAPL Educational Foundation. He is currently Chairman of the Council of Presidential Perspectives for AAPL.

For the Oklahoma City Association of Professional Landmen, Scott has served on the Executive Committee, Board of Directors and as a Special Advisor along with other committees. He has been awarded the “Lifetime Achievement Award”, “Landman of the Year” and the “Bill Majors Distinguished Service Award” from the association. For the Southern Oklahoma Association of Petroleum Landmen he continues to represent SOAPL as a Director on the AAPL Board of Directors.

Scott has enjoyed teaching as a Guest Lecturer for the Energy Management Program (EMGT) at the University of Oklahoma since 2002. He also serves on the Board of Advisors for the OU Program, conducted EMGT scholarship interviews and has been involved in EMGT Majors Mentoring Program. Upon his retirement, the Sam Noble Family established the Scott L. Stone Endowed Scholarship for deserving students of the OU Energy Management program in his honor. He also served several years as Guest Lecturer for the University of Tulsa Energy Management Program and speaks at other oil and gas related seminars and events. Scott also served his graduate alma mater as an Executive Advisory Board member to the Meinders School of Business at Oklahoma City University and was honored as a Distinguished Alumnus for the school.

Within the Oklahoma oil and gas industry, Scott served on the Board of Directors and as chairman and member of several committees of the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association (OIPA), now Petroleum Alliance for many years. He is also a member of Oklahoma Energy Producers Alliance (OEPA).  In addition, he has participated on oil and gas task forces at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.

Scott is a Lifetime member of Leadership Oklahoma and a member of LOK Class 31. He is also a member of Leadership Edmond Class 29 and the Citizens Police Academy Class 2024-25. He also served as an Honorary Commander of Tinker Air Force Base in their community outreach program.  Scott married his high school sweetheart Joan, and they have two daughters with four grandchildren. Scott and Joan attend and have actively participated in several ministries and leadership positions at Waterloo Road Baptist Church.

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Julie Woodard

AAPL President

Julie Woodard, CPL, serves as president of the American Association of Professional Landmen, where she is currently focused on driving strategic growth and industry advocacy. She formerly served as the senior land manager for Expand Energy in the Northeast Appalachia Business Unit and has previously led land business development and exploration activities in the Mid-Continent region.

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 OU 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. Since 2007, she has chaired and served on numerous AAPL committees as well as the board of directors. She also has served as chair of the NAPE Operators Committee, a member of the Executive Committee as first vice president for 2025-26, third vice president for 2015-16, and president and chair of the AAPL Educational Foundation. Currently she is AAPL’s president.

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 staying involved with her church community.

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