SPEAKERS
Geeta Thakorlal
She has held a number of senior roles within Worley since joining in 2011, including President of Intecsea and SVP for Advisian Upstream, Midstream, LNG service line. She has won awards demonstrating her commitment to champion women leaders in energy in the US and Australia. She is currently an affiliate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Geeta is recognized as a talented, experienced leader with a positive mindset, who strives to achieving outstanding results. She leads with humility, passion and confidence to drive change.
Seema Mehra
Katie Mehnert
Katie Mehnert, CEO and Founder, ALLY Energy (she/her)
The modern architect of the energy workforce, Katie Mehnert is the Founder and CEO of ALLY Energy™ the community accelerating connections, jobs, and skills to drive an equitable energy transition. ALLY Energy is an inaugural member of Greentown Labs Houston, the top climate tech incubator in North America.
Ms. Mehnert has held global leadership roles with BP and Shell in safety and environment during periods of financial crisis, spills, divestment, and globalization. Her early career included assignments with Duke Energy, Entergy, and Enron. Her corporate path drove her to entrepreneurship to help energy companies prepare for the looming talent shortage and workforce diversity needs to address energy poverty and climate change.
She was appointed Ambassador to the United States Department of Energy in 2020 during the Trump Administration and has testified before Congress on the clean energy workforce of the future. She was most recently appointed by the Biden Administration to the National Petroleum Council. She’s also an Energy Institute Fellow and an advisor to Clean Energy for America.
Ms. Mehnert is a speaker, author, and trusted source in the energy industry. She has been published in Scientific American, Forbes, The Hill, CNBC, and CNN. Her first book, Grow with the Flow, was published in 2020. She most recently co-authored Everyday Superheroes: Women in Energy, a children’s book focused on energy careers. Mrs. Mehnert also has appeared in Hot Money, a documentary produced by Academy Award-winning actor, Jeff Bridges and Retired NATO General Wesley Clark on the financial complexities of climate change and finance.
Katie is a four-time World Major marathoner having completed London, Chicago, New York, and Berlin. Her husband is Vice President of Legal with Baker Hughes. They live with their 11-year-old daughter, Ally, in Houston.
Pamela Kearney Skaufel
Shelley Kalms
Carrie Slagle
Carrie Slagle is Head of Listings for the Southwest region at the New York Stock Exchange. In this role, she is responsible for developing and strengthening relationships with NYSE listed companies in the region, many of which are in the energy sector.
Carrie is also a commodity trading operations and technology veteran. Prior to joining NYSE in 2016, Carrie led the Energy Trade Compliance and Risk Reporting practice area at the management consultancy, Sirius Solutions, LLLP. She also served as Director of the ICE Trade Vault and ICE eConfirm services at Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. from 2002 through 2013, overseeing the sales, technology integration and customer support functions for energy trading clients in North America, Europe, and Asia. Prior to joining ICE, Carrie worked in a variety of energy trading operations and technology roles at Enron, both in Houston and London.
Carrie is a graduate of Texas A&M University and resides in Houston with her family.
Jenna Beck
Susanna Sabbagh
