Hired to develop a communications and government relations function to support business in four onshore US locations, the Gulf of Mexico, West Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean region, each with its own unique regulatory, communications and external relations demands.• Created a dynamic team in offices across the U.S., as well as in Israel and Equatorial Guinea. Demonstrated skills in issues identification and management, message development, external communications, government and media relations, crisis response and resource deployment.• Work closely with C-suite and investor relations to protect the company’s reputation with important stakeholder communities. Guide evolution of company positions to ensure Noble meets environmental, social and governance criteria that is critical to the growing socially conscious investor community. • Refined and tested messaging and enhanced senior management communications capacities in shepherding company through near catastrophic oil price collapse and industry downturn. • Ongoing responsibility for effective financial communications including efforts with CEO plus the COO and other executives, working in concert with Investor Relations and bringing professional assistance to bear as appropriate. Manage preparation and communications activities for quarterly earnings calls with stock analysts, annual general meeting and the annual report.• Manage above ground risk management and stakeholder relations to ensure license to operate, encompassing multiple external affairs, stakeholder relations and public communications functions at all criticality levels.• Responsible for Crisis Management, including crisis preparation, response, strategy and communications. Hold media relations and general corporate spokesman functions.• Managed successive Colorado campaigns to protect against well-funded anti-industry initiatives, mounted by out-of-state activists and intended to shut down oil and gas production in the state.

Communications Manager, Upstream International Division – 2010-2011Developed, managed and delivered communication strategies for Shell Upstream International (UI), including campaigns, high profile projects, new business, and priority issues. Managed all UI communication activities including editorial services, content, media, issues, stakeholders, social investment, internal, and crisis. Led communications and external affairs for many business projects and work streams, including, Karoo, South Africa, Greenland, tight & shale gas, Arctic principles, and subsea well response project.Vice President, Regional Coordination – 2009-2010 Led Americas country coordination activity on behalf of the Shell Oil Company President and Upstream Americas Director as senior advisor with single point accountability. Member of Shell regional leadership team and strategic advisor to the hemispheric Director, coordinating engagement, content and business priorities. Strategic Advisor to the President – 2008-2009Provided strategic support to the President of Shell Oil Company, specifically ensuringcoordination and alignment of cross-business and cross-function activities supporting Shell reputation and growth.Worked closely with the U.S. heads of communications, government relations, sustainable development, and line businesses, guiding the integration of company President's strategic engagements.Regional Communications and Government Relations Manager – 2004-2008Responsible for external and government relations, regulatory policy and communications for Shell Exploration & Production Company in the Americas (renamed Upstream Americas in 2009). Reputation management within Americas from Alaska to Brazil, including Hurricane Katrina recovery.Government Affairs Manager – 2002-2004Focused on the development and full utilization of the entire Government and External Affairs team.

Advised association President and served as a member of the management team regarding all business, financial, and operational issues. Managed and supervised government affairs staff. As the senior professional for IPAA's offshore and land and royalty committees, counseled and interfaced with CEO's and senior executives of over 300 oil and gas companies.· Managed and engaged with stakeholders, including Senate and House members and high ranking government officials. Led industry coalitions with direct responsibility for independently developing and implementing legislative, regulatory, and litigation strategies impacting the profitability of offshore and onshore federal oil and gas production.· Promoted IPAA's goals/objectives through the development of business strategies with IPAA's Board and legal counsel. Responsible for IPAA's reputation, supported membership dues activities, and led its political action committee.· Prepared Congressional testimony and policy briefing materials for CEO's from the independent oil and gas community. Applied Executive Branch regulatory thought processes and operation modes to shape strategies and assure regulation compliance.· Served as liaison to the Department of Interior (DOI), Mineral Management Service (MMS, now BOEMRE), public policy think-tanks, NGO's, outside legal counsel handling IPAA litigation, national and state associations, and DOT's offshore and royalty policy committees.

Overarching responsibility for all legislative matters affecting offshore and onshore oil and gas that came before the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Oversight responsibility for Department of the Interior's oil and gas regulatory activities and operations.· Participated in determining and building support for Bureau of Land Management (BLM) oil and gas and MMS budgets during the Congressional budget approval process. Drafted speeches and media remarks for the Committee Chairman. Responded to constituent inquiries and executed external communications in support of the committee agenda.· Led efforts to enact the Royalty Fairness and Simplification Act of 1996. Also, advanced the Deepwater Royalty Relief Act, royalty reduction for heavy oil, transfer of authority to states, an organic act for MMS, and State revenue sharing.· Organized field hearings for the development of a sound energy policy. Coordinated Senate staff activities related to House initiatives, including DOI appropriations.

Responsible for all aspects of MMS policy, management and budget processes. Managed policy teams and directed the issues management process for MMS. Served as direct policy advisor to the Director on all matters pertaining to offshore operations and royalties.· Represented the Director at various venues with high-ranking officials internal and external to the federal government, including Congress. Briefed DOI, Department of Energy, and White House officials on legislative, regulatory, and budget proposals for the offshore and royalty programs.· Formed stakeholder coalitions for formulation of policy recommendations. Directed reengineering" of DOT's business practices (e.g., gas royalty in-kind) and implemented quality controls.· Developed MMS community outreach programs, including field royalty accounting offices in the Indian Community. Prepared speeches and briefing materials for the Director and management team.· Executed communication and media strategies in support of the Director's agenda, developed crisis management plans for offshore incidents, and trained employees on total quality management principles.

· Responded to all congressional and media inquiries and investigations related to the royalty management program. Developed field office policy recommendations and briefing papers for the Washington DC office. Prepared speeches and briefing materials for the Associate Director and management team.· Served on multiple advisory committees and quality assurance review teams, coordinated with stakeholder groups, and was a spokesperson for the agency.· Prepared annual budget proposals submitted to headquarters by the associate director. Held functional responsibilities for ethics and compliance activities and was focal point for employee inquiries regarding management, business and ethics inquiries.

Senior, professional engineer developing oil and gas policies for the state of Colorado.· Regulatory development and compliance expert for all onshore oil and gas activities in the State of Colorado. Implemented innovative regulatory approaches to eliminate red tape and increase the development of federal leases.· Project manager for leasing and unitization policies. Lead instructor for oil and gas policies at BLM's national training center. Participated in process and policy quality assurance teams