Women's Energy Network – North Texas Chapter Hosts Fifth Annual Leadership Conference in Dallas

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

The Women's Energy Network (WEN) – North Texas Chapter will host the organization's Fifth Annual Leadership Conference, "Empower, Enable, Enhance," on Thursday, June 4^th. The half-day event will be held at the Dallas Petroleum Club, 2200 Ross Avenue, 39^th floor. Conference registration will begin at 11:30 a.m., followed by a lunch and the afternoon program. A networking reception will immediately follow the conference at 5:00 p.m.

The 2015 conference will feature five seasoned industry leaders who will make individual presentations, including:

Keynote Speaker Janet F. Clark, retired, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Marathon Oil Corporation
"Five Things that Matter – Learning from a Career on Wall Street and in Oil & Gas"

Janet F. Clark retired as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Marathon Oil Corporation October 1, 2013. She joined Marathon in January 2004 after having previously served as senior vice president and chief financial officer for Nuevo Energy from 2001 through 2003. Before joining Nuevo, Ms. Clark worked at Santa Fe Snyder where she assumed the role of executive vice president of Corporate Development and Administration in 1999. Ms. Clark joined Santa Fe in 1997 as chief financial officer. She began her career as an investment banker specializing in corporate finance, primarily with The First Boston Corporation, now owned by Credit Suisse.

Ms. Clark earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics, cum laude from Harvard University and an MBA, with Distinction, in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Clark serves on the Board of Directors of EOG Resources, Inc. including as Chair of the Audit Committee. From 2011-2013 she served on the Board of Dell, Inc. where she served on the Special Committee for the "Going Private" transaction. Prior to that, she served on the board of Exterran and its predecessor, Universal Compression from 2003-2011. She is a board member of the following nonprofit organizations: The Houston Symphony, YES Prep Public Schools, Teach for America - Houston Regional, Greater Houston Community Foundation, and Jones Graduate School of Management (Rice University) Council of Overseers. She also is a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Business and Community Advisory Council.

Keynote Speaker Melinda Yee, Partner Deloitte & Touche LLP
"M&A Activity and Trends"

Melinda Yee is a Partner with Deloitte & Touche LLP ("Deloitte"), where she specializes in assisting her clients with financial and tax due diligence on transactions in the energy space. She has worked with companies across the energy spectrum, including gas gathering and processing, interstate and intrastate pipelines, refining, exploration and production, mining, merchant power generation, alternative energy, trading, and regulated utilities. Ms. Yee is Deloitte's M&A Women's Initiative Leader for Mid-America and a member of the organizing committee for Deloitte's annual Women Leaders in Energy event. She is also a founding member of United Way's Women of Tocqueville Society in Metropolitan Dallas.

Elizabeth Lions, Elizabeth Lions Consulting
"Good Girls Ask – The Power of Negotiating"

Elizabeth Lions is the Author of two books, "Recession Proof Yourself" and "I Quit! Working for You Isn't Working For Me." Ms. Lions is currently crafting her third book on leadership. Elizabeth's coaching practice is broken into two key areas: career management and leadership.

Ms. Lions has been quoted in CBS Money Watch, Yahoo, The Ladders, and Dice job boards. She has also been published in the Philadelphia Tribune, PBS, CBS Money Watch, Dale Carnegie and John Tesh's blog. In 2013, her radio show for women entitled, "Leadership Lessons from the Lioness," was created through Plaid For Women, along with her articles. A year later, she brought her leadership classes to Dubai. Ms. Lion's client list includes executives from Fiserv, AT&T, Microsoft, Wells Fargo, eBay and Intel, among others.

Ms. Lions grew up in central New Jersey, about an hour from New York City. She studied psychology at the University of Maine. To contact Ms. Lions, please visit www.elizabethlions.com

Alison Freeman and Rhonda Hughes, FreemanHughes
"Branding Yourself"

Alison Freeman brings more than 25 years of global communication experience to her clients. She regularly works with top-of-the-house leaders in some of the world's largest companies and has personally coached more than 10,000 executives in the Fortune 250. Building on a background in network television news anchoring and reporting, Ms. Freeman specializes in preparing clients for challenging internal and external communication, investor/analyst conferences, town-hall meetings and public hearings.

A graduate of the Harvard-MIT Public Disputes program, Ms. Freeman earned her Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication/Broadcast Journalism from the Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania.

Rhonda Hughes started her career as a journalist covering major news events and crises including the Columbia Shuttle explosion, the Oklahoma City bombing trial, the Texas A&M bonfire collapse and the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. Her perspective, honed from years of investigative journalism and 24 hour news cycles, provides her clients with keen insights that patently improve and further their communication and messaging. As a strategic communication consultant, she prepares global business leaders for high-profile public engagements including media interviews, town-hall meetings and cross-generational initiatives.

Ms. Hughes is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where she earned a Bachelor of Journalism with a concentration in Government.

Conference prices, which include lunch and the networking reception, are:
$80 - Members
$100 - Nonmembers
Members and nonmembers can register for the event by visiting the chapter's website, www.wennorthtexas.org.

For more information about the event, contact Katya Evseev, OneWest Bank, at Katya.evseev@owb.com, or Peggy Loyd, Cortez Resources, LLC, at peggy@cortezoil.com.

For more information about the Women's Energy Network – North Texas Chapter, visit www.wennorthtexas.org and click on WEN North Texas. Interested parties can join the North Texas Chapter by clicking on Join today! on the North Texas Chapter's home page.

About WEN

The Women's Energy Network is a nonprofit association of women professionals in the energy industry that provides networking and community outreach opportunities and fosters career and leadership development. Founded in 1994, the organization has more than 1,000 members nationwide. For more information, please visit the WEN North Texas Chapter website at www.wennorthtexas.org.

2015 Leadership Conference Sponsors

CTB Energy Finance
Dallas Petroleum Club
Advancial