Leadership at the Maguire Energy Institute

Leadership Team

Bruce Bullock, Director Bruce Bullock

Bruce Bullock, Director

Bruce Bullock serves as director of the Maguire Energy Institute, where he oversees the study of management, marketing and policy issues related to the energy industry. He frequently provides expertise on oil, gas and other energy industries. He and the Institute play a key role in the Texas-based Gulf Project initiative, and he has been quoted frequently on issues related to the Gulf oil spill.

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Xavier Tison, Director of Energy Innovation

Xavier Tison is the Director of Energy Innovation at the Institute, joining in 2021 after a twenty-year career in the energy industry. Tison has an MBA from the Cox School of Business and both a Masters and a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from SMU Lyle School of Engineering. Xavier's global experience in the energy sector, as well as his entrepreneurial drive make him an ideal ambassador for Cox, the Institute, and students.

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Kumar Venkataraman

Kumar Venkataraman, Academic Director

The James M. Collins Chair in Finance and Cary M. Maguire Chair of Oil and Gas Management, Dr. Venkataraman is the recipient of university-wide awards for excellence in both teaching and research. He has published internationally, with bylines in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Business Week and beyond, and has worked on government consulting projects and served as expert witness in litigation involving trading strategies and price manipulation.

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Advisory Board

The Maguire Energy Institute encourages the study of management, marketing, and policy issues related to the energy industry.

The Institute is guided by a multi-disciplinary Board of Advisors who provide input and support for the the Institute's programs, curricula and annual agenda.

Advisory Board Members 

  • Greg Armstrong: Retired Chairman, Plains All American Pipeline, Inc.
  • Bill Armstrong: Owner President, Armstrong Oil & Gas Inc; Owner Vintner, Epoch Estate Wines; Armstrong Oil and Gas
  • Liz Armstrong: Owner/Vintner, Epoch Estate Wines; President, The Armstrong Foundation; Armstrong Oil and Gas
  • Rhys Best: Chairman, Texas Pacific Land Corporation
  • Pat Bolin: Executive Chairman, Eagle Oil & Gas Co.
  • Bruce Bullock: Academic Director, SMU Cox Maguire Energy Institute
  • Josh Camp: President and CEO, Perpetual Production LLC
  • Chris Carter: Managing Partner, NGP
  • Steven Cobb: Managing Director, Pearl Energy Investments
  • Allen Custard: President & CEO, Pitts Oil and Gas
  • Steve Estes: Partner, KPMG
  • Kathryn W. Francis: KEW Drilling, One Energy Square
  • James Gibbs: Chairman, Five States Energy Company, L.L.C.
  • Ty Glover: President and Chief Executive Officer, Texas Pacific Land Corporation
  • Robert Gregory: Academic, Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Dedman
  • Forrest Hoglund: President, Hoglund Interests
  • Gordon Huddleston: Partner, Co-President, Aethon Energy Management LLC
  • Chris Kendall: Director, California Resources Corporation
  • Michael LaMotte: Sr. Managing Director, Guggenheim Securities
  • Bobby Lyle: Chairman, President, and CEO, Lyco Holdings Incorporated
  • Blainey Maguire Hess: President & CEO, Maguire Oil Company
  • Nancy McCaskell: President, Masonboro Energy LLC (President AAPL)
  • Todd Milbourn: Dean of the Business School, Cox School of Business
  • Kyle Miller: President and CEO, Silver Hill Energy Partners
  • Kris Moldovan: EVP & CFO, Vistra Corp
  • Margaret (Meg) Molleston: President, GeoSouthern Energy Partners
  • Carter Montgomery: President & CEO, Greenpoint Renewables
  • Matthew Myers: Former Dean, SMU Cox School of Business
  • Joseph Omoworare: Managing Director, Kroll, LLC.
  • Chris Paulsen: CFO, USA Compression
  • Timothy Perry: Vice Chairman, RBC Investment Banking
  • Danny Rice: CEO, NetPower
  • Jeff Ritenour: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Devon Energy
  • Robert C. Jr. Vaughn: Managing Partner, High River Resources
  • Bryan Sheffield: President & CEO, Formentara Partners
  • Scott Sheffield: Chairman & CEO, Pioneer Natural Resources Company
  • Mark Schlueter: Managing Partner, Portfolio Manager, Sagefield Capital
  • Jeff Shorter: VP Supply and wholesale markets, Lower Colorado River Authority
  • Kathleen Smits: Civil and Environmental Engineering, SMU
  • John Stevenson: CFO, Terra Energy Partners
  • Jere Thompson: EVP & CFO, Diamondback
  • Xavier Tison: Director, Energy Innovation, SMU Cox Maguire Energy Institute
  • Kumar Venkataraman: Cary M. Maguire Chair in Energy, Cox School of Business
  • Ray W. Washburne: Chairman of the Board, SUNOCO, LLC
  • Jim Wicklund: Managing Director, PBHB
  • George Yates: Chairman & CEO, HEYCO Energy Group