OFFICERS
Travis D. Stice
Chairman
Mr. Stice is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Diamondback. He has served as the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Diamondback since 2012 and was appointed Chairman of the Board in 2022. Mr. Stice has also served as the Chief Executive Officer and director of Viper Energy Partners LP (Nasdaq: VNOM), one of our publicly traded subsidiaries since February 2014. Prior to these positions with Diamondback and Viper, he served as our President and Chief Operating Officer beginning in 2011. He served as a VP Permian for Laredo Petroleum from 2008 to 2010, and as a Development Manager of ConocoPhillips/Burlington Resources Mid Continent Business Unit from April 2006 until August 2008. Prior to that, Mr. Stice held a series of positions of increasing responsibilities at Burlington Resources beginning in 1990 until that company was acquired by ConocoPhillips in March 2006. He started his career with Mobil Oil in 1985.
Mr. Stice graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering and serves on the Texas A&M Petroleum Engineering Advisory Board. He also serves on industry boards for the American Petroleum Institute, the American Exploration and Production Council, and the Permian Basin Petroleum Association.
Additionally, he has served on numerous local community boards including Manor Park Retirement Center in Midland, Midland Memorial Hospital, the Midland Chamber of Commerce, and the Midland Petroleum Club. He and his wife Brenda also serve on the board for the Dynamic Catholic Institute.
Anne Bradbury
CEO
Anne Bradbury is President and CEO of AXPC, a national trade association representing leading oil and natural gas exploration and production companies in the United States.
Bradbury is responsible for carrying out AXPC’s mission of educating and advocating for constructive solutions that support responsible American oil and gas development and promoting the inherent value of American-produced oil and natural gas.
Since being named CEO in December 2019, Bradbury has nearly tripled AXPC’s size, and has expanded AXPC’s presence on both Capitol Hill and across the Executive Branch as the leading authority for U.S. independent producers.
Often appearing in local and national publications, (e.g. The Washington Post, Bloomberg, and Financial Times), Bradbury works to educate the public, media, and policy stakeholders about the economic, national security, and environmental importance of American energy production.
Prior to AXPC, Bradbury served as one of the top legislative strategists and technicians in Congress as Floor Director to two successive Speakers of the House of Representatives and Deputy Floor Director in the Offices of both the Majority and Minority Leader. During her decade-long career on Capitol Hill, Bradbury was instrumental in the implementation and adoption of major rules packages and legislative initiatives ranging from reforms to national security and intelligence policy to health care, energy, transportation, trade, and education policy passed by the House of Representatives. Bradbury previously served as a partner at the Duberstein Group, and is a board member of the Congressional Institute.
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Board of Directors
Kevin Ellis
Antero Resources – Regional Senior Vice President
John J. Christmann IV
Apache Corporation – President and CEO
Jeff Fisher
Ascent Resources – Chairman and CEO
Eric Greager
Baytex Energy – President and CEO
Danny Brown
Chord Energy – President and CEO
Chris Doyle
Civitas Resources – President and CEO
Nick Olds
ConocoPhillips – Senior Vice President, Global Operations
Thomas E. Jorden
Coterra Energy Inc. – President and CEO
Rick Muncrief
Devon Energy Corporation – President and CEO
Travis D. Stice (AXPC Chairman and Member of the Executive Committee)
Diamondback Energy, Inc. – CEO
Rusty Hutson
Diversified Energy – CEO
Hardy Murchison (Member of the Executive Committee)
Encino Acquisition Partners – CEO
Pamela Roth
EOG Resources, Inc. – VP, Government Relations
Toby Rice (Member of the Executive Committee)
EQT – President and CEO
Nick Dell’Osso (Member of the Executive Committee)
Expand Energy – President and CEO
John Reinhart
Gulfport Energy Corporation – President & CEO
Greg Lalicker
Hilcorp – CEO
Greg Hill
Hess – President and COO
Thomas M. Hart III
Jonah Energy – President and CEO
Lee Tillman (Member of the Executive Committee)
Marathon Oil Corporation – Chairman, President and CEO
Ken Waits
Mewbourne Oil Company – President and CEO
Brendan McCracken (Member of the Executive Committee)
Ovintiv, Inc. – President and CEO
James Walter
Permian Resources – Co-CEO
Christopher Valdez
PureWest Energy – CEO
Dennis Degner
Range Resources – President CEO
Justin Loweth
Seneca Resources Corporation – President
Herb Vogel
SM Energy Company – President and CEO
Craig Bryksa
Veren – President and CEO
Jason Pigott
Vital Energy – CEO
Bart Cahir
XTO Energy, Inc. – Senior Vice President