David Bretches

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. is an independent exploration and production company. It operates through the following segments: Exploration and Production; WES Midstream; and Other Midstream. The Exploration and Production segment focuses on the exploration, development, production, and sale of oil and natural gas. The WES Midstream and Other Midstream segment consists of gathering, compressing, treating, processing, and transporting of natural gas; gathering, stabilizing, and transporting of oil and natural gas liquids. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, TX.

Apache Corp. operates as an energy company, which engages in the exploration, development, and production of natural gas, crude oil, and natural gas liquids. The company was founded by Truman Anderson, Raymond Plank, and Charles Arnao on December 6, 1954 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Vastar Resources, Inc. is one of the largest independent oil and natural gas exploration and production companies in the United States. The company is active in approximately 80 fields in some of the nation's most prolific producing areas, including the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf Coast, the Oklahoma/Arklatex and the Rockies/Hugoton regions. In addition, the company's drilling rigs are exploring for new reserves both onshore and in the promising shelf and deepwater Gulf of Mexico drilling plays, the latter the site of rising industry activity and excitement.

The National Petroleum Council operates as a council for national petroleum. The private company is based in Washington.

JDRF International is a leader in setting the agenda for diabetes research worldwide, and is the largest charitable funder of and advocate for type 1 diabetes research. JDRF find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that strikes children and adults suddenly, and can be fatal. Until a cure is found, people with type 1 diabetes have to test their blood sugar and give themselves insulin injections multiple times or use a pump each day, every day of their lives. And even with that intensive care, insulin is not a cure for diabetes, nor does it prevent its potential complications, which may include kidney failure, blindness, heart disease, stroke, and amputation. It was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Natural Gas Supply Association produce and market natural gas. The firm encourages the use of natural gas within a balanced national energy policy, and promotes the benefits of competitive markets to ensure transportation and delivery of natural gas and to the supply of natural gas to US customers. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

The Center for Hearing & Speech operates as a full-service resource in Houston to teach deaf children to listen and speak without the use of sign language. Its services include early intervention, speech clinic, family support and community outreach. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.