2010 SPE President
Behrooz Fattahi
Aera Energy LLC

2009 SPE President
Leo Roodhart
Shell Research B.V.

2011 SPE President
Alain Labastie
Total

SPE Vice-President -- Finance
Kenneth E. Arnold
K. Arnold Consulting

Regional Directors

Africa
Alek Musa
Total E&P Nigeria Ltd.

Canada
Helen Chang
Nexen Inc.

Eastern North America
Dean McPhearson
Baker Hughes, Inc.

Gulf Coast North America
Sid Smith Jr.
National Oilwell Varco

Mid-Continent North America
Roy M. Knapp
University of Oklahoma (Retired)

Middle East
Hosnia Hashim
Kuwait Oil Company

North Sea
John Donachie
Simmons & Company Intl.

Northern Asia Pacific
Dato’ Yiaw Hin Wee
Petronas

Rocky Mountain North America
Arnis Judzis
Schlumberger

South America and Caribbean
Ruben Caligari
Petrobras

South, Central, and East Europe
Serge Rueff
Consultant

Southern Asia Pacific
Fauzi Imron
PT Medco E&P Indonesia

Southwestern North America
Billy Harris
Wagner & Brown Ltd. 

Western North America
Sam Sarem
Improved Petroleum Recovery Consultants

At-Large Directors

Faisal Al-Thani
Maersk Oil Qatar

Josh Etkind
Shell Exploration & Production Co.

Technical Directors

Drilling and Completions
Ford Brett
Oil & Gas Consultants International 

Projects, Facilities and Construction
Paul Jones
Chevron Energy Technology Pty. Ltd.

Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Social Responsibility
Tom Knode
Halliburton

Management and Information
Kamel Bennaceur
Schlumberger

Production and Operations
Ahmed Abou-Sayed
Advantek International

Reservoir Description and Dynamics
Gene Narahara
Chevron Energy Technology Company