Charles Willis
SYMPOSIUM CHAIR 2008
President & General Manager
Black Warrior Methane Corp.
Brookwood, AL

Malcolm Bocking
Director, Principal Geologist
Bocking Associates CBM Pty, LTD
Australia

Charles M. Boyer, II
Principal Consultant
Unconventional Reservoirs
Schlumberger Data and Consulting Services
Pittsburgh, PA

Charles W. Byrer
(retired) Project Manager
National Energy Technology Laboratory
U.S. Department of Energy
Morgantown, WV

Peter E. Clark, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
College of Engineering, The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL

Denise M. Cox
Storm Energy
Golden, CO

Richard A. Esposito
Senior Engineering Geologist
Southern Company Services
Birmingham, AL

Richard A. Gates
District Manager, District II
Mine Safety and Health Administration
U.S. Dept. of Labor
Birmingham, AL

Charles D. Haynes, Ph.D., P.E.
Haynes Mineral Services LLC
Guntersville, AL 

J. Read Holland, Ph.D.
President
J.R. Holland & Associates, Inc.
Tuscaloosa, AL

George G. Karkashadze
Professor
Moscow State Mining University,
Russia

Donna Keene
Associate Director
Professional Development & Conference
Services College of Continuing Studies
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL

Dennis Lathem
Executive Director
Coalbed Methane Association of Alabama
Birmingham, AL

Phillip G. Malone
Vice President
GeoMet, Inc.
Birmingham, AL

Eddie Martin
Surface Operations Coordinator
Chevron Mining
Berry, AL

Morgan “Mike” Mosser
Project Manager
National Energy Technology Laboratory
U.S. Department of Energy
Morgantown, WV

Jack C. Pashin, Ph.D.
Director, Energy Investigations Program
Geological Survey of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL

Scott Reeves
Executive Vice President
Advanced Resources International, Inc.
Houston, TX

John S. Richardson
President
Acquisitions & Engineering
Energen Resources Corporation, an
Energen Company
Birmingham, AL

Berry H. “Nick” Tew, Jr., Ph.D.
State Geologist and Director
Geological Survey of Alabama Supervisor,
State Oil & Gas Board
Tuscaloosa, AL

Rhonda Tinsley
Senior Geologist
Southern Company Services
Birmingham, AL

Douglas R. Wight
CEO/President
Petron Resources, L.P.
Frisco, TX

Shinji Yamaguchi, Dr. Eng.
Associate Professor
Petroleum and Geothermal Engineening
Dept. of Earth Science and Technology
Akita University, Japan