Source: National Ocean Industries Association – NOIA
Headline: NOIA Announces 2025-2026 Term for the Executive Committee, Board of Directors
Washington, D.C. – The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) appointed and approved the 2025-2026 term of the NOIA Board of Directors and Executive Committee. In a separate press release today, NOIA announced the election of Joe Leimkuhler, Chief Operating Officer of Beacon Offshore Energy, as the NOIA Chair and Eric Zimmermann, Chief Operating Officer of LLOG, as the incoming NOIA Vice Chair.
Note: NOIA Executive Committee Members also serve on the NOIA Board of Directors.
Appointed to the NOIA Executive Committee of the Board of DirectorsChris Bradshaw, President & CEO, Bristow GroupPaul Danos, Owner, President & CEO, DanosChris Golden, Senior Vice President, U.S. Upstream, EquinorBrent Gros, Vice President, Gulf of Mexico Business Unit, ChevronLee Jackson, Chairman & CEO, Jackson Offshore OperatorsAndy Krieger, Senior Vice President Gulf of Mexico and Canada, bpJonathan Landes, President, Subsea, TechnipFMCJoe Leimkuhler, COO, Beacon Offshore EnergyRichard Lynch, Senior Vice President, Technology & Services, HessSasha Mackler, SVP, Global Head of Strategic Policy, ExxonMobilMike McCauley, Senior Vice President, Asset Management & Special Projects, White Fleet AbandonmentCourt Ramsay, President & CEO, Aries Marine CorporationMolly Smith, SVP, Engineering & Technology, Murphy OilRick Tallant, EVP, Supply Chain & Contracting Procurement, ShellClay Thompson, Director, Gulf of Mexico Operations, OxyEric Zimmermann, COO, LLOG
Appointed to the NOIA Board of DirectorsPaa-Joe Akoto-Ampaw, Vice President, Gulf of Mexico, Woodside EnergyKarthik Annadorai, President & Chief Revenue Officer, GATE EnergyDavid Barton, Senior Vice President Gulf of Mexico, Marubeni Oil & GasLanis Belaire, Co-Founder & Owner, Pharma-Safe Industrial ServicesCraig Broussard, Vice President Gulf of Mexico, Subsea 7David Cherechinsky, President, CEO and Director, DistributionNOWMark Cizek, Vice President and General Manager, Gulf of Mexico, WilliamsAmanda Dasch, Region CEO, ØrstedRobert Eifler, President & CEO, Noble CorporationBryan Ellis, President, Services Division, Superior Energy ServicesLoren Fowler, Vice President Sales & Business Development – Americas, Heerema Marine ContractorsJohn Gellert, President & CEO, SEACOR MarineCéline Gerson, Group Director Americas/President USA, FugroAnna Guichard, Managing Director North America Offshore, SLBDavid Hajovsky, Executive Vice President, Multi-Client, TGSRichard Kirkland, CEO, CantiumCliffe Laborde, Managing Member, Laborde MarineRod Larson, President & CEO, Oceaneering InternationalTerry Lechinger, Vice President, Stress EngineeringTodd Lee, CEO, TotalEnergies E&P USAJennifer Medcalf, President, The REACH GroupChet Morrison, CEO, Morrison Energy GroupScott Moses, Executive Vice President & COO, Oil States InternationalBill New, President, New IndustriesBrent Ozenne, CEO, Arena OffshoreJoe Pope, Vice President – Sales & Marketing, ValarisDavid Reid, Chief Technology Officer & Chief Marketing Officer, NOVMark Richard, President, Western Hemisphere, HalliburtonW. David de Roode, Partner & Executive Vice President, Global Energy & Marine, Lockton PartnersNeal Shah, CFO, Kosmos EnergyNiloy Shah, COO, Ridgewood EnergySteve Weyel, Founder & Owner, EnVen Energy VenturesJim Wicklund, Managing Director – Energy Group, PPHB