SPEAKERS & PANELISTS
Nick Olds, EVP , ConocoPhillips Keynote Speaker & Panelist
Nick Olds is Executive Vice President, Lower 48 and global Health, Safety and Environment (HSE), responsible for leading ConocoPhillips' Lower 48 and global HSE operations. Nick has 33 years of experience in the oil and natural gas industry. He previously served as executive vice president, Global Operations, responsible for the company’s operations in Alaska, Asia Pacific, Canada, Europe, Middle East & Africa. Other leadership roles he has held include vice president, Corporate Planning & Development, vice president, Mid-Continent Business Unit in the Lower 48 and vice president, North Slope Operations and Development in Alaska. He began his career with predecessor company Conoco in Houston in 1992. Since then, Nick has served in numerous engineering, development, and operations and management positions in the United States, Nigeria, Norway, United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Canada and Alaska. Nick graduated from Montana Tech University with a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering. In 2006, he also completed the Executive Development Program at the Wharton Business School. He is a board member of Yellowstone Forever and a member of the American Exploration and Production Council. He has also served as a board member on the Montana Tech University Foundation Board and Asia Natural Gas and Energy Association.
Aaron Hunter, President, Permian, ConocoPhillips Panelist
Aaron Hunter is president, Permian for ConocoPhillips. Hunter has 21 years of oil and gas experience, including eight years of experience at Chevron and ten years at Concho Resources. Over the course of his career, he has worked in CO2 flooding, microbial and conventional water flooding, field operations management, reservoir engineering, development management, reservoir engineering supervising, and as an asset manager. Prior to his current role, Hunter served as the vice president, Delaware Basin for ConocoPhillips. Hunter serves on the board of directors of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association and is a member of the City of Midland’s Planning and Zoning Commission. Hunter earned a Bachelor of Science degree in petroleum engineering from Montana Tech in 2004.
Mike Sommers, President & CEO, American Petroleum Institute Facilitator
Mike Sommers is the 15th chief executive of the American Petroleum Institute (API), the largest trade association representing all aspects of America's natural gas and oil industry. Since his appointment in July 2018, Sommers has overseen the strategic realignment of API’s priorities and advocacy efforts, introducing an integrated organizational structure and core API Principles. Among other initiatives, he led the organization through an unprecedented period in global energy markets, effectively positioned the industry through political transitions in Washington and in state capitols across the country, increased utilization and visibility of API standards and safety programs, and led the adoption of the industry’s solutions-oriented efforts to address the risks of climate change. Sommers is a regular contributor and thought leader on major cable news networks. In 2021, Fortune Magazine listed Sommers among its 50 World’s Greatest Leaders. Previously, Sommers headed the American Investment Council, representing the nation's leading private equity and growth capital firms and other business partners. Throughout his career, Sommers has held critical leadership roles in the U.S. House of Representatives and at the White House, including as Chief of Staff for Speaker of the House John A. Boehner and Special Assistant to President George W. Bush at the National Economic Council. Sommers is a native of Naperville, Ill., and a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He is married to Jill Sommers, a former Commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). They have three children in college and live in Alexandria, Virginia.
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