EfTA DSS - Beverly Mentzer March 27, 2025
Date & Time
March 27, 2025, at 06:30 PM in Central Time (US and Canada)
Description
Beverly Mentzer Bio:
Beverly Mentzer retired from ExxonMobil after working 33 years in both domestic and international engineering and managerial positions. During her career, she traveled extensively and held 16 positions – from entry level engineer to Vice President. She graduated with a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from Louisiana State University. At Purdue University, she serves as an Industrial Career Counselor for Chemical Engineering and has been an Industrial Mentor for an NSF Innovation Corps project in Environmental and Ecological Engineering.
Beverly joined Exxon Production Research Company and worked in process engineering and global technical support. Through multiple positions in Exxon USA, she managed onshore and offshore oil & gas field operations, projects, production facilities engineering, geoscience and subsurface technical support, labor relations, regulatory compliance and strategic planning. She was on the Petroleum Engineering Advisory Council and a campus recruiter for engineers at LSU.
As the Business Development Manager for Exxon Pipeline Company, she had responsibility for asset sales/acquisitions, new business, FERC tariff filings and shared oversight of the Trans Alaska Pipeline (1.6Mbbls/day). She served on the Board of Directors of two Lower 48 joint interest pipeline companies. Beverly led a technical and economic assessment of Liquefied Natural Gas and Gas Conversion technology as the Alaska Gas Commercialization Manager - while working with state government, joint venture partners and potential Far East customers. In London, she had responsibility for all the technical, operational, commercial, environmental, financial, audit and external relations aspects of ExxonMobil’s UK non-operated oil & gas production assets. This business unit contributed ~$1.5B/yr in profit (before tax) and spent ~$2B/yr in operations and capital expense. She also served on the UK Offshore Operators Association and chaired the industry’s Fiscal Policy Committee.
Globally, when Beverly was ExxonMobil Production Company’s Engineering Vice President, she had responsibility for ensuring functional excellence in ~3000 engineering staff and their work products. She approved ~300 job moves/yr for experienced engineers. As the Gas & Facilities Technology Manager for ExxonMobil Upstream Research, she led teams of PhDs in the development of distinguishing technology for gas processing, oil sands, machinery, flow assurance, safety and the environment. Simultaneously, she ran the company-wide Operations Integrity Management System. She was responsible for the start-up of ExxonMobil Research Qatar and served as its Vice-President.
Beverly is married to Ray, a Purdue Professor of Engineering Practice and retired ExxonMobil executive. Their son, Nate, is a mechanical engineer and their daughter, Rebecca, is an economist.
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