Cont. Ed: Networking and Mentoring to Build Beneficial Relationships

Susan Howes is Organizational Capability Consultant in the Reservoir Management department at Chevron, with prior assignments as Reservoir Management Consultant in the Reservoir Management Framework group and as Manager of the Horizons Program. Susan Howes is formerly Learning and Organizational Development Manager at Anadarko.

 Susan Howes is a petroleum engineering graduate of the University of Texas and is a Past President of the Chevron Women’s Network. Susan Howes currently serves as Chair of the SPE Soft Skills Committee, was the 2010 Chair of the SPE Talent Council, and is an SPE Distinguished Member

Peggy Rijken Is the Team Leader for the Productivity Enhancement team in the Reservoir and Production Engineering department at Chevron, with prior assignments as a hydraulic fracture engineer and as a geomechanics specialist.

Rijken is a petroleum engineering graduate of the University of Texas (PhD) and holds a Masters in Mining and Petroleum Engineering from Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands.

  Rijken currently serves on the SPE Talent Council Committee and the ATCE SPE Reservoir engineering committee. She has previously served on the ATCE well completions committee and served on the ATCE SPE well stimulation committee prior to becoming the committee chair.