Susan Howes, PE, PHR is President at Subsurface Consultants & Associates, LLC (SCA) where she is responsible for all facets of the company’s consulting, recruitment and training services business including maintaining the highest technical quality standards. Howes’ prior experience includes roles of increasing responsibility at Anadarko and Chevron in reservoir engineering, business development, corporate engineering, HR, organizational capability and reservoir management. Howes is recognized an industry leader in petro-technical talent attraction, development and retention. She has coauthored papers and articles on the topics of ethics, uncertainty management, risk management, and talent management. Howes holds a BS degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas. Howes chairs the Program Committee for SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE) 2024 and serves as past-chair of the SPE Management Technical Section.  Howes received the SPE DeGolyer Distinguished Service Medal, is an Honorary Member of SPE, and served as a SPE Distinguished Lecturer for 2019-20. Susan serves on the Colorado School of Mines Petroleum Engineering Department Program Advisory Board, on the Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council BOD and chairs the Society of Women Engineers – Houston Area Awards Committee.  Howes received the 2020 Woman of Excellence award from the Federation of Houston Professional Women.