Board of Directors
The board of directors oversees COPAS operations to assure that policies, projects and other activities authorized by the council are executed in a proper and timely manner.
The COPAS board of directors is composed of nine members, each serving a three-year term. Three directors are elected annually at the COPAS Fall Meetings by the council. Officers are elected by fellow board members and serve one-year terms that commence on January 1.
We are proud to present our 2023 board members and officers:
Kim Peyton
President
- president@copas.org
- Term: 2025 - 2027
- Society: Mississippi
- Company: Peyton & Company, PLLC
- Board liaison To: CEE Steering Committee, Research & Advisory Committee, Mississippi Society
Kevin Launchbaugh
President-Elect
- presidentelect@copas.org
- Term: 2023 - 2025
- Society: Tulsa
- Company: Gas Equities, Inc.
- Board liaison To: Bylaws Committee, Leadership Handbook Advisory Committee, Membership & Society Support, Anchorage Society, California Society
Carole Tear
Vice President
- vicepresident@copas.org
- Term: 2024 - 2026
- Society: Oklahoma City
- Company: Chesapeake Energy
- Board liaison To: Education Committee, APA Board of Examiners, Austin Society, Corpus Christi Society, New Mexico Society, Oklahoma City Society
Stephanie Schwindt
Treasurer
- Treasurer@copas.org
- Term: 2025 - 2027
- Society: Colorado
- Company: INEOS
- Board liaison To: Meeting Advisory Committee, Employee Benefits Subcommittee, API Royalty Subcommittee, Colorado Society, Kansas Society, Michigan Society
Tom Batsche
Secretary
- Secretary@copas.org
- Term: 2023 - 2025
- Society: Houston
- Company: Talos Energy
- Board liaison To: Joint Interest Standing Committee, Vehicle Rates Subcommittee, Houston Society
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Scott Barrios
Director
- scott.barrios@copas.org
- Term: 2023 - 2025
- Society: New Orleans
- Company: Shell Exploration & Production Company
- Board liaison To: Audit Standing Committee, New Orleans Society, Permian Basin Society, Rocky Mountain Society
Lisa Collins
Director
- lisa.collins@copas.org
- Term: 2025 - 2027
- Society: Houston
- Company: WT Offshore Inc
- Board liaison To: Vehicle Rates Subcommittee, Vendor Roundtable, Dallas Society, Fort Worth Society, Wichita Falls Society
Kirk Foreman
Director
- kirk.foreman@copas.org
- Term: 2024 - 2026
- Society: San Antonio
- Board liaison To: Financial Reporting Committee, Small Oil & Gas Companies Committee, CEPS Control Panel, AAPL, Canada Society, San Antonio Society
Rebecca Paris
Director
- rebecca.paris@copas.org
- Term: 2024 - 2026
- Society: Tulsa
- Company: Devon Energy Corp
- Board liaison To: Revenue Committee, Nominating Committee, Ark-La-Tex Society, Arkansas Society, Tulsa Society
