Women in Energy Event hosted by ACG Houston in partnership with ACG Denver

Join the Women of ACG Denver and Houston for a fireside chat featuring Johanna Schmidtke, Managing Director at Ara Partners, and Cathy Anderson, CFO at Sundance Energy. The conversation will be followed by 30 minutes of virtual networking.

Speakers

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Cathy Anderson

Sundance Energy

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer

Cathy L. Anderson has been our Chief Financial Officer since December 2011. Ms. Anderson has over 30 years of experience, primarily in the oil and gas industry, and has extensive experience in budgeting and forecasting, regulatory reporting, corporate controls, and financial analysis and reporting. Prior to joining us in 2011, Ms. Anderson had been a consultant to companies in the oil and gas industry since 2006. Ms. Anderson held various positions, including Chief Financial Officer of Optigas, Inc., a natural gas gathering, processing, and marketing company, from 2005 to 2006 and Vice President of Internal Audit and Consulting for TeleTech Holdings, Inc., a Nasdaq-listed global service firm providing outsourced customer management, from 2002 to 2004. From 1993 to 1999, Ms. Anderson was the Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of NYSE-listed Key Production Company, Inc. (predecessor to Cimarex Energy). She began her career in 1985 with Arthur Andersen, LLP. Ms. Anderson hold a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with High Honors, emphasis in Accounting, from the University of Montana. She is a certified public accountant.

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Johanna Schmidtke

Ara Partners

Managing Director

Johanna Schmidtke is a Managing Director with Ara, having joined the firm in 2018, and is a member of the firm’s Investment Committee. Johanna has two decades of experience in low carbon investment, project implementation and research.

Johanna began her career in physics researching solar and low power display materials. At Lux Research and PricewaterhouseCoopers, she consulted global energy and industrial clients on external investment and internal research platforms in the renewable power, electronics and materials sectors. She then moved to the Corporate Development and Strategy team at First Solar, then the largest U.S. solar developer and panel manufacturer. Most recently, Johanna was an Investment Director at Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, where she led investments in waste carbon-utilizing chemicals, industrial cybersecurity and industrial construction platforms.

Johanna earned a PhD in Physics from the University of Cambridge as a Gates Cambridge Scholar and a BS in Biochemistry from the University of Arizona as a Goldwater Scholar. She is currently adjunct professor in the Global Energy Management program at the University of Colorado Denver Business School. Johanna is a proud mother of two and in her free time enjoys long bike rides with her family, classical music, and amateur photography.

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May 9, 2021 11pm