Jeff Hildebrand
Hilcorp Energy Company
Jeffery D. Hildebrand is executive chairman and founder of Hilcorp Energy Company, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company in Houston, Texas, with interests in Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, and the Northeast US. Hilcorp also has a large footprint in Alaska, on both the North Slope and in the Cook Inlet. Hilcorp has been named to FORTUNE Magazine’s 100 best workplaces in America for seven years.
Prior to founding Hilcorp in 1989, Mr. Hildebrand was with Exxon, the Dan A. Hughes Company, and American Energy Capital Corporation.
He earned a Master of Science in petroleum engineering in 1985, and a Bachelor of Science in geology in 1981, both from The University of Texas at Austin, where he was a member of Pi Epsilon Tau, Petroleum Engineering’s Honor Society.
Mr. Hildebrand is a member of the All American Wildcatters, the National Petroleum Council, the Engineering Advisory Board at University of Texas at Austin, the Independent Petroleum Association of America, the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the Houston Geological Society, the Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists, the Texas Independent Petroleum Royalty Owners Association, the Management Council of the King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management and the Louisiana Independent Oil and Gas Association.
Active in his community, Mr. Hildebrand serves on the boards of Central Houston, Inc., the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Houston Police Foundation, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy where he is the Chairman of the subcommittee for the Center for Energy Studies, The University of Texas Investment Management Company and, most recently, he was appointed to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. In addition, he is a past chairman of Young Presidents Organization, Houston Chapter. He served a six year term on The University of Texas Systems Board of Regents. He is a past board member of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, the Greater Houston Community Foundation, Pin Oak Charity Horse Show, and Star of Hope Mission.
Mr. Hildebrand is the recipient of the 2005 Distinguished Engineering Graduate from The University of Texas at Austin, the 2013 Distinguished Petroleum & Geosystems Engineering Alumnus from The University of Texas at Austin, TXOGA Distinguished Service Award and the 2021 Kay Bailey Hutchinson Center, Lifetime Achievement Award.