Speakers

Tim Tarpley oversees Energy Workforce’s Policy, Government Affairs, International Trade Policy, Environmental Policy, Mexico Task Force and Legal committees developing and implementing an integrated strategic plan to advance Energy Workforce’s policy positions; broaden awareness of its programs and priorities; and increase the visibility of its positions across key stakeholder audiences.

Tarpley most recently served as Chief of Staff to Congressman Ted Poe (RTX) and began his legislative career as an aide to Congressman Thornberry (R-TX). As a lynchpin of Congressman Poe’s staff for more than nine years, Tim worked on permitting the Keystone pipeline and ending the crude oil export ban.

Tarpley serves on the US-Mexico Energy Business Council and is a fellow in the British American Project.

Tarpley holds a juris doctor from Creighton University School of Law and a master of laws from American University Washington College of Law.

Dr. Srikanta Mishra is an Institute Fellow and Chief Scientist (Energy) at Battelle Memorial Institute, the world's largest independent contract R&D organization. He is responsible for developing and managing a geoscience-oriented technology portfolio related to computational modeling and data analytics for geological carbon storage, shale gas development, and improved oil recovery projects.

Joey is a Senior Consultant in Carbon Storage Technology with the Global CCS Institute, a not-for-profit, international climate change think tank whose mission is to accelerate the global deployment of CCS. The Institute is based in Melbourne, Australia with offices in the US, UK, Belgium, Abu Dhabi, China, and Japan. Joey is part of the Institute’s commercial team which comprises experts across the full CCS value chain including geoscience, engineering, economics, and legal and regulatory disciplines. Joey contributes to Institute thought leadership and provides CCS consultancy services.

Prior to joining the Institute in 2021, Joey spent more than 15 years as a geoscientist in the oil and gas industry, specializing in subsurface analysis and characterization. He has developed and led regional- to prospect-scale exploration projects in basins across the globe. Joey’s background includes academic and professional work in stratigraphy, sedimentology, basin analysis and tectonics. His experience also includes resource assessment, geologic risk analysis, and business development.

Tiraz Birdie is a subsurface flow and transport analyst at TBirdie Consulting, Inc. a Lawrence, KS, based engineering consultancy focused on carbon management. For the past 30 years he has specialized in developing computer simulation models for reservoir/aquifer resource evaluation, development, and protection. He obtained his Master's degree in Civil Engineering and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Kansas.