SPE General Meeting

Topic:     Status and Update on the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission's (COGCC) Rulemaking.

Speaker:    Meg Collins, President, The Colorado Oil and Gas Association

 Date: Wednesday - Oct 15, 2008

Time: 11:30 am

Place: Denver Athletic Club

4th Floor 1325 Glenarm Place Denver, CO80204 303-534-1211

Map of 1325 Glenarm Pl Denver, CO 80204-2114

Cost: $25.00 ($30.00 at the door, if space is available)
Reservation Deadline: Noon, Monday Sept 15, 2007
Deadline for reservations has been changed to Noon on the Monday before the General Meetings.
or Call 303-620-9080 for reservations

Abstract:

Meg Collins, President of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association (COGA) will join us to speak about the post deliberation and provide a status and update on the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission’s (COGCC) rulemaking.  Meg will speak without a PowerPoint presentation and take and answer questions from the audience in an open session after her speech. Please join us to hear the industry’s position and where we go from here through final legislation and implementation.

Biography: 
Meg Collins began her government affairs career as a legislative aide to the late U.S. Senator Floyd Haskell, (D-CO). In this capacity, she began developing a specialty in energy, environmental and agricultural issues.

Since 2002, Ms. Collins has been responsible for the Colorado Livestock Association’s government and environmental affairs efforts. In this capacity, she has been successful in building support for regulations and legislation impacting the livestock industry, which reflects sound industry practices and achieves the state’s environmental protection goals. Ms. Collins currently serves as chair of the state’s Pollution Prevention Advisory Board, an advisory board to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

Ms. Collins energy and environmental experience includes senior federal affairs positions in Washington, D.C. at Tenneco, Inc., a major natural gas pipeline; Union Pacific Resources; Shell Oil Company; Camp, Barsh, Bates and Tates, a prominent government affairs firm; and Hunton & Williams, a national law firm with a focus on environmental law. Her corporate responsibilities required her to serve in leadership positions with various trade associations, including the American Petroleum Institute, the Natural Gas Supply Association and the Chemical Manufacturers Association. In 1990, Collins was selected by the White House as Congressional Liaison for the Administration’s “Conference on Science and Economic Research Related to Global Change”.

Ms. Collins has demonstrated remarkable success throughout her career in building alliances with diverse interests to enhance support for and minimize opposition to issues affecting those she represents before local, state and federal decision makers.

Ms. Collins has maintained an active role in her community serving on numerous non-profit boards such as the YWCA of Boulder County, the Boulder Community Hospital Auxiliary, Blue Sky Bridge, a child and family advocacy center and the Colorado Association of Healthcare Volunteers. In 2000, she was awarded the “Women Who Light Up the Community Award” by the Boulder Chamber of Commerce Business Women’s Professional Group.

Ms. Collins is a native Coloradan and a long-time resident of Boulder. She graduated from the University of Colorado with a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Conservation.