(WO) — The Texas Alliance of Vitality Producers (the Alliance) board of administrators has appointed Karr Ingham because the group’s new president, efficient July 1, 2024.
“Karr’s intensive expertise and unwavering dedication to our mission make him the best selection to steer the Alliance ahead as president,” stated Jason Herrick, Chairman of the Alliance Board of Administrators. “He has labored with the Alliance in numerous capacities since 2003 and served admirably as our interim president for the previous 9 months, demonstrating distinctive management and dedication.”
Earlier than turning into interim president in 2023, Karr served because the Alliance’s govt vice chairman for 5 years. He’ll proceed his work because the petroleum economist for the Alliance. Each month he releases its Texas Petro Index (TPI), a measure of development charges and cycles within the Texas upstream oil and gasoline financial system, in addition to the Alliance’s Texas Permian Basin Petroleum Index.
“It’s an honor to be named President of the Alliance throughout this era of uncertainty for the oil and gasoline business,” stated Ingham. “No matter who wins the U.S. presidency in November, the Alliance will staunchly defend the pursuits of our members and the oil and gasoline business in Texas in opposition to overreach and unhealthy coverage at each the state and federal ranges.
An expert economist, Ingham has specialised in regional/metro economics in Texas, and oil and gasoline/vitality economics. Ingham is a member of the Houston chapter of the U.S. Affiliation for Vitality Economics and was elected final 12 months as a member of the USAEE council (board). Since 2014 he has served on Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar’s Financial Roundtable, a bunch of state and nationwide economists convened to offer financial counsel and perception to the Comptroller by way of the overall situation of the Texas financial system and the continuing income outlook.
He co-chairs the Provide and Demand Committee of the Impartial Petroleum Affiliation of America (IPAA) and serves on the board of administrators of the Home Vitality Producers Alliance (DEPA).
Earlier in his profession, Ingham served as District Director and Legislative Aide to then U.S. Congressman Beau Boulter, and was the Congressman’s principal liaison to the Panhandle and West Texas agriculture neighborhood. He additionally carried out agriculture price range coverage evaluation for the Congressman, then a member of the Home Funds Committee.
A local of Stratford, Texas, Ingham attended Hardin-Simmons College in Abilene and has a Bachelor of Enterprise Administration in Economics from West Texas A&M College. He additionally taught undergraduate economics at WTAMU for a short while.
Ingham resides in Amarillo together with his spouse, Elizabeth, two daughters, and one granddaughter. He’s a past-president of the Amarillo Habitat for Humanity Board of Administrators, and continues to serve on the board.
