THE AMBER WEITZER PODCAST | SILHOUETTES OF SUCCESS | LAURA POMMER | EPISODE 116 | SHOW NOTES
FEATURED GUEST
Our V.I.P. Featured Guest is Laura Pommer the CEO of Energy Funders, the world’s first online market place for direct investment into off market oil and gas deals. She previously served as the CEO and lead geologist of Century Natural Resources. Laura founded Century in October 2018 with $75Min private equity sponsorship. In her role as CEO, she guided the company’s development and management of approximately150,000 acres in the Powder River Basin. This included organic development of both conventional and unconventional assets, ranging from PDP to exploration plays. Before leading Century Natural Resources, Laura worked in explorations and operations for Anadarko Petroleum’s U.S. on shore assets. She’s also worked for various private equity-backed companies on regional and asset level mapping,log interpretation, risk analysis and deal evaluation. Laura is a geologist by training – earning her masters in Geology from The University of Texas at Austin and her bachelor’s in Geology from The University of Colorado.
Laura’s experience in deal evaluation by training – earning her masters in Geology from The University of Texas at Austin and her bachelor’s in Geology from The University of Colorado.
Laura’s experience in deal evaluation and risk analysis – from both a geological and financial perspective- makes her the perfect candidate for achieving our key objective: elevating the quality and reducing the risk of investments offered on
the platform. Laura is helping lead the emerging movement towards ESG-principled investing. As a female leader in a male-dominated industry, she’s passionate about mentoring and recruiting more young women into the industry.
CONVERSATION HIGHLIGHTS
Unconventional: All in the family! Laura’s educational path and journey in Geology was encouraged by her uncle who was also in the industry, later to be joined by her siblings! She has a fascinating journey filled with exploring, private equity, science, economics, teaching and so much more, Laura maps out her moves from the conventional to unconventional! She is on a road of digging and discovering…tune is, very intriguing!
Show Me the Money: Wow! Laura’s Silhouette of Success story is rich in more ways than one. She shares the various deals and opportunities of raising capital, baskets full of funds and securing funds. In addition, her professional experiences, marketing, prospecting and hands on explorations only add to her portfolio of awesomeness! Laura recently relocated and is in a new phase of discovery as she navigates her new town, the company business model and perhaps adding in more structure for her days. Right sizing her company, tough stuff but necessary…tune in to her thought process and best practices for working through times like these-she is a forward progress person!
Be the Example: This segment you need to tune in for…no summary on this one-tune in for the full conversation with Laura! Yes, it’s that good! Thank you, Laura, for what you are doing!
INTENTIONAL INSPIRATION
Grow where you are planted
RESOURCES
LAURA POMMER
You can also find Laura and Energy Funders on X (Twitter)
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