Walker Moody is the President of Pickering Energy Partners (PEP). Mr. Moody has operational responsibility for business. Prior to PEP, Mr. Moody served as a Partner and President of TPH Asset Management, the predecessor to PEP. Mr. Moody was previously with Goldman, Sachs & Co., within its Investment Management Division and was a Captain in the US Air Force with international affairs and strategic planning duties in the Middle East, the Pentagon, and was a Social Aide-de-Camp at the White House. Mr. Moody is an appointee of the Governor to the Board of Directors for the Texas Public Finance Authority, the public authority for financing, construction and acquisition of facilities for state agencies. Additionally, Mr. Moody is on the Executive Committee of the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors and the Advisory Board of biotech venture capital fund,  Altitude Ventures Texas. Previously Mr. Moody was a member of the Oversight Committee of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, the $3 billion dollar state program to fund cancer related programs and companies. Mr. Moody received his MBA from Auburn University and earned both a BS and BA, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Texas Christian University.

Lex Hochner is a Managing Director at Pickering Energy Partners and focuses across PEP’s suite of private strategies. Prior to joining Pickering Energy Partners, Hochner served as Executive Director at TPH Asset Management. Hochner was a Vice President at Haddington Ventures, LLC. Before that, Hochner was an Associate at Jefferies & Company. Hochner received a BA in Sociology from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the University of Texas.

Pravin Kanneganti is the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of Pickering Energy Partners (PEP). Mr. Kanneganti has responsibility over operations and compliance functions for the PEP platform. Prior to PEP, Mr. Kanneganti served as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of BlackGold Capital Management, an energy credit investment manager, where he oversaw all operations as well as serving on the Risk and Valuation Committees. Prior to BlackGold, Mr. Kanneganti worked in UHY Advisors’ Houston tax practice focused on oil and gas partnerships and professional service firms. Mr. Kanneganti received his BBA from Texas A&M University and his MS from Southern Methodist University.

Chris Micsak is a Director at Pickering Energy Partners. Prior to joining PEP, he was a director at Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. Asset Management. Micsak was a Vice President at Haddington Ventures, a midstream infrastructure focused private equity fund prior to TPH Asset Management. Before that, Micsak was a senior analyst at Bentek Energy, a boutique energy consulting and analytics firm where he covered North American and global energy markets. Micsak has also held trading and analytical positions at investment banks and hedge funds in New York, Connecticut and Hong Kong. He received a B.A. in Economics and Asian Studies and graduated magna cum laude with Honors from Colgate University.

Brent Orsak serves as a Vice President on the private equity investment team of Pickering Energy Partners (PEP). Prior to PEP, Mr. Orsak was an Associate on the private equity investment team of Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. Asset Management. Mr. Orsak was previously an Associate in the energy investment banking group at Citigroup. While at Citigroup, Brent worked on mergers & acquisitions and capital markets transactions for clients in the upstream, midstream, and oilfield services sectors. Prior to Citigroup, Brent was an analyst in Plains All American Pipeline’s Commercial Development group. Brent holds an MBA from Rice University and a BBA in Finance from Texas A&M.

Robert Mills serves as a Vice President on the private equity investment team of Pickering Energy Partners (PEP).  Prior to PEP, Mr. Mills was a Vice President at AEC Partners and previously an Associate on the energy investment team at Avista Capital Partners.  Prior to Avista Capital Partners, Mr. Mills served as an investment banking analyst at Goldman Sachs where advised energy industry clients on mergers & acquisitions and capital markets transactions.  Robert holds both an MS in Finance and a BBA in Finance from Southern Methodist University.

Christian Solcher, CFA, is the Director of Finance of Pickering Energy Partners (PEP). Mr. Solcher has responsibilities of overseeing all financial activities, financial reporting, budgeting, managing risk and disbursing funds. Prior to PEP, Mr. Solcher was an Analyst for Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co Asset Management, the predecessor to PEP. Prior to joining TPH Asset Management, Christian was a financial analyst at OpenLink Financial, where he assisted management with forecasting and budgeting. Before that, he was a transaction services deals associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he conducted due diligence on energy companies. Mr. Solcher double majored in Engineering Science and Economics with a double minor in Corporate Strategy and Engineering Management and a Master of Accountancy from Vanderbilt University.

Logan Dickinson is an Associate on the private equity investment team of Pickering Energy Partners (PEP). Prior to PEP, Mr. Dickinson was an Analyst in the Energy Investment Banking group at RBC Richardson Barr. While at RBC, he was a member of the acquisitions and divestitures team specializing in strategic advisory across the upstream and midstream sectors. Prior to RBC, he was an independent petroleum landman for various oil and gas operators across Texas. Mr. Dickinson holds a B.B.A. in Finance from Texas Christian University and a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Texas Tech University.

Son Le serves as an Analyst at Pickering Energy Partners. Before joining Pickering Energy Partners, Le was an analyst at Triple Crown Investments, where he was responsible for forecasting, budgeting, and valuating investment opportunities as well as analyzing and reporting performance of portfolio companies in the entertainment and real estate industries. Prior to Triple Crown Investments, Le worked at International Operations Department of General Motors Financial in Fort Worth. Le passed all three levels of the CFA Program, and earned a BBA in Finance and Accounting, magna cum laude from Texas Christian University.

Jake Smith is an Analyst for Pickering Energy Partners (PEP). Prior to PEP, Mr. Smith was a Senior Associate in the Valuation group at KPMG. While at KPMG, he specialized in upstream oil and gas valuations related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, GAAP financial reporting, tax planning, and strategic planning. Mr. Smith passed all three levels of the CFA Program, and holds a M.S. in Finance and a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering, cum laude from Texas A&M University.

Reese Kreitz is an Executive Assistant at Pickering Energy Partners. Before that Reese Kreitz was an Executive Assistant at Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. Asset Management in the Houston office.  Kreitz was previously an Executive Assistant in the energy investment banking group at Simmons & Company International. Prior to Simmons & Company International, Kreitz was a Senior Circulation Manager at an energy publishing company. Before energy publishing, she was an Executive Assistant and Circulation Coordinator at a Houston based Japanese animation distribution company.

Kate Ogden serves as the Executive Assistant to Dan Pickering, Co-President of the firm. She is responsible for assisting the Co-President with administrative needs. Kate was also previously an Executive Assistant for Dan Pickering at Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.  Previously, Ogden served as the Executive Assistant of Research at Simmons & Company International. Ogden holds a BS in Business Management from Le Tourneau University.