Laura Pommer is currently a consulting geologist with GrayStreet Energy, having joined the team in a transitional capacity in the fall of 2023. She specializes in deal sourcing and evaluation. In addition, Laura currently serves as CEO and lead geologist of EnergyFunders. Prior to joining the EnergyFunders team, she served as the CEO of a private equity-backed oil and gas exploration company, Century Natural Resources, where she oversaw drilling of exploratory horizontal wells, along with developing and managing ~180 wellbores and over 200,000 acres in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. Prior to leading Century Natural Resources, Laura worked in business development, exploration, and operations/development for Anadarko Petroleum’s onshore U.S. assets. She has also worked for various other private equity-backed companies as lead geologist, completing regional and asset-level mapping, log interpretation, risk analysis, and deal evaluation. She is a geologist by training, having earned a B.A. from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and an M.S. from the University of Texas at Austin.