Hilda Pinnix-Ragland: Energized for the Future
Hilda Pinnix-Ragland’s retirement isn’t your typical day at the golf course. When she’s not serving as a board member for large corporate entities like the...
Oilwoman November-December 2020
HPR STEMulus Academy
Hilda Pinnix-Ragland thinks if young girls are exposed to STEM subjects early on, they will get hooked. “We lose young girls of color when they...
Diversifying Power: Why We Need Antiracist, Feminist Leadership on Climate and Energy
Action Steps for Everyone We can all take action and get involved in leveraging the urgency and outrage about both the coronavirus crisis and the...
From Bystander to “Upstander”
As a black man and a white woman, we’ve experienced both similar and unique diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) challenges in the workplace. We’ve found...
David Reid, Chief Technology Officer/Chief Marketing Officer National Oilwell Varco (NOV)
In my 30 years in the oil and gas business, I have been a supporter of the development and growth of women in our industry....
A Day in the Life of . . . a Wellsite Geologist
Heading Offshore 14:30 hrs – “Fly In” day and we’re about to board the helicopter after undertaking drug and alcohol testing, thorough checks of the...
An Inconvenient Life: My Unconventional Career as a Wellsite Geologist
As we came into our approach on the Deepwater Millennium, it felt like I’d never left home – we could still have been offshore from...
Breaking the “Glas” Ceiling in the Women’s Flame-Resistant Clothing Market
I love math. It was always my favorite subject growing up. I was always interested in fashion, too, but I had parents that literally said,...