Karr Ingham is President, Economist at Texas Alliance of Energy Producers. A professional economist, Ingham specializes in regional/metro economics in Texas, and oil and gas/energy economics. Ingham is a member of the Houston chapter of the U.S. Association for Energy Economics and was elected as a member of the USAEE council (board). Since 2014 he has served on Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar’s Economic Roundtable, a group of state and national economists convened to provide economic counsel and insight to the Comptroller in terms of the general condition of the Texas economy and the ongoing revenue outlook.
He co-chairs the Supply and Demand Committee of the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) and serves on the board of directors of the Domestic Energy Producers Alliance (DEPA).
Earlier in his career, 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 community. He also performed agriculture budget policy analysis for the Congressman, then a member of the House Budget Committee.
A native of Stratford, Texas, Ingham attended Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene and has a Bachelor of Business Administration in Economics from West Texas A&M University. He also taught undergraduate economics at WTAMU for a short time.
Ingham resides in Amarillo with his wife, Elizabeth, two daughters, and one granddaughter. He is a past-president of the Amarillo Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors, and continues to serve on the board.
