Jon VandenBrand

Senior Vice President, Commercial

Western Midstream

Jon VandenBrand has served as Senior Vice President, Commercial of the general partner of Western Midstream Partners, LP since February 2025. He previously served as Vice President, Delaware Commercial Development after joining the company in November 2019.

Mr. VandenBrand has over 17 years of experience spanning the energy and financial industries. From 2013 to 2019, he served in various commercial, financial, and strategic leadership positions, at Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. Additionally, Mr. VandenBrand also worked at Banc of America Securities, Global Hunter Securities, and Energy Future Holdings.

Mr. VandenBrand holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Southern Methodist University and a Masters of Business Administration from Rice University.

Monday - May 5, 2025 | Pre-Conference

Start Time	Description
12:00 pm	Private meeting, separate registration required
1:00 pm	Private meeting, separate registration required
2:00 pm	In the Irving Convention Center Ballroom
5:00 pm	Private meeting, separate registration required
6:00 pm	Open to all conference registrants; drinks, snacks, entertainment; sponsorship available
6:30 pm	Invitation only, sponsored by
7:30 pm

Tuesday - May 6, 2025 | Conference Day 1

Start Time	Description
7:30 am	In exhibit hall; one exclusive event coffee sponsorship is available
8:15 am	Pete Cook, Oilfield Water Connection Joseph Triepke, Oilfield Water Connection
8:30 am	Ryan Hassler, Rystad Energy
9:00 am	Tracee Bentley, Permian Strategic Partnership [Chair] Ray Perryman, The Perryman Group Karr Ingham, Texas Alliance of Energy Producers Kirk Edwards P.E., Latigo Petroleum
9:45 am	Kelly Bennett, B3 Insight
10:15 am	break sponsor
10:45 am	Steven Runyan, Coterra Energy John Cave, Expand Energy
11:30 am	Robert Ballantyne, RWI Enhanced Evaporation
11:35 am	Dane Broussard, CORE Linepipe [Chair] Robert Crain, Texas Pacific Water Resources Taylor Spalla, Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP Chris Harich, XRI
12:15 pm	With time to visit exhibit hall; Sponsorship available
1:30 pm	Bentsen Falb, Raymond James [Chair] Nick Patterson, Aris Water Solutions Jon VandenBrand, Western Midstream
2:10 pm	Michael Bodino, Texas Capital Bank
2:15 pm	3 rotations (15-minute each) to join tables hosted by E&P representatives for candid dialog Phillip Douget, Civitas Resources Steven Runyan, Coterra Energy Evaporators & Crystallizers (Paul Hart, Diversified) Beneficial Reuse Public-Facing Strategy (Stuart Mussler, Chevron) Water Reuse & Recycling (John Cave, Expand Energy) ...more to be added soon...
3:00 pm	In exhibit hall; Break sponsorship available!
3:30 pm	Patrick Patton, B3 Insight [Chair] Ted Wooten, Railroad Commission of Texas Annan Pascoe, Deep Blue Water
4:10 pm	Presentation sponsorship available
4:15 pm	Casey Lowary, Texas Capital Bank [Chair] Cory Hall, AQT Water Management Stan Berry, S&P Global Commodity Insights
5:00 pm	Sponsored by
6:30 pm	Evening free for client dinners

Wednesday - May 7, 2025 | Conference Day 2

Start Time	Description
8:00 am	In exhibit hall; one exclusive event coffee sponsorship is available
9:00 am	Pete Cook, Oilfield Water Connection Joseph Triepke, Oilfield Water Connection
9:15 am
10:00 am
10:15 am	Sponsorship available
10:45 am	Rob Rice, Gravity
11:30 am
12:00 pm	Exhibitor breakdown; time for pickleball tournament preparation and transportation
1:00 pm	At Chicken N Pickle; open only to conference registrants who sign up during online registration - food, drink, and pro lesson provided along with a chance to play for the title belt and trophies sponsored by Spectator passes available; Paddles and balls sponsored by ; towels sponsored by ; and socks sponsored by
5:30 pm	Conference adjourns