Gary Gould

Gary Gould currently serves as a Senior Advisor for Blackstone and as an independent Board Director for Legacy Reserves. Earlier in his career, Mr. Gould was Chief Operating Officer for EQT Corporation and President of EQT Production Company, the largest natural gas producer in the United States. Prior to joining EQT, Mr. Gould served in executive roles as Senior Vice President of Production and Resource Development and as Senior Vice President of Operations for Continental Resources, where he played a key role in leading Continental's engineering and operations teams in industry-leading financial performance. Mr. Gould has over 30 years of industry experience and over 15 years of management experience with domestic independents and major international companies, developing over ten different unconventional oil and gas plays. Earlier in his career, Gary was part of the management teams at Chesapeake Energy, Burlington Resources, ConocoPhillips, and KinderMorgan. At the beginning of his career, he progessed through various operations, engineering, business planning, and business development positions at Exxon Corporation and Burlington Resources. Gary earned his B.S and M.S. degrees in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Kansas. Gary met his wife Beth at KU. They have been married for over 30 years and are blessed with five children.