Proven Midstream Experience

 LM ENERGY MANAGEMENT TEAM

The LM Energy management team has a proven track record of developing and managing successful midstream companies. We are focused on bringing a wealth of hands-on management, engineering, operations, and financial experience to every project. 

 

Elliot Gerson

  • Elliot is a co-founder of LM Energy Partners and serves as the company’s Chief Executive Officer. Prior to the formation of LM Energy, Elliot was the Vice President, Finance at Brazos Midstream, which developed and acquired natural gas gathering and processing and crude gathering midstream systems in the southern Delaware Basin. Before Brazos, Elliot worked at NGP, where he sourced, evaluated, structured, and monitored oil and gas investments throughout North America. He began his career at Greenhill & Co., where he worked on over $10 billion of M&A transactions related to upstream, midstream, and oilfield services businesses. Elliot received a B.B.A. in finance and a B.A. in economics from The University of Texas at Austin.

Mike Davis

  • Mike is a co-founder and serves as Chairman of LM Energy Partners. Previously, Mike was a co-founder and Chairman of Discovery Midstream, which developed natural gas gathering, processing, and crude gathering midstream systems in the DJ Basin. Before forming Discovery, Mike founded the Wildcat Midstream family of companies including Wildcat Sabine Pipeline, Wildcat Caddo, and Wildcat Permian. Prior to Wildcat, his entrepreneurial ventures included Charis Partners, Nexus Gas Partners, and Cardinal Gas Solutions. Before starting these companies, he held business development and management positions with Regency Energy Partners, Rojo Pipeline Company, and Concorde Exploration. Mike holds a B.B.A. from the Cox Business School at Southern Methodist University.

Cory Jordan

  • Cory serves as Chief Operating Officer of LM Energy Partners. Previously, he was the Chief Operating Officer at Discovery Midstream, which developed natural gas gathering, processing, and crude gathering midstream systems in the DJ Basin. Prior to Discovery, he held various leadership positions at Energy Transfer Partners, including managing large pipeline and compressor station projects and engineering and operations in the Haynesville Shale. He previously worked at Wildcat Midstream Partners as VP of Operations overseeing the North Louisiana gathering and processing assets. Cory holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from Lamar University.

Julie Hartmann

  • Julie serves as Chief Accounting Officer of LM Energy Partners. Previously, she was the Chief Accounting Officer at Discovery Midstream. Prior to Discovery, she served as Controller and HR Director for Wildcat Midstream. Before entering the midstream industry, Julie worked in retail banking and had various accounting and managerial roles at Bank of America, Texas. Julie is a licensed CPA in the state of Texas and holds a B.B.A. in finance and a B.B.A. in marketing from Texas A&M University, as well as an M.B.A. in finance from the University of Dallas.

 

Ryan Godfrey

  • Ryan serves as Senior Vice President of Business Development at LM Energy Partners. Previously, he held various commercial development positions at Southcross Energy, where he was focused on activity in Texas, Mississippi and Alabama. Ryan holds a B.S.B.A. in finance from the University of Arkansas.

Chad Monk

  • Chad serves as Vice President of Construction at LM Energy Partners. Previously, he was Construction Manager for Schmid Pipeline Contractors. Chad has over 25 years of experience in the construction industry and has lead projects from conceptual development to mechanical completion, having served as a Construction Manager, Project Manager and Director of projects ranging from $250,000 to $350 million across the United States, including in the Permian Basin, Haynesville Shale, Appalachia region, Bakken Shale, Eagle Ford Shale, Barnett Shale, and Niobrara Shale.

Logan Moore

  • Logan serves as Vice President of Engineering at LM Energy Partners. Previously, he was a petroleum engineer at Bonterra Energy and before that he was a production engineer with Harvest Operation. Logan holds a B.S. in petroleum engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and is a registered professional engineer with APEGA.

Greg Watson

  • Greg serves as Vice President of Operations at LM Energy Partners. Previously, Greg was Vice President of Operations for Brazos Midstream. Before Brazos, Greg was Director of Producer Services for Atlas Pipeline’s/Targa Resources’ Westtex assets. He also managed and operated midstream assets for Atlas Pipeline, Anadarko Petroleum, Western Gas and Union Texas Petroleum. Greg started in the midstream business in 1982.

 

Alex Korngut

  • Alex serves as Director of Finance at LM Energy Partners. He was previously a Director at FTI Consulting, where he worked on deals that spanned various industries including oil and gas, power and utilities, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail. Before FTI, he worked at TenOaks Energy and a start-up software development firm. Alex holds a B.A. from Northwestern University and an M.B.A. from Southern Methodist University.