Joe B. Foster
Chairman,
TPH Partners, LLC
jfoster@tudorpickering.com
Ph:  +1.713.333.7136

Joe B. Foster serves as Chairman of TPH Partners, LLC, a newly formed subsidiary focusing on private investment opportunities. Foster has a long and distinguished career in the energy industry having founded Newfield Exploration Company in 1989 and serving as that firm’s CEO and chairman. Prior to founding Newfield, Foster was chairman of Tenneco Oil Company and executive vice president and director of its parent, Tenneco Inc. During 2000, Foster served as interim chairman, president and chief executive officer of Baker Hughes Inc. while the company searched for a new chief executive. In 2001-2002, Foster served as independent trustee for a large portion of Texaco’s refining and marketing assets which were required to be divested in the course of the Chevron-Texaco merger. Foster is currently a member of several boards of directors, including Targa Resources, Inc., Chroma Exploration & Production, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, and the YMCA of Greater Houston. He is also Chairman of the Board of Houston A+ Challenge, formerly Houston Annenberg Challenge, an organization directed at improving public schools in the Houston area. In 2006, Foster was inducted in the Texas Business Hall of Fame. Foster graduated from Texas A&M University in 1957 with a B.S. in petroleum engineering and a B.B.A. in general business.