The Houston Business Journal published a feature “2016 Women in Energy Leadership: Women to Watch” that inlcudes Olin alumna Heidi Smith Herzog (MBA 2001), an executive at Phillips 66.
Heidi Herzog has demonstrated versatility throughout her 20-year career in the energy industry, doing jobs that have bolstered her reputation as a skilled and focused leader.
Heidi Smith Herzog
As director of NGL origination at Phillips 66 since 2013, Herzog generates value by securing long-term commodity contracts to supply Phillips 66’s export facility and negotiating key supply deals for multiple refineries. Herzog is responsible for developing contractual commitments supporting the commercialization of Phillips 66’s refineries, fractionators, and the new Freeport LPG export terminal. In addition, Herzog was recently promoted to manager of Phillips 66’s Eastern Region Terminals, where she will lead business development initiatives at close to a dozen refined products and crude terminals within the Phillips 66 network.
Prior to joining Phillips 66, Herzog held several leadership roles during her 10 years at BP, where she led numerous deal teams to make capital improvements for terminal acquisitions and terminal capacity, joint venture infrastructure expansions, equity and third-party production off-take arrangements, wholesale and consumer supply, long term processing, fractionation and transport of hydrocarbons, and asset releases and divestments.
“My golden moment was realizing how I could take all of my experiences and give back to other women developing in their careers. I found this by joining the National Association of Women MBAs.”
Herzog got her start in energy in 1996 at Clark Refining and Marketing, where she managed scheduling, chartering and risk management of refined products. Four years later, she joined Enron as a senior manager, negotiating strategic national and international supply and services agreements.
Having developed a broad range of industry experience, Herzog is a strong advocate of professional development and has mentored employees at various stages of their careers.
- Education: B.A., Simpson College; MBA, Washington University in St. Louis
- Boards and affiliations: National Association of Women MBAs (NAWMBA) Houston Professional Chapter, Petrochemical Feedstock Association of the Americas (PFAA), Phillips 66 2016 United Way Campaign, LPG Charity Fund, Women’s Energy Network
- Years in the energy industry: 20
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