Meet Corporate Advisory Board member:
Annell R. Bay
Annell R. Bay is vice president, Global Exploration, for Marathon Oil Corporation. She joined Marathon in June 2008.
Immediately before joining Marathon, Ms. Bay had been vice president, Americas Exploration at Shell Exploration and Production Company since 2004. Prior to Shell, Ms. Bay held the positions of vice president, Worldwide Exploration in Houston and vice president, North America Exploration, in Denver, for Kerr-McGee Oil and Gas Corporation. Ms. Bay was with Oryx Energy Company prior to the merger with Kerr-McGee, and her responsibilities included manager, International Exploration. She began her career in 1980 as an exploration geologist for Shell Oil Company in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Ms. Bay holds a bachelor's degree in geology from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, and a master's degree in geology from the University of Texas at Austin.
Ms. Bay serves as a board member of the National Ocean Industries Association, a trustee of the American Geological Institute Foundation, an Advisory Council Member of the Jackson School of Geology at the University of Texas at Austin Geology Foundation, and an Advisory Committee Member of the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas.