Bettering Human Lives Foundation Announces Advisory Board to Advance Mission and Growth

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03/24/2025 - 07:01 AM

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Bettering Human Lives Foundation proudly announces its newly formed Advisory Board. This distinguished group of leaders from across the energy industry will provide strategic guidance and serve as ambassadors of the Foundation’s mission to increase access to clean cooking fuels in sub-Saharan Africa. The Board brings a wealth of experience in alleviating energy poverty and shares a deep commitment to advancing the Foundation’s mission.

“The leadership, expertise, and passion of our new Board will be invaluable as we continue our work to help families and schools transition from cooking with harmful and polluting biomass fuels to cooking with clean-burning liquefied petroleum gas (LPG),” said Anne Hyre, Executive Director of the Bettering Human Lives Foundation. “With such a talented and dedicated Board guiding our growth, the Foundation’s impact will be immense.”

Board members include:

Alan S. Armstrong, President and CEO, Williams Companies
Les T. Csorba, Partner, Heidrick & Struggles
Nick Dell’Osso, President and CEO, Expand Energy
Stephen W. Green, Retired President, Chevron North America
Ron Gusek, CEO, Liberty Energy
Vicki Hollub, President and CEO, Occidental Petroleum
Shelly Lambertz, Executive Vice-President, Chief Culture and Administrative Officer, Continental Resources
Laura Lane, Vice President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Chevron Corporation
John Lindsay, President and CEO, Helmerich & Payne
Hardy Murchison, Founder and CEO, Encino Energy
Soma Somasundaram, President and CEO, ChampionX
Travis Stice, Chairman and CEO, Diamondback Energy
Frank Tsuru, Founder and CEO, Momentum
Wil VanLoh, Founder and CEO, Quantum Capital Group
Paul Vitek, Retired CFO and Founding Partner, Liberty Resources, and Liberty Energy

The Foundation was launched by Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE: LBRT) in January of 2024. Ron Gusek, CEO of Liberty Energy and newly appointed Chairman of the Foundation’s Board, expressed enthusiasm for the year ahead: “At Liberty, our mission is rooted in providing reliable, affordable, and secure energy. I am honored to collaborate with this talented and passionate group of leaders as we work toward tangible solutions that create a direct path to addressing the urgent challenge of energy poverty in Africa.”

About Bettering Human Lives Foundation

The Bettering Human Lives Foundation aims to increase access to clean cooking fuels by providing catalytic funding to small businesses and entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa who work across the clean cooking value chain.

For more information about Bettering Human Lives Foundation and its mission, please visit www.betteringhumanlives.org or contact Anne Hyre, Executive Director, at anne.hyre@betteringhumanlives.org