Jeanne Perdue

Jeanne Perdue grew up in LeRoy, NY (where Jell-O was invented), and earned a BS in Chemistry at State University of New York at Albany. She worked in the Texaco research labs as a chemist for 9 years and as a librarian for 4 years. She then became Senior Technology Editor for Hart’s E&P magazine and later launched the award-winning Upstream Technology magazine. She then spent 14 years as Technical Writer at Occidental Petroleum, where she taught her Oil Patch Writing class and hands-on Innovation Workshop.

A Distinguished Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Jeanne also serves as President of Houston Focus on Concerns of Women, Secretary of the University of Houston Petroleum Engineering Advisory Board, and Chair of the HCC Petroleum Technology Advisory Board. She is President-Elect of the Federation of Houston Professional Women (FHPW) and serves on the FHPW Educational Foundation.