Michelle Simmons joined Black Elk in September 2010 and serves as Chief Accounting Officer. Ms. Simmons has over twenty-five years of accounting and budgeting/ planning experience in the energy industry, with the majority of experience in E&P. She began her career with Union Texas Petroleum Holdings, Inc. where she held positions in the accounting, financial reporting and budgeting/ planning areas. She progressed her career to various accounting leadership roles at Apache Corporation and CMS Oil and Gas Company as well as the controller positions at Frank’s International, Inc. and Eagle Rock Energy Partners (Upstream and Minerals). Ms. Simmons is a member of the Board of Directors of Literacy Advance of Houston. She has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Florida State University.