Bill Fustos

Bill graduated from The Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelors degree in Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering. Bill subsequently worked in the oil and gas industry for more than 35 years, first with Texaco as a reservoir engineer in the Gulf of Mexico, and then with several independent oil companies. In 1994, he formed Fustos Energy Services, an engineering firm whose work included reservoir engineering consulting along with a contract well servicing business. In 1998, he joined East Resources as vice president of operations, eventually holding the position of Chief Operating Officer.  As COO, Mr. Fustos’s duties included supervision and oversight of all the operational and strategic activities of East Resources through the sale of the company to Shell Oil Company in 2010.  He was elected a Director of the Marcellus Shale Coalition in 2009, an industry organization founded to lead the oil and gas industry’s regulatory and political efforts in Pennsylvania.  He has served as chair of Penn State’s Corporate Relations Subcommittee for the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ Development Council and in 2012 was the recipient of Penn State’s prestigious C. Drew Stahl Distinguished Achievement Award in Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering.  

Bill currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors for HG Energy II, LLC, an independent upstream oil and gas company based in Parkersburg, WV, and as a Director for Penn Hills Resources, LLC, an independent oil and gas producer in McKean County, PA.  He resides in Allison Park Pennsylvania with his family.