Bill Dukes, Chairman

Owner, Chapel Vista Land Services

Bill currently serves as Chairman of the OCWH Board of Directors. He joined the Board in 2015 and was elected Chairman in 2017. In addition, Bill has served as Chairman of the OCWH Golf Committee since 2011 and was a member of the Development Committee in 2014-2015. Bill became involved with OCWH in 2005 as a member of the Golf Committee and a part-time volunteer and has actively supported OCWH both personally and financially for the past 15 years.

Bill is President of Chapel Vista Land Services, LLC, a due diligence and transaction closing company he formed in December 2016, which focuses on closing upstream oil and gas asset acquisition and divestment transactions. Since April 2017, Bill has worked as a consultant for BP supporting its acquisition and divestment of oil and gas properties in the U.S. Lower 48. Bill started his professional career as a landman for Amoco Production Company in New Orleans, LA in 1979 and has held various leadership positions in the upstream oil and gas industry for companies like Amoco, Altura Energy and Hilcorp Energy the past four decades, most recently retiring as VP of Land and Business Development for Chalker Energy Partners LLC in August 2016. 

Bill is married to his wife Shawna, and has two daughters, Mattie, an LSU grad who is married and living in Midland, TX with her husband Kevin, and Jenna, a recent TCU grad who is living in Dallas. Bill is an “almost” native Houstonian and currently lives in Cypress, TX. He is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin and is a die-hard Longhorn. In his spare time, Bill likes to play golf, watch sports and spend time at the family lake house in Horseshoe Bay, TX. Both Bill and Shawna are members of Second Baptist Church in Cypress and are involved in weekly Bible study groups.

WHY BILL SERVES:

It’s an opportunity to serve and try to have a positive impact on the community and on the city that I live in. I see the great things the various non-profit agencies that use the facility do for the people who live in the surrounding area, and I’m greatly moved by the positive impact the Center has on their lives. People’s lives are truly improved and changed for the better by the existence of OCWH in this community. There are a lot of low income, single parent families living near the Center and OCWH is uniquely positioned to connect them with the services and programs they need to overcome their challenges. And I find the more I get involved, the more I’m motivated to continue to serve. I get back much more than I put in.