Our Team
Founders
Michael Pipkin
Prior to his current role, Michael spent time at Reservoir Capital Group, a New York-based private investment firm, where he was responsible for opening the Houston office and leading energy origination and execution efforts for upstream, asset-focused equity strategy.
With over 15 years of experience, Michael spent 10+ years in energy principal investing at The D.E. Shaw Group and Stellus Capital. Michael started his career in energy investment banking at Jefferies and RBC.
Education
Dartmouth College with high honors
Community Activities
Writers in the Schools (Executive Committee, Past Board President)
Arts Connect Houston (Board President)
St. John’s School Alumni Board (Past President)
University of Houston Honors College (Advisory Board Member)
West University Little League Volunteer
Bradley Bracewell
Prior to his current role, Bradley worked for 12 years at Shell Oil Company, where he served in a number of engineering, operations, corporate planning, and leadership positions of increasing responsibility.
Education
University of Texas at Austin (MS, Petroleum Engineering)
Washington & Lee University (BS, Mechanical Engineering)
Community Activities
Children’s Museum of Houston (Board Member)
Post Oak Little League Volunteer
Full Team
Courtney Damm
Courtney joined RRP in 2025 as an SVP. Previously, Courtney served as Senior Vice President, Reservoir at Spur Energy Partners where she was responsible for asset development. With ~15 years of experience at various private equity and publicly traded business operations, she has held roles that focused on strategic and financial planning, reservoir engineering, and operations.
Education
University of Houston (BS, Chemical Engineering)
Mike Fontenot
Mike has over 20 years of experience in the industry and prior to joining the company held various roles in reservoir, completions, production, operations, and business development. His geographical experience includes West Texas, South Texas, East Texas, Mississippi, and the Gulf Coast including offshore Gulf of America.
Education
Texas A&M University (MS, Petroleum Engineering)
University of Louisiana-Lafayette (BS, Microbiology with Pre-Medicine Focus)
Lisa Rice
Lisa has worked in the Oil & Gas Industry for almost 20 years. Prior to her current role, she has served in various roles such as Credit Analyst, Midstream Accounting and the last 15 years being in Production Accounting.
Education
Northeastern State University (BS, Finance)
Laura Wenzel
Prior to current role, Laura worked for 20 years at El Paso/EP Energy, where she had various roles in accounts payable, revenue & production accounting.
Education
University of Houston-Clear Lake (BS, Accounting)