Bill Zempolich is the General Manager of Global Reserves and Storage for Chevron, a role he assumed in July 2016. He began his career with Chevron in 2010 as General Manager, Asset Development and Exploration in the Appalachian Basin. Since then, he has served as Principal Advisor, Unconventional Resources and General Manager, Shale and Tight Assets for Chevron Africa and Latin America E&P Headquarters.
Prior to Chevron, Bill worked in geoscience and exploration for several oil and gas companies around the world. In the positions of Exploration Manager and Asset Development Director (OKIOC/AgipKCO), he oversaw a large, multi-disciplined, international workforce that successfully planned and completed the exploration, appraisal and early development of the supergiant Kashagan field (Kazakhstan) and other prospects of the North Caspian Sea license area.
Bill was drafted out of high school as a pitcher by the San Francisco Giants, but instead chose to attend Duke University as a student-athlete, where he earned Bachelor’s degrees in both chemistry and geology and All-Atlantic Coast Conference academic honors. He received a Master of Science degree in geology from the University of Michigan (1985) and a PhD in geology from The Johns Hopkins University.
Bill has been recognized for academic and professional contributions as an American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Distinguished Lecturer in 2001-02, and in 2006, was awarded the Distinguished Geologist Award by the Kazakh Ministry of Geology. He and his wife, Beth Meany (Michigan BBA 1986), have three sons, who have graduated from university and are pursuing careers in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City.
