Bryan Cox
2024 - 2025 PASO President
Bryan Cox is a Senior Auditor at ConocoPhillips in Bartlesville, OK and is a Certified Public Accountant. He has many years of public accounting experience serving various industries including Oil and Gas, Manufacturing and Healthcare. Since 2010, Bryan has served as a lead auditor on joint venture expense audits, revenue audits and vendor audits. Bryan holds both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Accounting from Oklahoma State University. Bryan lives in Tulsa with his wife and two children. He enjoys playing music, watching sports and spending time with family and friends.
Patricia Ellington
1st Vice-President
Patricia Ellington works for Vital Energy, Inc. in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Patricia has over twenty years of experience in the world of oil and gas, generating new functions and roles. Projects managed by Patricia include restructuring a land department, transitioning process systems, bankruptcy reorganization, and training accountants in operations. Patricia has a BS in Accounting, is an Accredited Petroleum Accountant and has a published teaching module “Understanding the Landman”. Patricia is a board member of the Petroleum Accountants Society of Oklahoma (PASO – Tulsa) and is the COPAS National Joint Interest Standing Committee Chair. Patricia enjoys spending time with family, friends, and her German Shepard Dog.
Rebecca Paris
2nd Vice-President
Rebecca Paris has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Oklahoma State University, and a Master of Business Administration form Southeaster Oklahoma State University. She worked as a Financial Accountant for a small glass manufacturer in Broken Arrow, Okahoma, from 2000-2010 and was hired on at Willaims in October of 2010, beginning her career as an oil and gas accountant. She was part of the E&P split from Williams in 2012, and remained with the spun entity, WPX Energy, until their merger with Devon in January 2021. She is currently working in ONRR Compliance Accounting at Devon.
Rebeccas has been a member of PASO-Tulsa and COPAS since December 2010, the Chair of the COPAS Revenue Committee 2018-2020, and on the COPAS Baord 2021 to present. She is an active participant in the API Royalty Subcommittee and assisted in organizing and presenting the PASO - Tulsa ONRR/BLM Workshop in 2019 and 2023.
Erin Webb
Secretary
Erin Webb has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from The University of Tulsa and is a CPA. She began her career as an oil and gas accountant right out of college with Samson Resources and worked in various accounting departments including AP/JIB, Outside Operated, Audit, Treasury and Financial Reporting until May 2021 when the company sold. She is currently working as the Supervisor over the Outside Operated department at Citizen Energy III.
Erin has been a member of PASO-Tulsa and COPAS since September 2006. She is the current Education Committee Chair and was a PASO-Tulsa board member from 2011 to 2021 before rejoing the board again in 2024.
Aric Miller
Treasurer
Aric Miller is a currently the Manager Financial Analyst at Calyx Energy III. Over his career he has worked at Associated Resources, Samson Resources and Cimarex Energy. Aric has performed many functions in Joint Interest Billing, Revenue, Audit and Corporate Accounting. Aric holds both a Finance and Accounting Bachelor’s degrees from Oklahoma State University and a Master’s in Accountancy from the University of Oklahoma. Aric lives in Broken Arrow with his wife, Tara Miller (CDOA) and three kids Ethan, Kenric and Lily. Aric enjoys playing golf, cooking, working out and having friends over for game night.
Vanessa Green
2024-2025 Defacto
Vanessa Green is currently a Joint Audit Consultant at ConocoPhillips “COP” in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Vanessa has worked for ConocoPhillips for 17 years in various roles including Commercial Crude Oil Supply and Trading, JV Audit, Revenue Accounting, Recruiting, JV Accounting and Acquisitions & Divestitures. Vanessa served as Chairperson for the Audit Committee at PASO from 2015-2017. She has been on the PASO board since 2017. Vanessa served on the nomination committee for the COPAS National Board in 2018. Vanessa holds degrees in International Business and Finance from Oklahoma State University. Vanessa lives in Owasso with her husband, Jared and three boys Colton, Aiden and Mason. She enjoys traveling and spending time with family and friends. Vanessa is a 3rd generation OSU Cowboy and her family all bleeds orange.
Cyndi Kernan - JI Committee Chair
Cyndi is a Manager with CBIZ Stinnet and is based in Tulsa. She has over 21 years of Operations, Business Process Improvement, and Risk Control Energy Marketing experience in the energy industry. Most recently, Cyndi was the Manager of Financial Optimization with WPX Energy. Prior to WPX Energy, she worked with Williams Power Company, ONEOK Hydrocarbon, LP, and Williams Energy Marketing and Trading. Cyndi holds Bachelors of Business Administration and Pre-law degrees from Northeastern State University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Missouri State University. She is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors and the Petroleum Accounting Society of Oklahoma.
Vanessa Green - Audit Committee Chair
Tanner Taber serves PASO as the Audit Chair. He has been employed by ConocoPhillips since 2015 and has served in various roles including Land. Today he is a Joint Venture Auditor, primarily on the Inbound side. He enjoys spending time with his family, smoking meats, running, and watching Oklahoma Sooner Football.