Mark A. Stansberry is a corporate leader with extensive experience in the energy industry. He is currently a strategic energy and corporate advisor to boards and c-suites. He has served as Chairman/CEO of The GTD Group, and CEO/President of The Oklahoma Royalty Company. An award-winning film producer, columnist, radio talk show host and writer, Mark is the author of five energy-related books. Mark is a frequent speaker in the oil & gas space–focusing on business development, strategic planning, new technologies, digital transformation and operational excellence within the entire energy sector.
Stansberry has devoted part of five decades of his career to serving in higher education, most notably as chairman of boards of regents, advisory board member, and adjunct professor while staying actively involved in corporate leadership which includes energy, banking, real estate development and international trade.
As a higher education leader, Stansberry has worked directly with over twenty university presidents as a member of university boards. He has been appointed by three Oklahoma State Governors to the Board of Regents. He has served four terms including Chairman of the Board of Regents of University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma (USAO) and Chairman of the Board of Regents of the Regional University System of Oklahoma (RUSO).
Under his RUSO chairmanship, Stansberry led the efforts to adopt a dashboard to track the efficiency of 27 key benchmarks. This dashboard has been instrumental in providing leadership with up-to-date and accurate information to assist university leaders in making more effective decisions.
Stansberry has served as an adjunct professor on advisory boards for institutions including Pepperdine University, Harding University, University of Oklahoma (OU), Oklahoma State University (OSU), Southeastern Oklahoma State University, University of Tulsa and has served on a university foundation’s board of trustees.
Additionally, Stansberry has served on numerous presidential search and selection committees and has chaired numerous public and private board committees. Stansberry has completed the Directors’ College at Stanford University Law School and the directors’ program at Rice University. He has served as a member of the Institute of Corporate Governance at the University of Texas at Dallas. Most recently Stansberry received the University of Central Oklahoma’s highest honor, The Order of the Clock Tower. Stansberry is a graduate of Oklahoma Christian University, where he is currently serving as Life Trustee.