Jeffrey C. Rawls

Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Rawls is the founding CEO of Catahoula Resources and a Senior Advisor for the Energy & Minerals Group (EMG), bringing 33 years of energy industry experience. Prior to joining EMG in 2008, Mr. Rawls served as Managing Director at Bear Energy, where he was responsible for identifying strategic midstream investments throughout North America; Vice President at Kinder Morgan, where he led a newly-created business team focused on developing midstream projects in the Rocky Mountain region, which included the development of the Rockies Express Pipeline; Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Tiger Midstream Investments; Vice President of Natural Gas Trading, Origination and Producer Services at Calpine Energy Services, L.P.; Mr. Rawls held various positions at Enron Corporation ranging from pipeline engineering to natural gas trading. In addition to serving as a Director of Catahoula Resources, LLC, Mr. Rawls is a director on several other portfolio companies of our capital sponsor. Mr. Rawls graduated from the Louisiana State University with a BS in Petroleum Engineering in 1987.  He received an MBA from the University of Houston in 1997.


John Filiatrault

Senior Vice President, Engineering & Operations

Mr. Filiatrault serves as a Senior Vice President of Engineering and Operations for Catahoula Resources joining the team in 2020 bringing over 33 years of experience in the Midstream and Upstream energy sectors.  Prior to joining Catahoula Resources, Mr. Filiatrault served 10 years as the Sr. Vice President – CO2 Pipelines and Supply, Sr. Vice President – Operations Services, and Vice President – CO2 Supply and Pipelines for Denbury Resources.  He directed pipeline operations, CO2 supply operations, engineering, project management, environmental health and safety, regulatory, drilling/workovers, and supply chain management.  Prior to Denbury, he served as Director – Risk Engineering and Director – Gas Pipeline Operations for Kinder Morgan serving as a corporate resource for gas pipeline operations and pipeline integrity programs.  Mr. Filiatrault held various positions in Operations and Engineering with El Paso Corporation, Southern Natural Gas, and Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America.  Mr. Filiatrault holds a BS in Civil Engineering from Valparaiso University and an MBA from Samford University.