Brian R. Patterson

Natural Gas Partners LLC (NGP) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of NGP Energy Capital Management, LLC founded in 1988 by David Russell Albin and Kenneth Alfredo Hersh. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

University of Notre Dame (Investment Management) (ND-IM) is the endowment management arm of the University of Notre Dame, a private Catholic research university headquartered in South Bend, Indiana. Founded in 1927, ND-IM manages the University's financial assets according to policies established by the Investment Committee of the Board of Trustees. These assets include pension and working capital assets, charitable trusts, and the largest component, the Notre Dame Endowment. The endowment supports many aspects of academic life at the University including financial aid, professorships, academic programs and libraries.