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Angela Cring Faces of the Industry

Angela Cring serves as executive director of LAGCOE (Louisiana

Gulf Coast Oil Exposition). Originally from Alexandria,

Louisiana, Cring has a B.S. in environmental geology and politi- cal science from Millsaps College and an M.S. in geology from the University of Mississippi. Cring is a 2013 Acadiana 20 Under 40 award recipient; graduate of the Leadership Louisiana 2013

Class; graduate of Leadership Lafayette Class XXIV; Chairman- elect of the Leadership Institute of Acadiana; member, Public

Relations Chair and member of the Board of Directors of Junior

League of Lafayette; founding member of The Giving Revolution,

A Giving Circle; and member of International Association of

Exhibitions and Events, Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce

Energy Division, The 705: Acadiana’s Emerging Leaders, Society of Petroleum Engineers, American Association of Drilling

Engineers, and Lafayette Geological Society.

at LAGCOE? What will take you far. I would encour- being successfully transferred of her resume is ? lled with your legacy be?

age mentors to instill a strong from experienced workers to volunteer roles. It is ? tting work ethic into younger incoming workers is critical. Whether I want it to be, it will that she leads an organization people. We will all be better There needs to be a shift in be “change.” I’m sure my staff that relies on and appreciates off for it in the future. allowing the new generation can attest. My brain works volunteers to take LAGCOE to take on leadership roles 24/7 on thinking of what’s into the future. Angela said

What is the top life/career earlier than some of the previ- next and how things can be that she always had that lesson you live by?

ous generations had to. improved upon. During my innate drive to engage in

In life, what we want and ? rst few years as executive activities that make a differ-

Tell us more about the what we need are not always director, my motto was “ICE”– ence. We think she is well on upcoming 2014 LAGCOE the same. Be grateful for innovation, collaboration her way.

Career Fair? Why should what you have because that and ef? ciency. How can we people attend?

may be all you really need. make things better? Who can Faces of the Industry features

The LAGCOE Career Fair we create partnerships with? individuals who do extraor-

In your career, do not be offers a great way for people How do we execute things in dinary things for the industry afraid to try new things and to get an overview of what the a more ef? cient way? Many of and outside the industry. If embrace change. It can be industry is currently seek- the changes have transitioned you would like to nominate scary to go in a direction that ing. The career development LAGCOE from more than just someone, please email Kelli may not be comfortable, but resources and sessions at the a show every two years, into Lauletta. sometimes you end up in career fair will still be valu- an organization that has value the best place. This certainly able to those who may not to the industry outside of just Kelli happened with me.

even be in the market at this the show itself. Lauletta is

What are the key time. You never know where an HR challenges in the oil and your career will take you. A While Angela hated the ques- consultant gas industry now?

company may come look- tion of how she spends her with 17

Developing the next genera- ing for you. Always be ready free time, she revealed that years tion of leaders for the industry with an updated resume and she loves to volunteer. She experience. is a key challenge. This is LinkedIn pro? le. said in regard to volunteering, She also a subset of the overarching “I think it is a sickness, if I serves as an editor for

What do you hope to workforce issue with the ever found a cure, I’d have a OilOnline.com. If you have accomplish in your tenure anticipated big crew change. lot more time for fun.” story ideas please email Kelli as executive director

Ensuring that knowledge is She can back it up, too. Half at [email protected].

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