Management Team

A founding member of Point Energy Partners, John oversees finance and business development for the organization. Previously, John served as senior vice president at Holland Services where he managed working interests, minerals and royalties for institutional clients and family offices. 

While at Holland, John was responsible for the funding and growth of Vine Royalty L.P., which was backed by a multi-national institutional investment company. Prior to Holland Services, he worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. John has a bachelor’s in geospatial information systems from the United States Military Academy at West Point, is a graduate of the U.S. Army’s Ranger and Airborne schools; additionally, he has an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 

Mr. Brenner joined Point Energy in 2021 as Vice President of Operations, where he leads the company’s completions, water recycling and production operations efforts. Mr. Brenner’s 10 years of experience has been almost completely focused on the Delaware Basin. Prior to joining Point Energy Partners Jay oversaw served as the Completions Manager for the Permian assets at Devon Energy in OKC. Before his time at Devon Jay was the Completions Manager for WPX Energy in Tulsa overseeing all completion activities in the Permian, Bakken, and Sand Juan Basins.  Additionally, he has led field superintendents, water recycling, and reservoir engineering teams. Jay holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Oklahoma State University and is an EMBA candidate from Price College of Business at Oklahoma University.   Mr. Brenner served six years in the Army National Guard as an MLRS crew member.

Kelly Beverlin joined Point Energy in 2021 and brings over 18 years of experience in the energy industry. Kelly’s responsibilities are focused on operations engineering support, field training and correspondence, as well as process implementation. Prior to Point Energy, Kelly spent the last 9 years as a Sr. Engineering Technician at Crescent Point Energy U.S. Corp. working the Uinta and Williston Basins. Kelly and her son moved to Fort Worth from Denver, CO where they spend their time at the ice rink pursuing his passion as an aspiring goal tender. 

Leslie began her oil and gas career in 2005 with EOG Resources in Accounts Payable, spending 10 years there she also ended up in the operations team managing budgets and project costs. While furthering her career experience, Leslie joined Chisolm Energy Operating, LLC as an Accountant and Accounts Payable Supervisor for the next few years. Leslie joined the Point Energy Partners team in February 2022 and is the Accounts Payable Manager while also assisting in various other accounting and regulatory responsibilities. A Fort Worth native, Leslie is an active member of the local oil and gas community where she serves as the Treasurer for Oilfield Connections International, Fort Worth Chapter. 

John has a bachelor’s degree in History and Political Science and master’s degree in Land Development. He began his career as a field landman in 1996 in South Texas and has garnered extensive experience in Land and Land related matters during that time.  Throughout his career, he has successfully transacted more than $500MM in acquisitions and divestitures and overseen in certain cases a 700% growth rate of those corporate asset bases. 

His experience in collaborating with all disciplines within a company has yielded accelerated growth opportunities for each company’s development program by mitigating unnecessary delays in bringing production onstream and maximizing each company’s return on its invested capital. John brings nearly 25 years of experience in managing Land Departments in both the public and private markets and in various basins both onshore and offshore.