Shannon Kinney has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Chord Energy since 2023. She manages the company’s legal, human resources, real estate/facilities, sustainability, community affairs and communications groups. She previously served as Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary for ConocoPhillips.

Kinney joined ConocoPhillips in 2012 and had varying responsibilities for managing the company’s corporate, commercial, IP/technology and employment legal matters as well as global compliance and ethics matters. Prior to joining ConocoPhillips, Kinney was Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at TPC Group. She was named Outstanding Associate General Counsel of a Small Legal Department by the Houston Business Journal for her role as Acting General Counsel in 2011.

She began her career as a corporate associate at Andrews Kurth in Houston and later worked as a corporate associate at Bracewell in Houston and New York. In 2013, Kinney was recognized nationally as Rising Star at the Corporate Secretary Corporate Governance Awards and was included in the R-3 100 Program by InsideCounsel – a national list of 100 women who will likely be ready in three years to become general counsel.

In 2014, she was named 40 Under 40 – Honorable Mention by the Houston Business Journal. In 2018, Kinney was recognized nationally as Governance Professional of the Year at the Corporate Secretary Corporate Governance Awards. She currently serves on the boards of Children’s Museum Houston, Spindletop Community Impact Partners, and Texas General Counsel Forum. She previously served on the boards of Arms Wide Adoption Services and the Society for Corporate Governance.

Kinney graduated from The University of Texas with a bachelor’s degree and earned her juris doctorate, magna cum laude, from South Texas College of Law. She is a member of the state bars of Texas and New York.