Laura Fulton is the Senior VP and Chief Financial Officer of the American Bureau of Shipping. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of Targa Resources Corp (NYSE:TRGP), where she serves as the Audit Committee Chairman and on the Nominating and Governance Committee. She was the CFO of Hi-Crush Inc. (NYSE:HCR), a premier provider of proppant and logistics services to the North American energy industry, and previously the EVP, CFO for AEI, an operator of energy infrastructure assets in emerging markets. Laura also worked with Lyondell Chemical Company and started her career with Deloitte in audit.

Laura was one of Oil & Gas Investor magazine’s 2019 “25 Most Influential Women in Energy”. Institutional Investor named her to the 2018 All-America Executive Team – Oil Services & Equipment - Best CFO nominated by the buy side and sell side. Laura was a Houston Business Journal 2018 CFO of the Year finalist, and their CFO of the Year for both Small Public Company and Community Impact categories in 2013.

Laura graduated cum laude from Texas A&M with a B.B.A. in Accounting. She was named an Outstanding Alumni of the May Business School in 2020 and joined the Accounting Department Hall of Honor in 2019. She serves on the Mays Dean's Advisory Board and Accounting Department Advisory Board, as well as the Board of the Houston Chapter of FEI. She has been an executive member of the Women’s Energy Network, since 2011.