FOUNDER

Roger A. Soape, CPL, founded Roger A. Soape Inc. as land services firm in 1980. Prior to founding the firm, Roger was a field landman associated with J.L. Schneider & Co. He is the past President of the 18,000-member American Association of Professional Landmen, which named him its Landman of the Year in 2009. Roger is a former chairman of NAPE and of AAPL’s ethics committee. He is a past president of the Houston Association of Professional Landmen, which previously named him its Landman of the Year. He is also a member of the North Houston Association of Professional Landmen, the Texas Oil & Gas Association, the Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association, and the Independent Petroleum Association of America.

He is a trustee of The West Endowment, which distributes charitable grants to public and medical research causes, a director of the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, and a member of the Texas Advisory Board of Canine Companions for Independence. Roger is a native Texan and attended the University of Texas at Austin. Roger is an instrument-rated private pilot and a stress & rescue certified scuba diver. He and his wife, Donna, are members of John Wesley United Methodist Church.