Our Leadership Team
Tracy Evans
Tracy Evans is a nationally recognized expert in Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration (CCUS), with over 30 years experience driving innovative strategies in carbon management. Known for being forthright and transparent, Mr. Evans has served in a variety of senior leadership positions and on numerous Advisory Committees and Boards of Directors in the US energy industry.
From 1999 to 2011, Tracy served on the senior management team of Denbury Resources, ultimately as President and COO. In 2017, he founded the predecessor companies of CapturePoint LLC, and served as CEO through early 2025. He has led numerous successful carbon management projects including construction of carbon capture facilities and long-distance carbon transportation pipelines, development of carbon sequestration sites and expansion of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) operations.
Throughout Tracy's career, he has been a trailblazing pioneer noted for his commitments to safe operations, to meeting and exceeding all regulatory standards, and to engagement with local communities. He is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma with a BS in Petroleum Engineering, and he earned his MBA from the University of Texas at Dallas.
Email Tracy: Tracy@TheCO2Institute.com
Sherry Tucker
Sherry Tucker is a prominent environmental and energy attorney with extensive experience in carbon management, renewable and clean energy resources, and community benefits projects. She has led significant projects advancing government relations, public communications and community engagement, and has in-depth knowledge of eminent domain, pipeline safety and permitting, and laws protecting public and community interests.
Sherry served as Vice President for Communications, Governmental Affairs and Community Relations at CapturePoint, and in her distinguished career she has been a partner at McGuire Woods LLP, an environmental practice counsel at Nixon Peabody LLP, Associate General Counsel at the US Department of Energy and Assistant Attorney General at the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
Ms. Tucker provides corporate, community and public policy advice on Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and other environmental and land use regulations at the federal, state and local levels, and she served on the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Carbon Dioxide Capture, Utilization and Sequestration Federal Lands and Outer Continental Shelf Permitting Task Force. She earned her AB from Mount Holyoke College and her Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland.
Email Sherry: Sherry@TheCO2Institute.com
Vernon Travis
Vernon Travis is a noted community advocate and grassroots activist with deep ties in Central Louisiana. Before engaging his current public service career championing students, schools and statewide and national education policies, Mr. Travis served in the US Army (both in the infantry and as a military intelligence officer). He has also served as an engineer in the Louisiana National Guard and as a Regional Training Manager for Northern Automotive.
For the past 20 years, Vernon has been an elected Member of the Vernon Parish School Board, including roles as President, Vice President, and Finance Chairman. He has also been active in education policy and advocacy organizations, including leadership roles in the Louisiana School Boards Association (President of the Board of Directors) and the nationwide Consortium of State School Boards Associations (Chair, Board of Directors).
Mr. Travis was instrumental in the creation of a carbon capture community benefits program in Vernon Parish that funds the first Career and Technical Education (CTE) training program for high school students. He earned his BS from Northeast Louisiana University (now University of Louisiana at Monroe) and studied Psychology at Northwestern University.
Email Vernon: Vernon@TheCO2Institute.com
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