Lance Heacock is an oil and gas project manager for Hess Corp. (NYSE: HES), which sold its energy marketing business to Houston's Direct Energy for nearly $731 million. Heacock, who was born in nearby Kemah and is a Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo director, has been a volunteer for 18 years, working on the Corral Club, the Lamb & Goat Committee and the Poultry Committee.