Patricia E. Carreras is the general director of the energy consulting company Blue Moon Strategies. She has more than 25 years of international experience leading and advising majors and independent energy companies on field development planning leveraging reservoir simulation. Additionally, she is a public speaker, mentor and coach on topics of sustainable development, leadership, D&I and cross-cultural effectiveness. She is the 2022–2023 chair of the SPE D&I Committee. Carreras is a past member of the SPE Business and Leadership Committee. She is the chair of the SPE Gulf Coast Section Continuing Education Committee, which received the 2022 Outstanding Committee award under her tenure. She received the 2021 GCS Exemplary Volunteer award.

Carreras holds a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Buenos Aires and a master’s degree in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M University. She completed the Business Sustainability Management training from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership in 2022.