In addition to being a liaison with the institutional investors of the Beacon Fund L.P.,
and an advisory board member to the fund; Mr. Loomis is the founder of World
Energy magazine, editor-in-chief of World Energy Monthly Review, designer of World
Energy Source, and producer of World Energy Television and World Energy Educational
Programs. He is responsible for creating a network of more than 250 CEOs, presidents,
chairmen, energy dignitaries and consultants who write for his publications; overall
design of the publications and Web site; subscriptions; and representation of the
publication, now entering its 10th year of publication. For World Energy Monthly
Review he writes feature editorials on topics ranging from politics to new technologies
for the industry. During his career, he has interviewed more than 500 CEOs serving the
energy industry.
Mr. Loomis began his career as a graphic assistant at Palisades Previews in Los Angeles,
where he learned to do spot illustration, spec type and prepare art boards to be shot
for film. He moved into the sales department at age 17 for Previews magazine in the
Malibu area. Mr. Loomis graduated from the University of the Pacific with a bachelor's
degree in business with an emphasis on marketing and graphic design. While at the
university, he started his first publication, Silhouette magazine, and began an early
career that included working on titles such as Ranch & Coast magazine, LA West
magazine, The Beach & Bay Press and The Beacon. Other titles started by Mr. Loomis
include Jump magazine, The Dallas Business Review, The Houston Business Review, Energy
Houston, Energy Oklahoma, Energy Australia and Energy Calgary.
Other affiliations include the honorary committee for the Offshore Energy Center and the
advisory committee of Bauer College's Global Energy Management Institute at the
University of Houston.