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February 2026 APLA Luncheon
Our next in-person lunch meeting of the new APLA year will be Friday, February 6 at 11:30AM at the Enverus Campus, the room being located on the first floor of Building 6, 2901 Via Fortuna, Austin, TX 78746. Our speaker is Natalie Johns, Director – Alternative Energies & Infrastructure at Dudley Land Company. Ms. John’s presentation is titled, “The New Energy Equation: Land, Renewables and Data Center Demands.”
As the Director – Alternative Energies & Infrastructure at Dudley Land Company, Natalie leads the development and management of alternative energy projects (Utility Scale BESS, Solar, Wind, Geothermal, Hydrogen, Carbon Capture Sequestration, and rare minerals such as Lithium) as well as Infrastructure projects for Utilities, Pipelines, and Data Centers nationwide helping deliver energy through land. With nearly two decades of experience in managing complex energy projects, Natalie has honed her talent for leading and de-risking projects, closing deals, and understanding complex surface and mineral title issues to help projects achieve insurability. Natalie is a former 40 Under 40 recipient and a member of the American Association of Professional Landmen (AAPL), multiple Texas APL Chapters, WRISE, CleanTech Leaders Roundtable, REAL Houston and CLEANTX. She is an adopted mother of two grown daughters, a grandmother, mentors young adults in her community, volunteers with Discovery Programs – Austin, and serves in her local Rotary Club and Lions Club. She believes strongly in the philosophy that What We Do Matters.