Grant Billingsley

Grant Billingsley has served as President and CEO of Scharbauer Foundation, Inc., a private charitable foundation in Midland, TX, since the Foundation was formed in 2011. He worked 25 years as Manager of Public Affairs for Wagner & Brown, Ltd., an independent oil and gas company in Midland, and was on staff at the Midland Chamber of Commerce from 1975 to 1986. Grant currently serves as Vice President of the Midland Downtown Park Conservancy Board of Directors. In 2005, Grant chaired the statewide Texas Energy Cluster Team, and from 2005 to 2009 he served as a Governor’s appointee on the first Advisory Committee of the Texas Emerging Technology Fund. Grant is a Past Chairman of the Texas Lyceum, the Texas Economic Development Council, and the Permian Basin Area Foundation. He was the first President of the Midland Development Corporation, served as President of the Petroleum Club of Midland, and has been on numerous boards in Austin and Midland. In 2005, Mr. Billingsley chaired the statewide Texas Energy Cluster Team, one of six economic sector groups that comprised the Governor’s Industry Cluster Initiative. From 2005 to 2009, he served as a Governor’s appointee on the first Advisory Committee of the Texas Emerging Technology Fund. Mr. Billingsley was the first President and served four years on the board of the Midland Development Corporation. He is a Past Chairman of the Texas Lyceum, the Texas Economic Development Council, and the Permian Basin Area Foundation. He has also been an officer and executive committee member of numerous organizations in Austin and Midland. In 2019, Mr. Billingsley received the Wynn Award, which recognizes an individual or organization that has done extraordinary work to address Midland’s most pressing challenges, from the Midland Chamber of Commerce.