Our Leadership Team helps us succeed
James Adelson
Chief Executive Officer
Jim Adelson is President and Managing Member of Nadel and Gussman, LLC and its various energy affiliates. Jim received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Cornell University.
Jim is a member of the Tulsa and Aspen chapters of YPO Gold, Chief Executives Organization and currently serves on the board of the Lab or Ornithology at Cornell University and the Cornell University Arts and Sciences Advisory Council.
Shelley Nichols
Chief Financial Officer
Shelley Nichols has been part of the Nadel and Gussman leadership team since 2007 and is the Chief Financial Officer. She received her Master of Business Administration from Oklahoma State University and is a certified public accountant.
Prior to joining Nadel and Gussman, Shelley held finance and accounting management roles at IBM, PricewaterhouseCoopers and British Petroleum.
Joey Stauffer
Executive Vice President
Joey Stauffer joined Nadel and Gussman, LLC in 2019 as Vice President of Land. He brings over two decades of experience managing land functions across many of the most active oil and gas basins in the United States, with a background that includes work in Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, and the Gulf of Mexico.
Joey holds a BBA in Energy Management from the University of Oklahoma and an MBA from the University of Tulsa.