Hayden joined Acoma Energy as Director of Land in January of 2021. Hayden began her career in Houston, Texas, with Southwestern Energy Company. She spent most of her two and a half years with the company on the Midstream Land team, acquiring pipeline right-of-way and other necessary easements to build a water pipeline system in West Virginia.

In spring of 2019, she joined Encino Energy, where she spent nearly two years managing an eight-county development area in Ohio.

Hayden received her Bachelor’s degree in Energy Commerce from Texas Tech University in 2015, followed by her Master’s degree in Finance from Texas Tech University in 2016. She is thrilled to be back in her hometown of Lubbock, and enjoys spending her free time with her husband and son.