Larry entered the natural gas business in 1981, with Northern Natural Gas Company, a subsidiary of Enron Corp. Over his 15 year career with Enron, Larry held various managerial and officer positions with Northern Natural Gas Company, Transwestern Pipeline Company, Enron Transportation Company, Hobbs Gas Processing Company, Enron Field Services and Enron Liquid Fuels Company. His primary area of responsibility included natural gas marketing and sales, business development, transportation, gas processing, production/gathering and acquisitions/divestitures.

Larry's individual highlights while at Enron include:

Directly responsible for negotiating the acquisition end divestiture of over $115 million of pipeline and processing plant assets.
Negotiated various expansions of regulated (interstate pipelines) and non-regulated (gathering and processing) systems.
Successfully settled pending litigation for the company.
Directed various marketing, transportation and sales teams.
Speaker at numerous gas and energy related conferences and seminars.

In 1995, Larry formed Gilbert Energy Consulting Inc. The company provides marketing, sales, business development and environmental expertise to various companies in the energy industry. He is also the co-founder of Renovar Energy Corp. which specializes in the development of renewable energy, and electric power projects.

Larry currently sits on various non-profit boards and has served on various industry boards which include:

Natural Gas Association of Houston - Director (1992-1994)
St. Joseph's Hospital Advisory Board - Member (1991-1993)
Natural Gas Transportation Association - Prayer Breakfast Committee Member (1992-1993)
BASIC Ministries - Director (1995-present)
Crisis Pregnancy Center of Midland - Treasurer (1994-present)

Larry graduated from Houston Baptist University majoring in Finance and Business Administration. He is married and has four young boys. He also coaches youth basketball, soccer and baseball and is active in YMCA Indian Guides.