Steve Maley is the Vice President of Operations for Badger Energy, LLC. Mr. Maley became affiliated with LAGCOE in 2007 as a volunteer after Badger’s founder, Paul Hillard was named LAGCOE Looey. He followed his service-oriented spirit and joined the LAGCOE Board of Directors from 2009-2017 and served as an exhibit judge and Executive Committee member throughout those years. Maley became the Chairman of the 2015 LAGCOE Expo. He is a technical specialist in reservoir engineering, reserves management, and economics. Generalist in most everything else. Mentor. Eight-year member of Louisiana's Oilfield Site Restoration Commission.

Steve was born in Kansas and schooled in Oklahoma, where his parents both worked for oil companies. After graduating from the University of Oklahoma, a job opportunity from Shell Offshore enticed him to leave the Plains for the Gulf Coast.

Steve and his wife Paula, a New Orleans native, now live in Mandeville. Their greatest joy is spending time with their grandson in New Orleans and granddaughter in Chicago. He earned the Lagcoe Looey title in 2022.