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Board of Directors

Chairman of the Board of Directors

  • David McClanahan, President and CEO, CenterPoint Energy (Houston, Tx.)

President and CEO

  • David N. Parker has served as AGA's president and chief executive officer. (View full biography.)

Officers

  • First Vice Chair -  Thomas Skains, chairman, president and CEO, Piedmont Natural Gas Co. (Charlotte, N.C.)
  • Second Vice Chair - Robert C. Skaggs, Jr., president and CEO, NiSource Inc. (Merrillville, Ind.)

Directors

  • Philip C. Ackerman, chairman and CEO, National Fuel Gas Co. (Williamsville, N.Y.)
  • Robert M. Allessio, president & CEO, Connecticut Natural Gas Corp./Energy East (Hartford, Ct.)
  • Alan K. Allred, president and CEO, Questar Gas Company. (Salt Lake City, UT.)
  • Robert W. Best, chairman, president & CEO, Atmos Energy Corp. (Dallas, Tx.)
  • Lawrence T. Borgard, president and COO - Integrys Gas Group, Integrys Energy Group. (Chicago, ILL.)
  • Kevin Burke, chairman, president and CEO, Consolidated Edison, Inc. (New York, N.Y.)
  • Scott A. Cisel, chairman, president & CEO, Ameren Illinois utilities (Peoria, IL)
  • William Cantrell, president, TECO Peoples Gas System (Tampa, Fla.)
  • Randall L. Crawford, president, Equitable Gas Company. (Pittsburgh, PA)
  • Kenneth W. DeFontes, Jr. president & CEO, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. (Baltimore, Md.)
  • Mr. James H. DeGraffenreidt, Jr. Chairman and CEO WGL Holdings, Inc.   (Washington, D.C.)
  • Julie A. Dill, president, Union Gas Limited (Chatham, ON)
  • Mark S. Dodson, president and CEO, NW Natural (Portland, Ore.)
  • Laurence M. Downes, chairman and CEO, New Jersey Resources (Wall, N.J.) - serving ex-officio
  • Niel C. Ellerbrook, chairmen & CEO, Vectren Corporation (Evansville, IN)
  • David R. Emery, chairman, President & CEO, Black Hills Corporation (Rapid City, SD)
  • Edward J. Graham, chairman, president and CEO, South Jersey Industries, Inc. (Folsom, NJ.)
  • William D. Harvey, chairman, president and CEO, Alliant Energy (Madision, Wis.)
  • Chris Hermann, senior vice president, E.ON U.S. (Louisville, KY)
  • Robert  T. Howard, vice president, Gas T&D, PG&E Corporation (San Franisco, CA)
  • Glenn R. Jennings, chairman, president and CEO, Delta Natural Gas Co. (Winchester, Ky.)
  • James C. Kneale, president and COO, ONEOK Inc. (Tulsa, OK.)
  • Paul D. Koonce, chief executive officer Dominion Energy, Dominion Resources (Richmond, VA)
  • Thomas E. Knudsen, president and CEO, Philadelphia Gas Works. (Philadelphia, PA.)
  • Ralph A. LaRossa, president and COO, Public Service Electric and Gas Company. (Newark, NJ.)
  • Kent T. Larson, vice president, customer & community relation, Xcel Energy Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.)
  • Constantine S. Liollio, president & ceo, EnergySouth Inc. (Mobile, AL)
  • Carey B. Lykins, president and CEO, Citizens Gas & Coke Utility. (Indianapolis, IN)
  • Carl E. Meyer, president & coo, Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation (Poughkeepsie, NY) 
  • Jerry Norcia, president & coo, DTE Energy Michon (Detroit, MI)  
  • Debra L. Reed, president & ceo, SDG&E & SoCal Gas, Sempra Energy utilities (San Diego, CA)
  • Stephen P. Reynolds, chairman, president and CEO, Puget Energy. (Bellevue, Wash.)
  • John G. Russell, president and COO, Consumers Energy Co. (Jackson, Mich.)
  • George A. Schreiber, Jr., president and CEO, SEMCO Energy, Inc. (Troy, MI.) 
  • Jeffrey W. Shaw, CEO, Southwest Gas Corp. (Las Vegas, Nev.)
  • John W. Somerhalder II, chariman, president and CEO, AGL Resources Inc. (Atlanta, Ga.)
  • Nickolas Stavropoulos, executive vice president US gas distribution (Waltham, MA)
  • Russ M. Strobel, chairman, president and CEO, Nicor Inc. (Naperville, Ill.)
  • John L. Walsh, president & coo, UGI Corporation (King of Prussia, PA)
  • John B. Williamson, III, chairman, president and CEO, RGC Resources Inc. (Roanoke, Va.)
  • Michael Yackira, president & ceo, Sierra Pacific Resources (Las Vegas, NV)
  • Douglas Yaeger, chairman, president and CEO, The Laclede Group Inc. (St. Louis, Mo.)

In addition, the following advisory (non-voting) directors represent other sectors of the natural gas industry:

  • Canadian Gas Association:  Julie A. Dill, president, union Gas Limited  (Canada)
  • Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, Phillip D. Wright, president, Gas Pipeline Williams. (Houston,TX.)

(updated January 30, 2008)