Speakers

Frank Billings, Vice President, Williams Midstream

Frank Billings has over 27 years of energy industry experience with a focus on executive management, midstream commercial operations, marketing, business development, and planning. Presently, he is responsible for the eastern regions of Williams' gathering and processing franchises, focusing on northeast United States. While serving as Williams' VP Business Development, Billings was responsible for developing and implementing a successful strategy for midstream, promoting alignment with Williams' organizational philosophy, financial governance, regional strategies and goals. Billings served as the top leader overseeing midstream's on-shore business development activities, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.

Billings created, and served as President of, Cumberland Plateau Pipeline Co. Cumberland Plateau was created to develop an ethane pipeline that would serve the emerging natural gas liquids production arising from the development of the Marcellus shale in the Appalachian Basin. He also served as Senior VP – Commercial of Crosstex Energy, Inc. and Crosstex Energy LP.

Billings received his Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Oklahoma State University and received his MBA from the University of Tulsa in 1992. He is married with three children.

Richard A. Bohr, President, Whitetail Natural Gas Services LLC

Rich Bohr is a mechanical engineering graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). He offers 30-plus years of regionally diverse natural gas industry perspective and practical experience in the areas of engineering, maintenance, operations and management consulting. During his career, he has worked in various leadership capacities for Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E), PSNC Energy (SCANA), Stone & Webster (SHAW), Dominion Transmission (Dominion Resources) and Groundwater & Environmental Services (GES).

As President of Whitetail Natural Gas Services, he provides engineering, consulting and technical support services to the natural gas market sector and investment community as an industry subject matter expert. He has spoken publicly on various aspects of the natural gas industry including - wellhead to burner tip fundamentals, natural gas usage opportunities, transportation sector alternatives CNG/LNG/NGV, electric generation alternatives, chemical feedstock applications, regulatory requirements, pipeline safety standards, best management practices, historical perspectives and unconventional shale gas development (Marcellus).

Elliott Bouillion, CEO, Resource Environmental Solutions

Elliott brings nearly 30 years of entrepreneurial success and operational excellence across numerous industries to his investment activities, which range from angel funding and traditional venture capital to unique, creative private equity arrangements. Bouillion received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 1979.

Elliott is the current Chair of the Legislative Committee of the National Mitigation Banking Association. He is a board member and Past President of the Houston Private Equity Association and is a founding sponsor and board member of the Houston Technology Council Energy Program. Elliott has been an active participant on the board of directors of several small to mid-size growth companies including FRx Software (MSFT), Ischemia Corporation (IMA), Anark Corporation and Object Reservoir.

Stan Brownell, Senior Vice President, Millennium Pipeline

Stan Brownell has over twenty-five years of experience in the natural gas industry, most recently as Head of Market Development and Trading for Harken Energy. At Harken Energy, he was responsible for market development of standard and renewable energy projects, hedging strategies and the creation of Harken Energy Management and Investments (Hemi), a wholly owned trading subsidiary. Prior to joining Harken Energy, Brownell held executive and managerial positions with energy companies participating in the upstream exploration, production, transportation and marketing of natural gas. Brownell holds a B.S. in Mathematics from Michigan Technological University, an MBA from the University of Houston, a Series 3 Commodity Trading License and a Certificate of Civil Mediation from the New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators.

Stan Chapman, SVP, Customer Services and Marketing, NiSource Gas Transmission and Storage

Stan Chapman serves as NiSource Gas Transmission & Storage’s Senior Vice President for Marketing and Customer Services. In this role, he is responsible for all regulated commercial operations which includes the sale of all storage, transportation, and balancing services, as well as the optimization of all gas control, nomination, scheduling and measurement activities on Columbia Gas Transmission, Columbia Gulf Transmission and Crossroads Pipeline.

After earning a B.S. degree in economics from Texas A&M University, Chapman went on to obtain an MBA with a specialization in finance from the University of St. Thomas. He is a past board member of the Northeast Gas Association and currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Society of Gas Lighters.

Anthony C. (Tony) Cox, Manager, Midstream Business Development, UGI Energy Services Inc.

Tony Cox is manager of Midstream Business Development for UGI Energy Services Inc., where he is primarily responsible for business development for UGI Storage Co. and providing market-based solutions for Marcellus shale-gas producers. UGI's midstream group develops and operates gathering, transmission and storage systems across Pennsylvania. Prior to joining UGIES, Cox spent nearly 15 years at UGI Utilities Inc. in a variety of marketing, gas-supply, rate, supply-chain and IT positions, lastly as Director of Marketing. He holds undergraduate degrees in finance and economics from Millersville University and an MBA from St. Joseph's University.

Lou D'Amico, President and Executive Director, PIOGA

Lou D’Amico serves as President and Executive Director of the newly created Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Association (PIOGA), a trade association representing over 700 members, including oil and natural gas producers, drilling contractors and service companies, as well as various professional firms, individuals and royalty owners. Prior to the creation of PIOGA, D'Amico served as Executive Director of the Independent Oil and Gas Association of Pennsylvania since 1995. His industry experience spanned over 23 years in various roles including engineering, gas marketing and operations management.

D'Amico graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a B.S. in petroleum and natural gas engineering in 1972 and holds an MBA from Gannon University. He is also a registered professional engineer in Pennsylvania.

Gary C. Evans, Chairman and CEO, Magnum Hunter Resources Corp.

Gary C. Evans presently serves as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation (NYSE "MHR"), a Houston-based oil and gas exploration and production company specializing in unconventional resource plays in North America, where he has held that position since May 2009. Evans previously founded and served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Magnum Hunter Resources Inc. (MHRI), a NYSE listed company, for 20 years before selling MHRI to Cimarex Energy for approximately $2.2 billion in June 2005. In 2005, he formed Wind Hunter Energy LLC, a renewable energy company which was subsequently acquired in December 2006 by GreenHunter Energy Inc., a (NYSE Amex "GRH") water resource company focusing on oil field water management and clean water technologies. He has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GreenHunter Energy Inc. since December 2006.

Evans has serves as an individual trustee of TEL Offshore Trust, publicly listed oil and gas trust, and is the Director of Novavax Inc., a NASDAQ listed clinical-stage vaccine biotechnology company. Mr. Evans was recognized by Ernst & Young as the Southwest Area 2004 Entrepreneur of the Year for the Energy Sector and was subsequently inducted into the World Hall of Fame for Ernst & Young Entrepreneurs. Evans also serves on the Board of the Maguire Energy Institute at Southern Methodist University.

Kenny Feng, President and CEO, Alerian

Kenny Feng, CFA is the President and CEO at Alerian, an independent provider of objective indices, data sets and analytics for the Master Limited Partnership (MLP) sector. Over $5 billion is directly tied to Alerian’s indices, including the leading benchmark of MLP equities: the Alerian MLP Index. Feng is a former Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at SteelPath Capital Management LLC, a Dallas-based MLP investment manager. Prior to his experience at SteelPath, Mr. Feng covered MLPs, electric and gas utilities and diversified gas companies at Goldman, Sachs & Co., in the firm’s Global Investment Research Division. He graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in economics from the Wharton School and a Bachelor of Arts in international studies from the University of Pennsylvania. Feng also serves on the advisory board of Midstream Business, a monthly publication addressing the need for business market intelligence on North American midstream energy infrastructure.

Marc Halbritter, Managing Director, Commercial Activities-Gathering, Dominion Transmission Inc.

Marc Halbritter has been Managing Director, Commercial Activities, for Dominion Transmission since 2003. An attorney by training, He has nearly 30 years of experience in the gas industry and has worked for several Dominion companies in a number of different capacities, including Vice President of Operations and General Counsel. A cum laude graduate of West Virginia University with a law degree and a bachelor’s degree in accounting, Halbritter is also a certified public accountant. Prior to joining Dominion, he served for three years as an administrative law judge for the West Virginia Public Service Commission.

Active in a variety of industry trade associations, and civic and charitable causes, he has served terms as president of several organizations and currently serves as Counsel for Energize West Virginia and on the boards of West Virginia Wesleyan College, the West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association (WVONGA) and Medbrook Children’s Charity.

Kristen Holmquist, Manager, Natural Gas Liquids, BENTEK Energy

Kristen Holmquist is the Manager of the NGL Analytics Team, leading the development of improved production, demand and price models. This includes the development of BENTEK’s recently released “Great Liquids Surge” paper which covers NGL production, supply and purity product demand. Holmquist is also a project manager in BENTEK’s Consulting Group, leading projects related to NGLs and downstream markets. Prior to joining for BENTEK, she spent seven years at CMAI working as a Market Analyst and Consultant in the ethylene, propylene and butadiene industries. Holmquist earned an MBA at the University of Notre Dame and a B.S. in chemical engineering from Virginia Tech.

Jack M. Lafield, President and CEO, Caiman Energy

Jack M. Lafield is the President and CEO of Caiman Energy, LLC, which he co-founded in February 2009. Caiman Energy is a midstream energy company focused on the design, construction, operation and acquisition of midstream assets. The company, currently pursuing midstream projects in emerging resource plays throughout the U.S., serves producers by providing natural gas gathering, compression, transportation, measurement, treatment and processing.

Prior to forming Caiman Energy, Lafield served as the Executive Vice President of Corporate Development for the Crosstex Energy companies, Crosstex Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: XTXI) and Crosstex Energy LP (NASDAQ: XTEX) from August 2000 to January 2009. He joined Crosstex after introducing the management team to Yorktown Energy, the equity firm that backed Crosstex's initial growth. During his tenure at Crosstex, he led all acquisitions and all major projects leading Crosstex to substantial growth over his eight and a half year tenure. From 2007 to 2008, he also led the commercial teams responsible for day-to-day efforts around gas supply and marketing.

Lafield received his Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from Texas A&M University and is a graduate of the Executive Program at Stanford University. He has served on the board and is a current member of the Gas Processors Association and is a member of the Dallas Petroleum Club and the North Texas Natural Gas and Power Association. Lafield is also a member and the Past Chairman of the Texas Intrastate Pipeline Association.

Dan Lippe, President, Petral Worldwide Inc.

Dan Lippe began his consulting career in the midstream industry in 1981 and has has more than 30 years professional experience in providing consulting services to a diverse group of clients in the petroleum products and petrochemical industries. He founded Petral Consulting Company in 1988 and co-founded Petral Worldwide with Jim Cutler in 1993. Next year, Petral Consulting Company will celebrate its 25th anniversary and Petral Worldwide will celebrate its 20th anniversary.

Lippe received a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Texas A&M University in 1974 and a MBA from Houston Baptist University in 1981. He began his professional career in 1974 with Diamond Shamrock Chemical Company and moved into professional consulting in 1979.

William R. (Bill) Moler, President and COO, Inergy Midstream LP

Bill Moler is President and Chief Operating Officer of Inergy Midstream LP, a publicly held operator of natural gas and NGL storage and transportation assets in the U.S. Northeast. Moler joined general partner Inergy LP in 2004 as Director of Midstream Operations and was named President and COO of Inergy Midstream in 2011. Prior to joining Inergy, he held senior positions with Westport Resources Corp. in Marketing and Transportation Services and with Kinder Morgan in Business Development and Engineering. Moler received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Texas Tech University.

John Mork, CEO, Energy Corporation of America

John Mork is President and Chief Executive Officer of Energy Corporation of America and a Director of the Company. Mr. Mork served in various capacities at Union Oil Company until 1972, when he and Julie Mork founded the Company. Mork is a past Director of the Independent Petroleum Association of America, and the Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia.

He is currently a member of the Chief Executives Organization, the World Presidents’ Organization, the University of Southern California Engineering School Board of Councilors and University of Southern California Board of Trustees. Mork holds a Bachelor of Science degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Southern California and is a graduate of the Stanford Business School Program for Chief Executive Officers.

Thomas B. Murphy, Co-Director, Penn State Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research, Penn State Cooperative Extension

Tom Murphy is the Co-Director of Penn State’s recently created Marcellus Center of Outreach and Research (MCOR). He has 25-plus years of experience working with landowners, researchers, industry, government agencies and public officials during his tenure with the Outreach branch of the University. His work has been namely in the realm of educational consultation in natural resource development, with an emphasis specifically in natural gas exploration and related topics. He has lectured widely on unconventional shale gas development and its impacts including landowner leasing issues, environmental aspects, the drilling process, infrastructure development, workforce and financial considerations. In his role with MCOR, he provides leadership to a range of Penn State’s related Marcellus research activities. Murphy is a graduate of Penn State University.

Randy S. Nickerson, Chief Commercial Officer and Senior Vice President, MarkWest Energy Partners LP

Randy S. Nickerson, Senior Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer, was appointed as Chief Commercial Officer of the company's general partner in October 2006. Prior to his appointment as CCO, Nickerson held the position of Senior Vice President, Corporate Development of MarkWest since January 2003. Prior to these positions, he served as Senior Vice President of the company's general partner since its inception in May 2002 and served in the same capacity with MarkWest Hydrocarbon since December 2001. Prior to that, Nickerson served as MarkWest Hydrocarbon’s Vice President and the General Manager of the Appalachia Business Unit since June 1997. He joined MarkWest Hydrocarbon in July 1995 as Manager, New Projects and served as General Manager of the Michigan Business Unit from June 1996 until June 1997. From 1990 to 1995, he was a Senior Project Manager and Regional Engineering Manager for Western Gas Resources, Inc. From 1984 to 1990, Nickerson worked for Chevron USA and Meridian Oil Inc. in various process and project engineering positions.

Robert H. Parks, President, Superior Pipeline

Robert H. Parks co-founded Superior Pipeline Company, L.L.C. in 1996 and continues to serve as President of Superior, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Unit Corporation. Parks has over 30 year of experience in the midstream industry. From 1992-1996, he served as Vice President-Gathering and Processing for Cimarron Gas Companies. From 1986-1992, he served as Vice President-Business Development for American Central Gas Companies. Prior to that, he had increasing levels of managerial responsibility with Gulf Energy Development Corporation and Perry Gas Companies. Parks began his career as an engineer with Cities Service Corporation in 1978. He holds an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from Rice University.

Jonathan Pollack, Senior Vice President, Commercial Solutions, GeoDecisions

Jonathan Pollack is responsible for the daily management and development of IT and GIS operations nationally for the commercial and private sectors. Additionally, his duties include providing technical oversight and guidance on solutions for the enterprise-wide delivery of spatial information. Pollack also supports GeoDecisions' international business development and operations. Prior to his current role, Pollack managed and guided GeoDecisions' technology direction and provided support to military, homeland security and homeland defense initiatives, transportation, water resource and environmental engineering operations. He is a nationally recognized GIS expert, with an emphasis on web-based delivery.

Pollack holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in anthropology from Beloit College, a Master of Arts in anthropology and Master of Science in soil science from Pennsylvania State University. He is also a member of National Defense Industry Association.

Donald R. Raikes, Vice President, Dominion Transmission Inc.

Donald R. Raikes is Vice President of Transmission Marketing and Customer Services. He is responsible for the commercial activities at both Dominion Transmission Inc. and Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP, the company's liquefied natural gas facility in Maryland. He earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Fairmont State University. Since joining the company in 1985, Raikes has held various positions in the Interstate Gas Pipeline business unit. He was part of the commercial team that implemented the wholesale restructuring as a result of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order Nos. 436 and 636. He also led the commercial team that reactivated the Cove Point LNG terminal and most recently announced the expansion and doubling of its capacity.

George Stark, Director, External Affairs, Cabot Oil & Gas

George Stark is a versatile public policy professional with 20 years experience, 15 of which were with a Fortune 300 natural gas company. He has extensive experience in government, political and public affairs, communications, community relations and advocacy. Stark is consistently recognized for his political judgement skills and ability to explain public policy initiatives to various audiences.

J. Mike Stice, Chief Executive, Chesapeake Midstream Partners LP, and Senior Vice President, Natural Gas Projects, Chesapeake Energy Corp.

J. Mike Stice is Chief Executive Officer of Chesapeake Midstream Partners, President of Chesapeake Midstream Development and Senior Vice President of Natural Gas Projects for Chesapeake Energy. Prior to joining Chesapeake, Stice held a variety of technical and managerial positions at ConocoPhillips in exploration, production, midstream and gas marketing from May 1981 to October 2008. He served as President of ConocoPhillips Qatar from November 2006 to October 2008. While serving in Qatar, he was responsible for the development, management and construction of natural gas liquefaction and regasification (LNG) projects.

Stice is a registered professional engineer in the state of Texas, a member of the University of Oklahoma Board of Visitors for the Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy and the College of Engineering, and a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Stice received his chemical engineering degree in 1981 from the University of Oklahoma, a master's degree in business from Stanford University in 1995 and an international director's diploma from Queensland University in 1997. He recently completed his doctorate of education at George Washington University.

Jerry V. Swank, Managing Partner, Swank Capital

Jerry V. Swank, Founder and Managing Partner of Swank Capital, has 35 years of experience in investment management and investment analysis. Prior to founding Swank Capital in 2000, Mr. Swank was President and CEO of John S. Herold, Inc., a 50-year-old independent oil and gas research and consulting company. During his Herold tenure, Mr. Swank spoke frequently both domestically and abroad on the oil and gas industry. Prior to joining Herold, he spent 14 years with CS First Boston in Institutional Equity and Fixed Income Sales in its Dallas office; during the last 10 years, he was a First Boston Director and Southwestern Regional Sales Manager. Prior to First Boston, Swank worked for seven years as Buy-side Analyst and Portfolio Manager. He holds a B.A. from the University of Missouri (economics) and an MBA from the University of North Texas. Swank has served on the board of directors of John S. Herold Inc., Matador Petroleum and Advantage Acceptance Inc. Swank currently serves on the board of E-T Energy Ltd. and Central Energy LP.

Frank Tsuru, President and CEO, Momentum/M3 Midstream LLC

Frank Tsuru, President and Chief Executive Officer, founded Momentum Energy Group LLC in September 2004 that operates the new Appalachia Gathering System for production from southwestern Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia. Previously, Tsuru founded Aka Energy Group LLC, which is Southern Ute Growth Fund's midstream gas company, in July 2002, and he was President of Red Cedar Gathering, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe's natural gas gathering and treating joint venture with Kinder Morgan. Tsuru received his B.S. in petroleum engineering from the University of Kansas.

Bill Waldrip, Managing Partner, EnCap Flatrock Midstream

Bill Waldrip has more than 34 years of experience working in the midstream sector. After graduating from Louisiana Tech with a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering in 1977, he began his career as an engineer with Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation in Houston. After various early engineering assignments in his career, he held commercial and managerial positions at several energy companies. He has extensive background in the natural gas gathering segment along with experience with natural gas liquids and crude oil facilities. Waldrip completed an Advanced Management Program at Indiana University Graduate School of Business in 1992.

Waldrip founded Flatrock Energy Advisors in 2000. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the state of Texas. He has held various positions with the United Way in San Antonio, the Board of Zoning Adjustments in Grapevine, Texas, and he recently served as Chairman of the Leadership Council for Coker United Methodist Church.

Rodney L. Waller, Senior Vice President, Range Resources Corp.

For the last six years, Rodney L. Waller was responsible for Range’s crude oil and natural gas marketing of Range production and midstream relationships. Currently, he focuses on derivative hedging of Range’s production and basis differentials. He is significantly involved in Range’s investor relations and corporate communications efforts. His team won “Best Investor Relations" in 2008 by Oil and Gas Investor Magazine and placed second on the All-American Team ranking in 2009.

Waller has over 30 years experience in the exploration and production sector. Previously, he served in various capacities at Snyder Oil Corporation and its various affiliates including serving on the Board of Directors of Range from 1988 to 1994 and Patina Oil and Gas. Waller is a petroleum landman and CPA. He spent four years working with the full universe of vendors to focus on the Wattenberg field in the DJ Basin of Colorado to lower cost and maximize completions of wells while at Snyder Oil Corporation. After the merger of Snyder into Snyder Santa Fe Resources, which was later acquired by Devon Energy, he joined Range in 1999 to initially restructure its capital structure. Waller earned a B.A. in accounting from Harding University.

William T. Yardley, Group VP, Northeast Operations, Spectra Energy

Bill Yardley is Group Vice President of Northeast Transmission for Spectra Energy Transmission. Yardley joined the company in November 2000 as General Manager of Marketing for Spectra Energy's predecessor company, Duke Energy Gas Transmission in Boston, Mass., and later served as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. He was named to his current position in 2007. Before joining the company, Yardley was employed by Boston Gas Company in Boston where he served as Director of Gas Supply from 1991 to 1994, General Manager of Gas Supply from 1994 to 1997 and Vice President of Marketing for Boston Gas from 1997 to 2000.

The Needham, Mass., native earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Colby College in Waterville, Maine, and earned a master's degree in business administration from Northeastern University in Boston. Yardley is on the Board of the Northeast Gas Association and a member of the Leadership Council of the American Gas Association.