The Foundation’s simple organizational structure has allowed the Foundation to maximize its limited resources to promote the interests of its members. A representative of each member company sits on the Foundation’s Board of Directors. The Chairman is elected from the membership for a one-year term. The Foundation’s By-Laws (Article VIII, Sections 2 & 3) specifically provide for two committees. An Executive Committee comprised of at least 10 members who are elected for two year terms and the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Foundation is empowered to act as the Board between Foundation meetings. A Nominating Committee, appointed annually, proposes candidates for Foundation officers, the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors. Two annual major conferences, a Spring Meeting in April and an Annual Meeting in November, are organized to allow members maximum opportunities for networking and information exchange. A smaller planning meeting takes place in August.
The primary activity of the Foundation is sponsoring studies that promote natural gas use and safe, efficient pipeline construction and operation. The Foundation Planning & Studies Committee was created early in the Foundation’s existence to manage this program. In 2003, the Board approved, modifications to the study development process intended to bring greater discipline and enhance the overall quality of the study program. Most notably, the revised study process adopts a single annual cycle for the development, approval and execution of study proposals.
Officers and Committees
Officers
Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Laurie Markoe, Contract Land Staff, LP
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors Joe Ramsey, Spectra Energy
President Donald F. Santa, INGAA Foundation
Secretary Lisa S. Beal, INGAA Foundation
Executive Director & Treasurer Richard R. Hoffmann, INGAA Foundation
Executive Committee
Harold Kraft, Alliance Pipeline, LP
Dick Keyser, NiSource Gas Transmission and Storage
Donald M. Wishart, TransCanada
Keith Teague , Cheniere Energy, Inc.
D. James Umpleby, Solar Turbines, Inc.
Allan Bradley, Questar Pipeline Company
Paul Ruppert, Dominion Transmission, Inc.
Mike Langston, Price Gregory Services
Craig Meier, Sunland Construction, Inc.
Ex-officio members (Former Chairmen of the Board of Directors)
Daniel B. Martin, El Paso Corp.
Dhamo Dhamotharan, URS Corporation
H. Douglas Evans, Gulf Interstate Engineering Company
Larry R. Lawrence, Evraz Inc NA
R. David Sheehan, Jr. Sheehan Family LLC
Audit Committee
Mike Langston, Price Gregory Services
John R. Pustulka, National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.
Paul Ruppert, Dominion Transmission, Inc