Shawn Patterson
2026 Chair of the Board
President & CEO, Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline
Bring more of the natural gas industry’s experience into your business.
OUR MISSION
SGA brings the collective experience of the natural gas industry into your business.
Our national network spans the natural gas value chain, connecting your people with peers outside their own company and their segment of the industry. From frontline professionals to executive leaders, they learn how others approach the work, compare experience and bring useful practices back to their teams.
Your company has more industry experience to draw from when making decisions that affect safe, reliable operations.
Your employees work within one company and one part of the natural gas value chain. SGA connects them with companies operating in different markets and sectors, giving them a wider view of what is changing across the industry and how others are responding.
SGA creates opportunities for members to compare approaches with peers who understand the work firsthand. Technical training, committees, conferences and other learning opportunities give your people access to experience they can apply back on the job.
Development needs change as responsibilities grow. SGA supports professionals from frontline and technical roles through executive leadership with learning, committees, conferences and leadership development opportunities. Companies can use that network to strengthen capability across roles and career stages rather than developing people in isolation.
For 2027, SGA operating membership includes on-demand and live virtual training for every employee with no seat limits. Companywide access makes industry learning available well beyond the employees who attend conferences or serve on committees.
SGA combines natural gas specialization with national reach, connections across the value chain and learning that can reach throughout a member company.
Your people can draw on experience beyond what your organization has already seen and solved, then bring that knowledge back into the business.
See what SGA membership can bring to your company.
Our committees and volunteers organize workshops, roundtables, webinars, conferences and joint industry projects through digital and in-person events. With more than 500 volunteers and 50+ committees, there is opportunity for all our members to share their skills and be a part of advancing the industry for a safe and sustainable future.
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