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SGA Natural Gas Association: A Refreshed Identity for a Unified Future

This morning at the 2025 Management Conference, we unveiled an exciting chapter in our association’s journey. As announced by our 2025 Board Chair, Cristie Neller, we are proud to share our refreshed name and brand identity: SGA Natural Gas Association. This represents far more than a name update. It marks...
Luke Litteken 2023 SGA Chairman Announcement
Luke Litteken Named Chair of National Trade Association
Luke Litteken, SVP, Natural Gas Business Unit of Xcel Energy, is the new chair of Southern Gas Association Board of Directors. Southern Gas Association represents natural gas operators across the entire value chain as well as product and service companies supporting the natural gas industry. Dallas, Texas – The Southern Gas Association (SGA) Board of...
Multi fuel power station and wind turbine in a sea port.
The LINK Q4 2022
In the past four years, SGA has worked to build a solid and resilient association.  We have redesigned and created new programs and activities that align with the goals outlined in our strategic framework presented to the Board of Directors in November 2019. Everything we are doing is designed to support at least one of...
2022 Executive Conference Recap
Earlier this month, Southern Gas Association held our annual Executive Conference; the industry’s premier education and networking event for C-Suite natural gas leaders. We were excited to connect, collaborate and engage with 150 attendees. Sessions focused on issues key to doing business in the current energy landscape, from the need for bipartisan conversations to opportunities...
Gas compressor station
The LINK Q3 2022
Today people are making very different choices about where they work, where they spend their money, and how they spend their time. In every conversation, meeting, or email, we are accumulating or losing emotional capital, building relationships, and making connections. While no single exchange is guaranteed to change a company’s or industry’s trajectory, any single...
Natural Gas Champions Elevator Speech Book
Newly Updated: Natural Gas Champions Elevator Speech Book
In our polarized world, it is easy for conversations to get stuck. It’s important to find communication pathways forward on the big issues of our time including energy – whether at the holiday dinner table, in our organizations, at the soccer game or on the wider political stage. Whatever your job or position, if you...
New Additions to the Associate Members Section Managing Committee include Alisa Lykens, James Cross and John Wilson as Secretary.
Announcing New Additions to the Associate Members Section
We are excited to announce the advancement of John Wilson as Secretary and the addition of Alisa Lykens and James Cross to the committee. The SGA Associate Section provides strategic leadership to guide associate membership over the long term. They shall have authority to consider and deal with all matters pertaining to the promotion of...
Apply for SGA Committee and Task Force Positions for 2022–2023
SGA Committees and Task Forces Southern Gas Association invites members to apply for committee and task force positions for the 2022–2023 year. Members who are actively serving on committees and task forces will be contacted by their SGA Committee Manager via phone or email. You will be contacted confirming your committee rostering between August 16th...
The LINK Q2 2022
We are now halfway through 2022, a year that radiates progress and prosperity in comparison to the previous and can be defined as one of reemergence. The strong foundation of our association, and the commitment of our membership community, has allowed us to reemerge and reengage. As companies grapple with the “great resignation,” Southern Gas...
Committee Pulse Check
Thank you for providing your time and experience to Southern Gas Association’s committees. With one half of the year now complete we are undertaking a review of all of our community committees and would appreciate your feedback. This feedback will assist us to ensure that we provide committees that are structured and run in an...