Affiliate Associations
Providing a forum for executives from member utilities to learn, develop, and share best practices to enhance the current and future innovation.
OUR MISSION
The mission of the newly created Innovative Opportunities Section Managing Committee is to provide opportunities to share in experiences, lessons learned, challenges, and successes of SGA member companies. This committee is charged with helping to empower SGA Members and their partners to move deeply, strategically, and successfully in pursuit of new opportunities that positively impact the industry. The Committee explores emerging innovations and effective practices, helps to incubate ideas and a vision for business education, and guides SGA’s efforts to develop reports and other content aimed at helping SGA Members and their stakeholders to understand the related challenges and opportunities.
The committee evaluates issues and challenges and makes recommendations to the Executive Council on SGA”s policies, plans, and tactics for addressing identified challenges and opportunities.
The committee provides educational and networking opportunities to industry peers through our roundtable at the SGA Management Conference, oversees the activities of sub committees, and provides guidance to SGA staff on appropriate areas of focus for the association.
The committee meets in person at planning meetings, conferences, and periodically by conference call.
SVP, Chief Information & Innovation Officer
Spire Inc.
District Director
CenterPoint Energy
Gas Engineering Manager
CPS Energy
Manager of Engineering - Automation & Controls East)
TC Energy USA Pipeline Services, LLC
Technical Training Data Coordinator
CenterPoint Energy
IT Communications and Corp Security
Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline Inc.
Director, System Strategy & Business Operations
Xcel Energy
GAS DESIGN TECHNICIAN 2
TECO Peoples Gas
Manager, Core Reliability
TC Energy USA Pipeline Services, LLC
Director
Texas Gas Service
Manager Coal and Gas Origination
Duke Energy Corporation
Senior Vice President, Strategy & Innovation
Washington Gas
Senior Manager of Committee Strategy
Southern Gas Association
Boardwalk Pipeline Partners
Vice President Commercial LNG & Gas Development
BHE GT&S
Environmental Engineer
Spire Alabama Inc.
Senior Vice President , Transmission and Gulf of Mexico
Williams Companies
President- Missouri
Spire Missouri Inc.
The mission of the Expanding Gas Usage Taskforce is to provide opportunities to share in experiences, lessons learned, challenges, and successes of SGA member companies. This taskforce focuses on natural gas infrastructure expansion as a key to driving economic development, job creation and reducing consumer energy costs.
Who We Are? Natural Gas Industry who are strategic thinkers, leaders, and decision makers within member companies.
What We Do? Provide networking and educational opportunities to industry peers through awards programs, best practice sharing and educational development for SGA events.
Where We Meet? The group meets virtually through webinars, in person at planning meetings and conferences, and for monthly taskforce calls.
Gas System Assistant Director
Project Manager, Gas Growth
Manager, Account Management - Gas Business Development
Account Executive
The mission of the Hydrogen Taskforce is to provide opportunities to share in experiences, lessons learned, challenges, and successes of SGA member companies. This taskforce focuses on the production of hydrogen from renewable electricity from grid balancing and on H2 Production with low CO2 footprint from other resources as well as H2 storage, handling and distribution.
Who We Are? Natural Gas Industry who are strategic thinkers, leaders, and decision-makers within member companies.
What We Do? Provide networking and educational opportunities to industry peers through awards programs, best practice sharing and educational development for SGA events.
Where We Meet? The group meets virtually through webinars, in-person at planning meetings and conferences, and for monthly taskforce calls.
Senior Project Manager
Fleet Management Team Lead
Sales Initiative Leader
Director, Natural Gas Division
Manager, Engineering
Americas Energy Market Development Manager
Regional Manager
Manager, Gas Capacity Planning
Senior Manager of Committee Strategy
Engineering Manager
Business Development Manager
Vice President, Business Development
Business Development Manager
Business Development – Utilities Southeast District
District Manager
The mission of the New Technology Taskforce is to provide opportunities to share in experiences, lessons learned, challenges, and successes of SGA member companies. This taskforce focuses on the development and implementation of new technologies and cost-effective practices for enhancing pipeline safety, efficiency and deliverability.
Who We Are? Natural Gas Industry who are strategic thinkers, leaders, and decision makers within member companies.
What We Do? Provide networking and educational opportunities to industry peers through awards programs, best practice sharing and educational development for SGA events.
Where We Meet? The group meets virtually through webinars, in person at planning meetings and conferences, and for monthly taskforce calls.
Gas Engineering & Planning Manager
Manager, Pipeline Safety Management Systems
Director, Operations & Technical Standards
Pipeline Engineering Discipline Lead
Business Development Manager
Gas System Assistant Director
Appalachian Regional Sales Manager
President
Director, Operations Services
Enterprise Analytics Team Leader
Business Development Manager
Director-Gas Utility Emergency Response
Manager, Gas Capacity Planning
Managing Director, Innovation and Technology
Senior Manager of Committee Strategy
Sr. Vice President & CCO
Manager, HP Gas Transmission Engineering
Vice President Business Development
Account Executive
Service Supervisor
Staff Engineer - Pipeline Compliance and Standards
Manager, IT Business Intelligence
Energy Contracts Manager
Committee Leadership
The mission of the Renewable Natural Gas Taskforce is to provide opportunities to share in experiences, lessons learned, challenges, and successes of SGA member companies. This taskforce is charged with helping expand knowledge for sustainable development, deployment and utilization of renewable natural gas so that present and future generations will have access to domestic, renewable, clean fuel and energy.
Who We Are? Natural Gas Industry who are strategic thinkers, leaders, and decision makers within member companies.
What We Do? Provide networking and educational opportunities to industry peers through awards programs, best practice sharing and educational development for SGA events.
Where We Meet? The group meets virtually through webinars, in person at planning meetings and conferences, and for monthly taskforce calls.
Senior Vice President of Business Development
Senior Accountant
Gas System Assistant Director
Vice President - Gas Supply
Director, Natural Gas Division
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
Managing Director
Gas Operations Engineer SE/SW Metro Denver
Renewable Energy Development Manager
Compression Engineering Team Lead
Manager, Gas Capacity Planning
Project Manager, Gas Growth
Regulatory Compliance Manager
Gas Development Services Advisor
Senior Manager of Committee Strategy
Director, Origination
Project Manager
Team Leader - Energy Practice
Regional Account Manager
Director of Renewable Natural Gas
Project Manager
Committee Leadership
The mission of the LNG Focus & Opportunity Taskforce is to provide opportunities to share in experiences, lessons learned, challenges, and successes of SGA member companies. This taskforce focuses on the safe, reliable, effective and efficient construction, operations, and maintenance of LNG Facilities which include technologies, processes, best practices and lessons learned and standards.
Who We Are? Operations supervisors, managers, and directors from across the natural gas industry.
What We Do? Build a community within its peer group to engage in dialogue and facilitate the exchange of information.
Where We Meet? The group meets on monthly conference calls, at an onsite planning meeting, and holds a roundtable as part of the SGA Conferences.
Plant Manager
Business Development Virtual Pipeline
Gas Distribution Engineer
Supv Area Operations
Senior GIS Analyst
Americas Energy Market Development Manager
VP, LNG Operations
Executive Director, Business Development
LNG Consultant
Supervisor of Operations
Manager, Gas & Plant Operations
Senior Manager of Committee Strategy
Manager, Air Quality
Natural Gas System Manager
Gas System Manager
Director of Supplemental Gas
Senior Account Manager
Committee Leadership
The mission of the IT & Cyber Security Committee is to provide opportunities to share in experiences, lessons learned, challenges, and successes of SGA member companies. This committee focuses on data analytics, incident response, software/tech emerging trends, documentation guidelines, and more.
Who We Are? All Information Technology roles within the natural gas industry.
What We Do? Engage and build a community within this peer group to facilitate the exchange of information.
Where We Meet? The committee meets in person at planning meetings and conferences, and for monthly committee calls.
Sr. Data Engineer
Director, GIS & Asset Data Services
Project Manager
General Manager, IT
Systems Administrator
IT Manager
Senior Manager of Committee Strategy
IT Manager - Operational Technology