You’re already leading.
The question is: How do you lead with clarity when the stakes are high and the path isn’t obvious?
Step into a two-day leadership experience for women in the natural gas industry.
When You’re the One Everyone Else Leans On…
Who’s helping you move forward?
If you’re leading in today’s natural gas industry, you’re likely carrying more than what’s visible:
- Mentoring teams,
- Managing shifting priorities,
- Navigating change, and
- Making decisions that impact both people and performance.
This symposium is designed to meet you in that reality.
You won’t sit through generic leadership advice or passive presentations. This is not a lecture-based event. | You’ll be part of a working room, not sitting on the sidelines, with:
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Where you can step out of the day-to-day, pressure-test decisions, and think through what’s actually in front of you.
From communicating under pressure to influencing across technical and operational teams, each session is built around situations you’re already in and how to move through them more effectively.
No pretense. No off-the-shelf advice.
Just practical tools, honest conversation, and a network of peers you won’t find sitting quietly in the back of a conference room.
What Leaders Experienced at Last Year’s Symposium
A few reflections from last year’s participants:
“Had never considered this approach… very eye-opening.”
— Director, Operations (Natural Gas Utility)
“The exercises made it easier to start and navigate real conversations.”
— Field Operations Leader
“The conversational format made it easier to engage and actually apply the ideas.”
— Midstream Operations Manager
That experience doesn’t stay in the room. It carries into how you lead next.
What This Experience Changes in Your Day-to-Day Leadership
Here are practical ways this experience shows up in your day-to-day work.
- Lead high-stakes conversations when there’s no clear answer
- Communicate decisions across teams without friction
- Navigate visibility, expectations, and pressure with more control
- Hear how peers are handling similar challenges
- Move forward with clarity in complex situations
Join peers who are navigating the same realities you are.
Make It a Full Week of Leadership Development
Attending the SGA Management Conference too?
Add it to your Symposium registration and save with a combined rate.
Stick around April 8–10 for a deeper dive into strategy, innovation, and cross-functional leadership across the natural gas value chain.
Plan Your Experience
Registration
The combined event discount is only available for active SGA members.
Agenda & Brochure
Hotel
Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center
1501 Gaylord Trail, Grapevine, TX 76051
Set on the shores of Lake Grapevine, the Gaylord Texan offers convenience and comfort with full-service dining, on-site fitness, and exceptional conference facilities.
The official room block closed on 3/16/26. For reservations, contact the hotel directly.
Keynote
Lauren Gilliland
SVP, Energy Supply - Xcel Energy
Leading in Full Color: The Brushstrokes of Trust, Presence, and Impact
Every woman in leadership eventually faces a moment that redefines how she shows up: a promotion, a pivot, a reset. In this story-driven keynote, Lauren Gilliland draws from more than two decades of frontline operations and executive leadership to explore how women build leadership intentionally, layer by layer, through trust, presence, and impact.
What You’ll Walk Away With
- A framework for building leadership through intentional brushstrokes of trust, presence, and impact
- The confidence to lead visibly and humanly before you feel fully ready
- Greater conviction in the high-pressure moments that define how others experience your leadership
Why This Matters
Every day offers a new canvas. The choices you make about how you lead, how you show up, and how you use your voice shape the legacy you leave behind.
Leadership Workshop
Amber Romine
Executive Coach & Leadership Development Consultant
Saying What Matters: Communicating with Candor and Care.
This session is designed to help leaders navigate difficult conversations, moments of tension, and the issues that too often go unspoken—without damaging trust or relationships. Grounded in practical frameworks and real leadership scenarios, the workshop emphasizes not just what leaders say, but how they say it—and the impact that follows.
The session speaks directly to challenges women leaders frequently face: added relational complexity, unspoken expectations, and the pressure to balance directness with approachability. Through guided discussion, reflection, and immediately applicable tools, participants will leave with greater clarity, confidence, and the ability to communicate honestly without self-silencing or overcorrecting.
Fireside Chat
Carolyn Heath Haag
President & Chair of the Board - Heath®
Leading Forward: Honoring Legacy While Building What’s Next
Moderated by Suzanne Ogle – SGA Natural Gas Association
What does it take to lead something you didn’t build but are responsible for evolving? Carolyn Heath Haag, third-generation leader of Heath®, brings rare insight into that question. In this candid conversation, she shares how leadership is built through experience, self-awareness, and the willingness to grow into a role over time, even when the path doesn’t follow a straight line.
What You’ll Walk Away With
- Practical insight into building leadership credibility from the inside out
- Strategies for balancing legacy with innovation without losing trust or performance
- Greater confidence to lead authentically when your path looks different than expected
Why This Matters
Only 13% of family businesses successfully transition to the third generation. The leaders who make it aren’t the ones with perfect conditions. They’re the ones willing to evolve.
2026 SGA Advance Partners
Symposium Sponsors
Natural Gas Now
Operational Excellence
