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WGC 2018 will be brought to you by the largest and most diverse National Organizing Committee (NOC) ever created for a global gas event, with over 40 organizations representing the entire gas value chain. We are also delighted to have 144 honorary members of Congress now on the NOC – see below for the full list.

MEMBER	TITLE	COMPANY	CITY
Jason Bordoff	Professor of Professional Practice in International & Public Affairs, Center on Global Energy Policy	Columbia University	New York, NY
Mary Brady	Executive Director	The Economic Club	Washington, DC
Diane Burman	Commissioner	New York State Public Service Commission	New York, NY
Bill Cantrell	President and CEO	Southern Gas Association	Dallas, TX
Gary Hines		Southern Gas Association	Dallas, TX
David Carroll	President and CEO	GTI	Des Plaines, IL
Jay Copan	Executive Director, WGC 2018	Barage Energy Consulting	Raleigh, NC
Marty Durbin	Marketing Development Group	American Petroleum Institute (API)	Washington, DC
Greg Ebel	Chairman, President and CEO	Spectra Energy Corp.	Houston, TX
Tim Egan	President and CEO	Canadian Gas Association	Toronto, ON, Canada
Liliana Fonnoll	Manager, Corporate Affairs & Investor Relations	American Gas Association	Washington, DC
Jeffrey Germak	Manager, Executive Office & Marketing	The Economic Club	Washington, DC
Dan Gage	President	NGVAmerica	Washington, DC
Kimberly Harris	President and CEO	Puget Sound Energy	Bellevue, WA
Bert Kalisch	President and CEO	American Public Gas Association	Washington, DC
Tom Kiley	President and CEO	Northeast Gas Association	Needham, MA
Dan Kirschner	Executive Director	Northwest Gas Association	West Linn, OR
Bret Lane	COO	Southern California Gas Company	Los Angeles, CA
Andrew Lundquist	Senior Vice President, Government Affairs	ConocoPhillips	Houston, TX
Debra Marshall	Manager, Federal Government Affairs	Chevron	Washington, DC
Chris Martin	Public and Government Affairs Advisor	ExxonMobil	Houston, TX
Terry McCallister	Chairman and CEO	WGL Holdings, Inc.	Washington, DC
Dave McCurdy	President and CEO	American Gas Association	Washington, DC
Chuck Meyer	President	Western Energy Institute	Portland, OR
Steven Mueller	Chairman and CEO	Southwestern Energy	Spring, TX
Jeffrey Murphy	Vice President and General Manager	Dominion East Ohio	Cleveland, OH
Dan Nadeau	General Manager	Marriott Marquis Washington, DC	Washington, DC
Pierce Norton, II	President and CEO	ONE Gas, Inc.	Tulsa, OK
Neil Parsan	Secretary for Integral Development	Organization of American States (OAS)	Washington, DC
Luis Bertran	Secretary General	IGU	Spain,
Rebecca Ranich	President	Exenico	Baltimore, MD
Don Santa, Jr.	President and CEO	INGAA	Washington, DC
Tushar Shah	Sr. Director, Business Development	Eagle Research Corp.	Hurricane, WV
	Assistant Secretary Office of Fossil Energy	U.S. Department of Energy	Washington, DC
Eric Spiegel	President and CEO	Siemens USA
David Sweet, Esq.	Executive Director	World Alliance for Decentralized Energy (WADE)	Washington, DC
Terry Thorn		JKM Consulting	Houston, TX
Majida Turner	Vice President, Government Relations	Tellurian Inc.	Washington, DC
Patrick Van Beek	President	Midwest ENERGY Association	Eagan, MN
Al Walker	Chairman, President and CEO	Anadarko Petroleum Corporation	The Woodlands, TX
Paul D. Wehnert	Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing	Heath Consultants Incorporated	Houston, TX
Greg White	Executive Director	NARUC	Washington, DC
Dena Wiggins	President and CEO	Natural Gas Supply Association	Washington, DC
Barry Worthington	Executive Director	U.S. Energy Association	Washington, DC
Mel Ydreos	Executive Director	EnergyVantage	Ontario, Canada
Dan Yergin	Chairman	IHS Markit	Cambridge, MA

Honorary Members of the NOC (in formation)

The National Organizing Committee are delighted to announce the addition of over 140 Honorary Members to the Committee. This list of senior level American public policy leaders includes 125 Members of Congress and 19 US Senators who will all serve on the NOC and help to develop and shape the event.

Look out for further announcements as more names are due to be added over the coming months.

Sen. John Barrasso (R‐WY)
Sen. Michael Bennet (D‐CO)
Sen. John Boozman (R‐AR)
Sen. Shelley Capito (R‐WV)
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R‐LA)
Whip John Cornyn (R‐TX)
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D‐ND)
Sen. John Hoeven (R‐ND)
Sen. James “Jim” Inhofe (R‐OK)
Sen. John Kennedy (R‐LA)
Rep. Ralph Abraham (R‐LA‐5)
Rep. Robert “Bob” Aderholt (R‐AL‐4)
Rep. Mark Amodei (R‐NV‐2)
Rep. Brian Babin (R‐TX‐36)
Rep. Lou Barletta (R‐PA‐11)
Rep. Andy Barr (R‐KY‐6)
Rep. Joe Barton (R‐TX‐6)
Rep. John “Jack” Bergman (R‐MI‐1)
Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R‐FL‐12)
Rep. Michael “Mike” Bishop (R‐MI‐8)
Rep. Rob Bishop (R‐UT‐1)
Rep. Kevin Brady (R‐TX‐8)
Rep. Andy Briggs (R‐AZ‐5)
Rep. Kenneth “Ken” Buck (R‐CO‐4)
Rep. Larry Bucshon (R‐IN‐8)
Rep. Michael “Mike” Burgess (R‐TX‐26)
Rep. Bradley Byrne (R‐AL‐1)
Rep. Ken Calvert (R‐CA‐42)
Rep. Buddy Carter (R‐GA‐1)
Rep. John Carter (R‐TX‐31)
Rep. Mike Coffman (R‐CO‐6)
Rep. Tom Cole (R‐OK‐4)
Rep. Chris Collins (R‐NY‐27)
Rep. Mike Conaway (R‐TX‐11)
Rep. Garret Graves (R‐LA‐6)
Rep. Sam Graves (R‐MO‐6)
Rep. Gene Green (D‐TX‐29)
Rep. Morgan Griffith (R‐VA‐9)
Rep. Brett Guthrie (R‐KY‐2)
Rep. Gregg Harper (R‐MS‐3)
Rep. Andy Harris (R‐MD‐1)
Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R‐MO‐4)
Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R‐TX‐5)
Rep. Brian Higgins (D‐NY‐26)
Rep. Clay “Captain” Higgins (R‐LA‐3)
Rep. George Holding (R‐NC‐2)
Rep. Richard Hudson (R‐NC‐8)
Rep. Bill Huizenga (R‐MI‐2)
Rep. Will Hurd (R‐TX‐23)
Rep. Bill Johnson (R‐OH‐6)
Rep. Mike Johnson (R‐LA‐4)
Rep. Mike Kelly (R‐PA‐3)
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R‐IL‐16)
Rep. Darin LaHood (R‐IL‐18)
Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R‐CA‐1)
Rep. Doug Lamborn (R‐CO‐5)
Rep. Leonard Lance (R‐NJ‐7)
Rep. Bob Latta (R‐OH‐5)
Rep. Jason Lewis (R‐MN‐2)
Rep. Billy Long (R‐MO‐7)
Rep. Frank Lucas (R‐OK‐3)
Rep. Thomas “Tom” MacArthur (R‐NJ‐3)
Rep. Michael McCaul (R‐TX‐10)
Rep. David McKinley (R‐WV‐1)
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R‐WA‐5)
Rep. Patrick “Pat” Meehan (R‐PA‐7)
Rep. Paul Mitchell (R‐MI‐10)
Rep. John Moolenaar (R‐MI‐4)
Rep. Alex Mooney (R‐WV‐2)
Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R‐OK‐2)
Rep. Pete Olson (R‐TX‐22)
Rep. Erik Paulsen (R‐MN‐3)
Rep. Scott Perry (R‐PA‐4)

Sen. Angus King (I‐ME)
Sen. James Lankford (R‐OK)
Sen. Joe Manchin (D‐WV)
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R‐AK)
Sen. James Risch (R‐ID)
Sen. Mike Rounds (R‐SD)
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R‐AK)
Sen. Jon Tester (D‐MT)
Sen. Pat Toomey (R‐PA)
Rep. Jim Costa (D‐CA‐16)
Rep. Ryan Costello (R‐PA‐6)
Rep. Kevin Cramer (R‐ND‐1)
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D‐TX‐28)
Rep. John Culberson (R‐TX‐7)
Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R‐FL‐26)
Rep. John Curtis (R‐UT‐3)
Rep. Rodney Davis (R‐IL‐13)
Rep. Jeff Denham (R‐CA‐10)
Rep. Daniel “Dan” Donovan (R‐NY‐11)
Rep. Jeff Duncan (R‐SC‐3)
Rep. Thomas “Tom” Emmer (R‐MN‐6)
Rep. Ron Estes (R‐KS‐4)
Rep. Blake Farenthold (R‐TX‐27)
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R‐PA‐8)
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R‐TN‐3)
Rep. Bill Flores (R‐TX‐17)
Rep. Michael “Mike” Gallagher (R‐WI‐8)
Rep. Greg Gianforte (R‐MT‐1)
Rep. Bob Gibbs (R‐OH‐7)
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D‐TX‐15)
Commish. Jenniffer González‐Colón (R‐PR‐1)
Rep. Paul Gosar (R‐AZ‐4)
Rep. Kay Granger (R‐TX‐12)
Bruce Poliquin (R‐ME‐2)
Rep. John Ratcliffe (R‐TX‐4)
Rep. Tom Reed (R‐NY‐23)
Rep. Martha Roby (R‐AL‐2)
Rep. Todd Rokita (R‐IN‐4)
Rep. Francis Rooney (R‐FL‐19)
Rep. Tom Rooney (R‐FL‐17)
Rep. Peter Roskam (R‐IL‐6)
Rep. Keith Rothfus (R‐PA‐12)
Rep. Ed Royce (R‐CA‐39)
Rep. Steve Russell (R‐OK‐5)
Rep. John Rutherford (R‐FL‐4)
Whip Steve Scalise (R‐LA‐1)
Rep. David Schweikert (R‐AZ‐6)
Rep. Pete Sessions (R‐TX‐32)
Rep. John Shimkus (R‐IL‐15)
Rep. Bill Shuster (R‐PA‐9)
Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R‐PA‐16)
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R‐NY‐21)
Rep. Steve Stivers (R‐OH‐15)
Rep. Claudia Tenney (R‐NY‐22)
Rep. Glenn “G.T.” Thompson (R‐PA‐5)
Rep. Scott Tipton (R‐CO‐3)
Rep. Michael “Mike” Turner (R‐OH‐10)
Rep. Fred Upton (R‐MI‐6)
Rep. Marc Veasey (D‐TX‐33)
Rep. Pete Visclosky (D‐IN‐1)
Rep. Ann Wagner (R‐MO‐2)
Rep. Tim Walberg (R‐MI‐7)
Rep. Mark Walker (R‐NC‐6)
Rep. Jackie Walorski (R‐IN‐2)
Rep. Mimi Walters (R‐CA‐45)
Rep. Randy Weber (R‐TX‐14)
Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R‐OH‐2)
Rep. Roger Williams (R‐TX‐25)
Rep. Joe Wilson (R‐SC‐2)
Rep. Steve Womack (R‐AR‐3)
Rep. Don Young (R‐AK‐1)