Founded in 1984, the Associate Members Program represents the region’s leading energy and technology providers and contributes invaluable expertise on the economic and social implication of federal and state energy and environmental policies. These activities are integral to providing a balanced and responsible approach to environmental regulation that is economical and efficient.

The Associate Members gather frequently throughout the year to address such issues as federal energy and environmental policy and also have addressed matters including the re-emergence of the nuclear industry, grid modernization, state responses to energy emergencies, energy security, low-income home energy assistance, air quality, carbon management, natural gas supply and infrastructure, water for energy, and state energy and environmental legislation.

2024 Officers

Chair
Zach Monroe
Ameren Missouri
Vice Chair
Lavelle Edmondson
Marathon
2nd Vice Chair
Christine Csizmadia
NEI
Immediate Past Chair
John Eick
AFPM

Members

Air Liquide

Matthew Anderson
Senior Advisor of Government Affairs

Ameren Missouri

Tina Shannon
Director, Government Relations

Zach Monroe
Senior Legislative Representative

Jonathan Lorenz
Legislative Representative

American Chemistry Council

Wes Robinson
Senior Director, State Affairs

American Electric Power

Tony Kavanagh
Senior Vice President, Washington Office

Alicia Cannon
Legislative Representative

American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers

John Eick
Manager, State & Local Outreach

American Gas Association

Dan Lapato
Senior Director of State Affairs

Frank Canavan
State and Legislative Regulatory Analyst

American Petroleum Institute

David McGowan
Southern Region Director

Gifford Briggs
Director of Gulf Coast Region

Eric Hamilton
Associate Director of Gulf Coast Region

America’s Power

Michelle Bloodworth
President and CEO

Anterix

Morgan O’Brien
Executive Chairman of the Board

Kenneth Boley
Senior Advisor to the Executive Chairman

BHE Gas Transmission & Storage

Bruce McKay
Senior Director, External Affairs

BKV

Lauren Read
Vice President, dCarbon Ventures

Pat McKern
Senior Director Business Development, dCarbon Ventures

Matthew Sullivan
Senior Director

BP

Hope Freeman
Director, Communication & External Affairs

BSS Global

Honorable Phil Bryant
Senior Partner

Carbon Utilization Research Council

Shannon Angielski
Executive Director

Chevron U.S.A. Inc.

Lianne Armpriester
CNE Region Advisor

Camille Ivy-O’Donnell
Senior State Government Affairs Representative (East Region)

Colonial Pipeline

Drew Lohoff
Senior Director, Government Affairs

Chip Little
Government Affairs Manager

Nathan McBride
Government Affairs Manager

Columbia Southern University

Tony Atchley
Director, Corporate Relations

Randy Davis
Governmental Affairs

Dominion Energy

William Murray
Vice President, State and Electric Public Policy

Duke Energy

Tiger Wells
State Government Affairs Director

Dayna Herrick
Policy Analyst

ECO Material Technologies – Green Cement Inc.

Danny Gray
Executive Vice President, Strategy & Business Operations

Edison Electric Institute

Jennifer Jura
Director, External Affairs

Enbridge

Adam Parker
Manager, U.S. External Affairs, South Region

Energy Fairness

Paul Griffin
Executive Director

Energy Institute of Alabama

Honorable Seth Hammett
Chairman

Blake Hardwich
Executive Director

ExxonMobil

Jeff Copeskey
US Government Relations, Southern Region

FuelCell Energy

Ben Toby
Senior VP, Direct Sales & Customer Service

Google

Katie Ottenweller
Southeast Lead, Energy Policy & Markets

Halliburton

Rob Hull
Director – Sustainability and P&A North America Land

Koch Government Affairs, LLC

George Guidry
Director, State Government Affairs

Allen Richardson
Regional Manager, State Government Affairs

Lhoist

Melissa Smar
Sustainability Director

Michael Will
Regional Environmental Manager

Marathon Petroleum Corporation

Lavelle Edmondson
Manager, State Government Affairs

Graham Pickering
Manager, State Government Affairs

Erin Osting
Manager, State Government Affairs

Metallurgical Coal Producers Association

Barbara Altizer
Executive Director, Education & Outreach

ME2C Environmental

Richard MacPherson
President and CEO

Stacey Hyatt
Executive Assistant, Sales Operations

Michael Karmis, Ph.D., P.E., LLC

Michael Karmis
Managing Member

MISO

Chad Allen
Regional External Affairs Director

National Mining Association

Rich Nolan
President and Chief Executive Officer

Nuclear Energy Institute

Christine Csizmadia
Director, State Government Affairs & Advocacy

NuScale Power

Dominick Claudio
Sales Director

ONE Gas

Craig Perry
Manager, Government Affairs, Oklahoma

Mick Urban
Director, Government Affairs

Phillips 66

Misty McGowen
Senior Director, Federal and State Government Affairs

Ed Thayer
Director, Political Affairs and State Government Affairs

Premier Corex

Randal Wichuk
President and CEO

Stephen R. Horn
Chairman

SEFA Group

Tom Kierspe
Executive Director, Business Development

Jimmy Knowles
Vice President, Environmental and Government Relations

Shell Oil Company

Fred Palmer
Manager, Government Relations

South Carolina Public Service Authority/
Santee Cooper

Pamela Williams
Chief Public Affairs Officer and General Counsel

Southern Company

Gene Rackley
Senior Director, Government Relations

TC Energy

Rob Landry
Manager, State Government and Community Relations

TECO

Byron Burrows
Director, Environmental Services

Tenaska

Bret Estep
Senior Director

Tennessee Valley Authority

Justin Maierhofer
Vice President, Operations

Bevin Taylor
Director, Washington, D.C. Office

Bert Robinson
Director, District, State & Local Government Relations

Texas A&M

Titan America

Chris Bayne
Director of Decarbonization and Energy Management

Troutman Pepper

William M. Droze
Partner

Verde

Nikhil Joshi
Chief Technology Officer

Virginia Center for Coal & Energy Research

Dr. Nino Ripepi
Associate Professor, Department of Mining & Minerals Engineering
Deputy Director, Virginia Center for Coal & Energy Research

West Virginia University

Williams

Jay McChesney
State Government and Regulatory Affairs

Chad Teply
SVP Transmission and Gulf of Mexico, Williams Operations

WSP

Russell Bentley
Sr. Vice President, Subsurface Sequestration

Scyller Borglum
Vice President, Underground Storage Market Leader

Frederick Moses
Sales Manager, Energy Business Line


Program Benefits

Part of SSEB’s annual meeting of governors and legislators is devoted to Associate Members. Associates receive invitations to other SSEB conferences, seminars and workshops held throughout the year on energy and environmental quality topics and participate on Board committees, coalitions and task forces. Each Associate Member receives all SSEB publications, including the Annual Report, Legislative Digest, topical reports, issue briefs, and other items produced by the SSEB staff.

Participation

Any organization with an interest in energy and environmental affairs and a desire to pursue its concerns in a collective forum is eligible for membership. Participants may include corporations, trade and industry associations, universities and other commercial and nonprofit organizations.