The board of directors of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America announced the election October 8 of Michael McMahon, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of Boardwalk Pipeline Partners L.P. (NYSE: BWP), as chairman of the INGAA board of directors for a one-year term from October 2015 to October 2016.
“Mike’s experience and expertise as a long-standing practitioner representing pipelines before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, and as a corporate lawyer, will be a strategic asset for INGAA as we take on the many challenges facing us in the coming year,” said INGAA president and CEO Don Santa. “As the chairman of INGAA, Mike will be at the forefront of our industry’s efforts to advance natural gas as a solution to the nation’s energy, environmental and economic challenges and promote pipelines as the essential link between natural gas suppliers and consumers.”
McMahon’s main priorities as chairman are:
• Pipeline safety;
• Educating the public about the importance of pipelines and natural gas; and
• Enhancing interstate natural gas pipelines’ ability to construct new capacity in a timely manner.
McMahon has been the senior vice president and general counsel of Boardwalk since 2007. Previously, he was senior vice president and general counsel of Gulf South and has represented Gulf South and its predecessors since 1989. He has been involved in INGAA for many years, serving on its board and on its legal and regulatory committees.
INGAA’s board of directors also elected Rory Miller, senior vice president of the Atlantic-Gulf operating area for Williams, as first vice chairman, and Diane Leopold, president of Dominion Energy, as second vice chair.
