PUBLIC GAS PARTNERS - Key Persons


Arthur C. Corbin

Job Titles:
  • President and Chief Executive Officer of the Gas Authority
Mr. Corbin serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Gas Authority. He has 30 years' experience in the natural gas industry. He joined the Gas Authority in 1988 as Director of Gas Operations, was promoted to Vice President of Rates and Gas Supply in 1989, and was named President and General Manager in August 1994, with the title of Chief Executive Officer added in 2004. Before joining the Gas Authority, Mr. Corbin worked for El Paso Natural Gas Company, the interstate pipeline serving California, Nevada, Arizona and parts of New Mexico and Texas, in the areas of Marketing, Planning and Gas Accounting. Mr. Corbin is active in various trade and industry organizations and for the past several years has served on the Board of Directors of both the American Public Gas Association and the Southern Gas Association. Mr. Corbin holds a B.B.A. in Accounting and an MBA from the University of Texas at El Paso.

Chris Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Secretary - Treasurer
  • City Administrator
Chris Anderson has served at City Administrator in Central City, Nebraska since November 2002. He previously served the Nebraska cities of Ashland and Aurora. Chris has a bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska and a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He serves on the Board of Directors of the American Public Gas Association and as Board Chair for the National Public Gas Agency.

Chris Howell - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Member of the Officers Team
Mr. Howell is responsible for all aspects of financial operations and reporting for the Issuer. Those responsibilities include economic analysis and due diligence related to potential acquisitions; review of and reporting on the financial and operational performance of acquired properties; preparing the annual budget; managing the Issuer's financing activities; and quarterly and annual preparation of financial statements. He joined the Gas Authority in 2003 as a Manager of Finance and was promoted to Director of Finance in 2004. He has 16 years of business and financial experience and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Georgia. Prior to joining the Gas Authority, Mr. Howell spent 10 years with Deloitte & Touche LLP, where he served as a Senior Manager to a number of audit clients in the utility and energy sector. He also spent two years as a manager in the Accounting Research division of Deloitte's National Office in Wilton, Connecticut, helping the firm conclude on complex technical accounting questions for clients throughout the U.S. and abroad. He began his career as a Financial Analyst at NCR Corporation in Dayton, Ohio. Mr. Howell has a B.B.A. in Finance and an M.B.A. in Accounting & MIS from the University of Georgia, both degrees with honors.

J. Gregory Henderson

Job Titles:
  • President and Chief Executive Officer of SEAGD
Mr. Henderson is the President and Chief Executive Officer of SEAGD. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Henderson had served as Director of Finance and Administration of SEAGD since April 1, 1998. His title of Chief Financial Officer was added in 2002. Prior to joining SEAGD, Mr. Henderson was employed by Alabama Electric Cooperative, Inc. for 12 years, serving in various financial positions, the last of which was Controller, to which he was appointed in 1995. Before working for AEC, Mr. Henderson was employed by PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP where he earned the designation of Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Henderson is a graduate of Auburn University, where he received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with an Accounting major. Mr. Henderson serves as Chairman of various committees of the Alabama Natural Gas Association and Auburn School of Accountancy Alumni Advisory Board, and serves on the Boards of Directors of American Public Gas Association and Covington County Bank. He is also a member of the Southern Gas Association. Mr. Henderson also serves as Assistant Secretary and Treasurer of SEAGD, and as Treasurer of the Alabama Municipal Distributors Group.

J. Mark McCutchen

Mr. McCutchen has been employed as the President and General Manager of TEAC since August 1, 1996. Prior to that time, he served as the Manager of the Gas Department of the City of Clarksville since 1988. He graduated from Austin Peay State University in 1976 with a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing. He has extensive experience in regulatory procedures, natural gas operations and risk management for gas utilities.

Jacob A. Williams - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors
  • General Manager and CEO of the Florida Municipal Power Agency
Jacob A. Williams is General Manager and CEO of the Florida Municipal Power Agency (FMPA), a position he has held since September 2016. Williams has 32 years of experience in the utility industry. Prior to joining FMPA, he served as Vice President, Generation and Emissions Technologies at Peabody Energy in St. Louis, Mo. From 2007 to 2015, Williams was Vice President, Global Energy Analytics, leading the global analysis of energy and coal markets for Peabody. From 2001 to 2007, Williams was Peabody's Vice President, Generation Development and played a key role in developing the largest new coal generation plant in more than 30 years in the United States. For the Prairie State Energy Campus, he was instrumental in bringing to fruition the 1,600 MW clean-coal power plant that was co-owned by Peabody with six municipal joint action agencies and two generation and transmission rural electric cooperatives. Williams holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Kelly Henry

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer of Blackbelt Energy
Kelly Henry is the Chief Financial Officer of Blackbelt Energy. She graduated from the University of South Alabama with a Bachelor's degree in Accounting. Prior to working for Black Belt Energy, she had experience in public accounting as an auditor and working mainly with governmental/fund accounting clients and financial institution clients. Kelly entered the natural gas industry in 2007 when she went to work for Clarke-Mobile Counties Gas District. In 2011 she transferred from CMC Gas to BBE, given her involvement with and knowledge of the company since its inception in 2008. Kelly manages the financial department for BBE in addition to the natural gas accounting and balancing for the Louisiana Municipal Gas Authority, which consists of over 70 cities and 12 pipelines.

Michael J. Frey - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • President
Mr. Frey is responsible for gas operations for the Issuer, including managing physical deliveries to the Issuer's Members; reviewing and approving capital development activities, including preparation of the annual capital budget; seeking and analyzing acquisition opportunities; and working closely with the Issuer's primary operators to monitor their activities. He has been employed by the Gas Authority since 1989. He joined the Gas Authority in the area of supply planning and has since that time managed the Gas Authority's Member support, Member services, energy services and business development functions. He was appointed to his current position in June, 2001. Mr. Frey has over 25 years of energy industry experience, including regulatory, production, transmission, wholesale supply and retail service. Mr. Frey's prior experience includes two years with FERC in Washington, D.C. and four years with El Paso Natural Gas Pipeline in El Paso, Texas. Mr. Frey has a B.S. degree in Accounting and Finance from Bemidji State University in Bemidji, Minnesota, and is a Certified Energy Procurement Professional, a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Financial Planner.

Mike Enoch

Job Titles:
  • VICE CHAIRMAN of the Board of Directors

Ms. Tina Smith - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • Director of Gas Supply for the Municipal Gas Authority of Georgia
Ms. Tina Smith is the Director of Gas Supply for the Municipal Gas Authority of Georgia. She has over 25 years of experience in all aspects of the natural gas supply chain including production, supply planning and acquisition, risk management, pipeline transportation, and direct end user contracting. She is also involved in strategic planning and asset management. She is a founding member of the Greater Atlanta Women's Energy Network and has served on both the chapter and national boards. She is also a member of the Southern Gas Association (SGA) and American Public Gas Association (APGA).