ANTERO MIDSTREAM CORPORATION - Key Persons


Aaron S. G. Merrick

Job Titles:
  • Chief Administrative Officer

Brendan E. Krueger

Job Titles:
  • CFO, VP - Finance and Treasurer
Has served as Vice President of Finance of Antero since April 2018. He has served as Treasurer since December 2019. Previously served as Antero's Finance Director from 2016 to 2018 and Antero's Finance Manager from 2014 to 2016. Spent seven years as an investment banker focused on equity and debt financing and M&A advisory with Robert W. Baird & Co., Wells Fargo Securities, and A.G. Edwards, Inc. from 2007-2014.

Brooks J. Klimley

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
  • Audit
  • President of Brooks J. Klimley & Associates
President of Brooks J. Klimley & Associates, an energy advisory services firm focused on corporate strategy, governance and finance for public and private energy, power and infrastructure companies

David A. Cannelongo

Job Titles:
  • SVP - Liquids Marketing & Transportation

David H. Keyte

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Audit Committee
  • Chairman of the Compensation Committee
  • Chairman of the Conflicts Committee
  • Audit
  • Co - Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Caerus Oil and Gas LLC since 2009 / Former Executive of Forest Oil Corporation
  • Co - Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Caerus Oil and Gas LLC since 2009 / Former Executive of Forest Oil Corporation / Chair
  • Co - Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Caerus Oil and Gas LLC since 2009 / Former Executive of Forest Oil Corporation / Member
  • Lead Director / Co - Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Caerus Oil and Gas LLC since 2009 / Former Executive of Forest Oil Corporation
Co-founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Caerus Oil and Gas LLC since 2009 Former Executive of Forest Oil Corporation

J. Kevin Ellis

Job Titles:
  • Regional SVP
Has served as Regional Vice President, Appalachia since November 2020. Previously Antero's Vice President of Government Relations from 2016 to 2019, Director of Business Development and Governmental Affairs from 2014 to 2015, and Manager, Administrative and Legal from 2011 through 2014. Served as in-house counsel to Bluestone Energy Partners and practiced law at Steptoe & Johnson PLLC as a member of the firm's energy practice group. Held various other management positions from 1995 until 2002. Is a past President of the Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia and the West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association, past Board Member of the Ohio Oil and Gas Association and Harrison County Chamber of Commerce, current member of the board of trustees for the West Virginia Chapter of The Nature Conservancy.

Janine J. McArdle

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Audit
  • Director / Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Apex Strategies, LLC, a Global Consultancy Company Providing Advisory Services to Midstream and Downstream Energy Companies, since 2016
  • Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Apex Strategies, LLC, a Global Consultancy Company Providing Advisory Services to Midstream and Downstream Energy Companies, since 2016
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Apex Strategies, LLC, a global consultancy company providing advisory services to midstream and downstream energy companies, since 2016. Executive of Apache Corporation from 2002 to 2015 serving most recently as Senior Vice President - Global Gas Monetization and President, Kitimat LNG. Served as President and Managing Director for Aquila Europe Ltd. from 2001 to 2002 and served in various executive and trading roles prior thereto Has over 30 years of experience as an executive in the oil and gas industry with extensive background in engineering, marketing, business development, finance and risk management. Other Public Company Boards include: Santos Ltd; Advantage Energy Ltd; Halcon Resources Corporation (until 2019) Member

John C. Mollenkopf - COO, EVP

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Director
  • Executive Vice President
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Audit
  • Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for MarkWest Operations
  • Founders
Prior to his retirement in 2016, served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for MarkWest operations of MPLX GP LLC In 2002, was on of five founders of MarkWest Energy Partners, LP, and until 2015, served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer From 1996 to 2002, worked in various senior management roles for MarkWest Hydrocarbon, Inc From 1982 to 1996, worked for ARCO Oil and Gas Company in various roles in engineering and operations Served as a director of the general partner of Antero Midstream Partners LP beginning in April 2017 through the closing of the Simplification Transactions Member

Jon S. McEvers

Job Titles:
  • SVP - Operations
Has served as Senior Vice President of Operations since February 2023. Prior to his current role, served as Vice President of Operations. Started with Antero in 2013 as the Drilling Manager and transitioned to the Operations Manager over the Marcellus in 2016 before his promotion to Director of Completions. Prior to joining Antero, he worked independently for multiple operators, providing project management primarily in the Bakken, Powder River, and DJ. Earned his BS in Civil Engineering from University of North Dakota School of Mines.

Justin Agnew

Job Titles:
  • Vice President - Finance & Investor Relations

Justin B. Fowler

Job Titles:
  • SVP - Gas Marketing & Transportation

Maria Wood Henry

Job Titles:
  • SVP - Geology
Currently serving as Senior Vice President of Geology, previously served as Vice President of Geology from June 2018 to March 2022. Was Vice President of Subsurface Assets and Technology at Raisa Energy from 2015 to 2018. Served as Geology Manager at WPX Energy from 2013 to 2015, directing exploration and business development projects for Western North America. During her years running HGC, Inc. from 1999 to 2012, she was equity partner in two internationally-focused operations and served as technical advisor and independent Board member for several companies. Career experience includes 11 years at BP Amoco working both conventional and unconventional projects world-wide in progressive technical roles.

Michael N. Kennedy

Job Titles:
  • Director and SVP - Finance CFO of Antero Resources
Served as Chief Financial Officer of Antero Midstream from the closing of the Simplification Transactions in March 2019 until April 30, 2021, prior to which Mr. Kennedy served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance of the general partner of Antero Midstream GP LP beginning in April 2017 and as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance of the general partner of Antero Midstream Partners LP beginning in February 2014. Served as Antero Resources' Senior Vice President of Finance beginning in January 2016, prior to which he served as Vice President of Finance beginning in August 2013. Served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Forest Oil Corporation from 2009 to 2013 and served in various financial positions prior thereto. Served as an auditor with Arthur Andersen, focusing on the Natural Resources industry. Janine J. McArdle Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Apex Strategies, LLC, a global consultancy company providing advisory services to midstream and downstream energy companies, since 2016. Executive of Apache Corporation from 2002 to 2015 serving most recently as Senior Vice President - Global Gas Monetization and President, Kitimat LNG. Served as President and Managing Director for Aquila Europe Ltd. from 2001 to 2002 and served in various executive and trading roles prior thereto Has over 30 years of experience as an executive in the oil and gas industry with extensive background in engineering, marketing, business development, finance and risk management. Other Public Company Boards include: Santos Ltd; Advantage Energy Ltd; Halcon Resources Corporation (until 2019) Currently serves as Senior Vice President-Finance of Antero Midstream and Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President-Finance of Antero Resources Corporation. Served as Chief Financial Officer of Antero Midstream from the closing of the Simplification Transactions in March 2019 until April 30, 2021, prior to which Mr. Kennedy served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance of the general partner of Antero Midstream GP LP beginning in April 2017 and as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance of the general partner of Antero Midstream Partners LP beginning in February 2014. Served as Antero Resources' Senior Vice President of Finance beginning in January 2016, prior to which he served as Vice President of Finance beginning in August 2013. Served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Forest Oil Corporation from 2009 to 2013 and served in various financial positions prior thereto. Served as an auditor with Arthur Andersen, focusing on the Natural Resources industry.

Nancy E. Chisholm

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Audit

Paul M. Rady - CEO, Chairman, Founder, President

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Co - Founder
  • President
  • Glen Warren Co - Found Pennaco Energy ( AMEX
Co-Founder of Antero Resources, serving as President of Antero Resources since April 30, 2021 and as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Antero Resources since May 2004. President of Antero Midstream since April 30, 2021 and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Antero Midstream since the closing of Antero Midstream's simplification transactions (the "Simplification Transactions") in March 2019. Served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Antero's predecessor company from its founding in 2002 to its ultimate sale to XTO Energy, Inc. in 2005. Served as President, CEO and Chairman of Pennaco Energy from 1998 until its sale to Marathon in 2001. Paul Rady and Glen Warren co-found Pennaco Energy (AMEX: PN) and build it into a highly successful Powder River Basin coal bed methane produce.

Peter A. Dea

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Compensation Committee
  • Member of the Conflicts Committee
  • Compensation
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Confluence Resources LP, since the company's inception in September 2016 Co-Founder, President and CEO of Cirque Resources LP since its inception in May 2007 President, CEO and Director of Western Gas Resources, Inc. from 2001 through their merger with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in 2006 CEO and Chairman of the Board of Barrett Resources Corporation from 1999 and 2000, respectively, until its sale in 2001 to Williams Companies Served as a director of the general partner of Antero Midstream GP LP from April 2018 through the closing of the Simplification Transactions W. Howard Keenan, Jr.

Robert H. Krcek

Job Titles:
  • SVP - Midstream
Currently the Senior Vice President of Midstream, previously served as Vice President of Midstream from February 2018 to March 2022.

Sheri L. Pearce

Job Titles:
  • Chief Accounting Officer and SVP - Accounting
Currently serving as Senior Vice President of Accounting, previously served as Vice President of Accounting from December 2020 to March 2022. Has also served as the Chief Accounting Officer of Antero since May 2020. Served as the Director of SEC Reporting for Antero from November 2018 to May 2020. Prior to joining Antero, Ms. Pearce worked as an independent consultant after retiring from KPMG LLP in March 2015. Was an audit partner with KPMG where she principally served publicly traded clients in the energy and mining industries for 25 years. Joined KPMG in 1990 and was elected to the partnership in 2000.

Steven M. Woodward

Job Titles:
  • SVP - Business Development
Served as Senior Vice President of Business Development since January 2016. He previously served as Vice President of Business Development from 2005 to 2015.

Timothy J.C. Rady

Job Titles:
  • SVP - Land

W. Howard Keenan - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Director
  • Member of the Compensation Committee
  • Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
  • Compensation
Since 1997, has been a Member of Yorktown Partners LLC, a private investment manager focused on the energy industry From 1975 to 1997, was in the Corporate Finance Department of Dillon, Read & Co. Inc, and active in private equity and energy areas, including the founding of the Yorktown Partners fund in 1991 Serves on the boards of directors of multiple Yorktown Partners portfolio companies Serves on the Board of Directors of Antero Resources Served as a director of the general partner of Antero Midstream GP LP beginning in April 2017 and as a director of the general partner of the Antero Midstream Partners LP beginning in February 2014, in each case, through the closing of the Simplification Transactions

W. Patrick Ash

Job Titles:
  • SVP - Reserves, Planning & Midstream
From 2001-2011 Mr. Ash served in engineering roles at Devon, NFR Energy and Encana.

Yvette K. Schultz

Job Titles:
  • Chief Compliance Officer, SVP - Legal, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Served as the Senior Vice President of Legal and Chief Compliance Officer since January 2022, and as General Counsel since January 2017.