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1 AGA Operations Section Leadership Christina Sames Vice President, Operations & Engineering (202) Andrew Lu Managing (202) Operations and Engineering Programs & Membership Outreach Board Activities Leadership Council Activities Pipeline Safety Legislation Technical Operations Safety Advocacy Management Operations Safety Advocacy before DOT, NTSB & NAPSR DOT Data Quality Action Team Peer Review Program Liaison: NAPSR, NASFM, NTSB, INGAA, APGA, API, AOPL IGU Distribution Committee AGA Committees / Task Groups Operating Section: Executive Managing Nominating Board Safety Committee Operations and Engineering Programs & Membership Outreach Peer Review Program Safety Leadership Summit SOS Program Operations Advocacy Excavation Damage Prevention Distribution Integrity Management Transmission Integrity Management Pipeline Safety Legislation Technical Board Safety Committee Managing Committee Utility Contractor Management Liaison Common Ground Alliance, Distribution Contractors Association IGU Transmission Committee AGA Committees /Task Groups/ Distribution Construction & Maintenance Technical Training Discussion Group

2 Mike Bellman (202) Michael Courtien Peer Review Program Manager (part-time) Kimberly Denbow Director of Security, Operations & Engineering (202) Gas Utility Best Practices Program Gas Piping Technology Committee (GPTC) Peer Review Program Pipeline Safety Advocacy LNG DIMP Pipeline Safety Legislation Technical B109.0 B109.5 Mutual Assistance Liaison ANSI Construction Quality Management Task Group Whitepaper AGA Committees / Task Groups / Construction Contractor Quality Management Task Force Peer Review Program Physical Security & Cybersecurity Oversight, including Advocacy AGA Operations Conference & Exhibition Oversight Spring and Fall Committee Meetings Oversight DNG ISAC Oil & Natural Gas Sector Coordinating Council Employee & Vehicular Safety Statistics OSHA Regulations FMCSA Regulations Peer Review Downstream Energy Coordination Liaison DOE, DHS, TSA, USCG, Chemical Security Workshops Oversight IGU Underground Storage AGA Committees / Task Groups / Cybersecurity Strategy Task Force Natural Gas Security Safety & Occupational Health Operations Equipment & Associates

3 Debbie Ellis Operations & Engineering (202) Junaid Faruq Operations & Engineering Coordinator (202) Vanessa George Operations & Engineering (202) Operations Conference Coordination (Program, Speakers, Logistics) Operations Exhibit Application Coordination Operatiions Section Spring and Fall Meetings Coordination and Logistics Workshops / Meetings Promotion, Logistics, Materials Preparation, and Dissemination Website Maintenance Operations Section Awards Administration Committee staff support PDH forms, Workshop Feedback and Hotel/event invoices O&E Events Calendar Publication Formatting Administrative Ali Quraishi Kimberly Denbow Rebecca Massello Junaid Faruq Plastic Pipe Database Initiative (PPDC) Coordinator Peer Review Operations Safety Advocacy Buy America Act Pipeline Safety Advocacy Liaison API RP 1165 (SCADA), API RP1168 (Pipeline Control Room Management) Operating Section Policies & Procedures (Blue Book) Gas Control Committee GIS/GPS & Work Management Discussion Group Mutual Assistance Mutual Assistance Database Emergency Planning Resource Center Master Operations Assistance Agreement National Mock Drill Industry Safety Statistics & Safety Certificates AGA Statistics and Survey System Publication Website Maintenance Workshops / Meetings Promotion, Logistics, Materials Preparation, and Dissemination PDH forms, Workshop Feedback and Hotel/event invoices Customer Field Emergency Preparedness & Public Awareness Discussion Group Administrative Kate Miller

4 Sumintra Heeralal Senior Staff Associate (202) Erin Kurilla (202) Rebecca Massello Security Operations Manager (202) Gas Utility Best Practices Program Peer Review Program GPTC AGA Statistics and Survey System Committee staff support Workshop and Audio-conference Promotion, Meeting Logistics, Materials Preparation AGA Liaison for Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) Programs Operations Roster Maintenance Professional Development Hours verification letters Administrative Mike Bellman Mike Courtien Michael Stablein Betsy Tansey Kofi Woodley Operations Safety Advocacy and Comments Pipeline Safety Legislation Technical Peer Review Program Coordination & Transmission Pipeline Workshop Transmission MAOP Validation ILI Inspection Technology Transmission Integrity Management Operations Section Managing Committee Board Safety Committee Liaison: APGA/ INGAA/ API / AOPL, ASME B31.8, ASME B31.8S Operations Safety Regulatory Action Committee Transmission Pipeline Operations TIMP Risk Models Discussion Group Compressor Operations Discussion Group Physical and Cybersecurity, including Federal regulatory and legislative monitoring Oil & Natural Gas Sector Coordinating Council Cybersecurity Strategy Task Force DNG-ISAC Underground Storage Statistics API Underground Storage Standard Survey AGA/SPE Underground Storage Operators Workshop AGA/EEI semi-annual joint security meetings Natural Gas Security Committee Underground Storage

5 Kate Miller (202) Ali Quraishi (202) Juanita Spence Operations & Engineering (202) Plastic Pipe Database Initiative (PPDC) Coordinator API Pipeline Safety Management Systems Recommended Practice Publications Manager Pipeline Safety Advocacy Operating Section Award of Merit Standards Development and Liaison ASTM F17, Plastics; ASTM D20, Testing Plastics Pipe Institute and Plastics Pipe Symposium Pipeline Safety Legislative technical support API-OTG Liaison Plastic Materials Issues Plastic Materials Aldyl A Task Group Pipeline Safety Management Systems Discussion Group PSMS Implementation Work O&E Publications Oversight Gas Flow Measurement Issues Natural Gas Quality Issues LUAF Issues Odorization Issues Special O&E Awards Liaison: PRCI, OIML, NYSEARCH, GTI, NIST, ISHM, FLOMEKO, International Fluid Flow Symposium, and Canadian & US Regional Measurement Schools External Committees / Task Groups: API COGFM, GPA, ASME MFC, ISO/ TC 193 and US TAG for ISO/TC 30, 193 Transmission Measurement Task Group for Revision of Purging Manual Task Group for Revision of Odorization Manual OES Admin Coordination Weekly Operations Update SOS Program Administration Mobile Apps for Operations Events Safety Information Resource Center Safety Alert System Awards Review & Conference Publications Operations Conference - social media, photographer liaison, awards presentation productions Operations Managing, Operations Nominating, Board Safety and OSRAC Committee logistics, announcement, materials preparation & correspondence Website Maintenance Executive Leadership Safety Summit Coordination and Logistics Committee staff support Administrative Christina Sames Andrew Lu Erin Kurilla

6 Michael Stablein Operations & Engineering (202) Betsy Tansey Manager, Operations & Engineering (202) Kofi Woodley Manager, Operations & Engineering (202) *ANSI B109.0-B109.5 Regional Gas Association Coordination Peer Review Program Best Practices AGA Statistics and Survey System Special Projects Distribution Measurement & Regulation Peer Review Program Coordination & Pipeline Safety Advocacy R&D Coordination with Research Consortiums Public Safety & Awareness Communications PIPA (Pipeline and Informed Planning Alliance) Liaison - ASME 31.8 (Gas Transmission & Distribution Piping Systems), ASME 31.8S (Managing System Integrity of Gas Pipelines), API RP 1162 (Public Awareness) Quality Management Task Group Whitepaper PHMSA Grant Workforce Development and Succession Planning Leak Management QA/QC for Gas Operations Distribution & Transmission Engineering Committee Quality Management Task Group Paper Pipeline Safety, Compliance, Oversight Discussion Group Liaison: NACE, NFPA NFPA 58: LPG Code NFPA 59: LPG Plant Code NFPA 59A: LNG Pipeline Safety Advocacy DIMP Distribution Construction Practices Peer Review Program Best Practices Corrosion Control Supplemental Gas Damage Prevention Discussion Group

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