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BOARD OF DIRECTORS 31
SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM
Robert W. Best
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
J. Patrick Reddy
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
R. Earl Fischer
Senior Vice President, Utility Operations, and
President, Mid-Tex Division
JD Woodward
Senior Vice President, Nonutility Operations
Louis P. Gregory
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Wynn D. McGregor
Vice President, Human Resources
UTILITY DIVISIONS
J. Kevin Akers
President, Mississippi Valley Gas Division
Thomas R. Blose, Jr.
President, Mid-States Division
Gary W. Gregory
President, West Texas Division
Tom S. Hawkins, Jr.
President, Louisiana Division
John A. Paris
President, Kentucky Division
Gary L. Schlessman
President, Colorado-Kansas Division
NONUTILITY BUSINESS
Richard A. Erskine
President, Atmos Pipeline and Storage, LLC
Ron W. McDowell
Vice President, New Business Ventures
SHARED SERVICES
Verlon R. Aston, Jr.
Vice President, Governmental Affairs
Leslie H. Duncan
Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Conrad E. Gruber
Vice President, Strategic Planning
Susan C. Kappes
Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
Dwala J. Kuhn
Corporate Secretary
Robert E. Mattingly
Vice President, Gas Supply
Fred E. Meisenheimer
Vice President and Controller
Gordon J. Roy
Vice President, Security and Compliance
Laurie M. Sherwood
Vice President, Corporate Development, and Treasurer
30 ATMOS ENERGY OFFICERS
Travis W. Bain II
Chairman, Texas Custom Pools, Inc.
Plano, Texas
Board member since 1988
Committees: Work Session/Annual Meeting
(Chairman), Audit, Human Resources
Robert W. Best
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Atmos Energy Corporation
Dallas, Texas
Board member since 1997
Committee: Executive
Dan Busbee
Adjunct Professor, Dedman School of Law, Southern
Methodist University; Senior Visiting Fellow, Centre for
Commercial Law Studies, University of London
Dallas, Texas
Board member since 1988
Committees: Audit (Chairman), Human Resources
Richard W. Cardin
Retired partner of Arthur Andersen LLP
Nashville, Tennessee
Board member since 1997
Committees: Audit, Nominating and
Corporate Governance
Thomas J. Garland
Chairman of the Tusculum Institute
for Public Leadership and Policy
Greeneville, Tennessee
Board member since 1997
Committees: Human Resources,
Work Session/Annual Meeting
Richard K. Gordon
General Partner
Juniper Capital LP and Juniper Advisory LP
Houston, Texas
Board member since 2001
Committees: Human Resources, Nominating and
Corporate Governance
Dr. Thomas C. Meredith
Chancellor of the University System of Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Board member since 1995
Committees: Audit, Nominating and
Corporate Governance
Phillip E. Nichol
Formerly Senior Vice President of Central Division Staff
UBS PaineWebber Incorporated
Dallas, Texas
Board member since 1985
Committees:
Nominating and Corporate Governance
(Chairman), Human Resources, Work Session/Annual Meeting
Charles K. Vaughan
Formerly Chairman of the Board
Atmos Energy Corporation
Dallas, Texas
Board member since 1983
Committee: Executive (Chairman)
Richard Ware II
President, Amarillo National Bank
Amarillo, Texas
Board member since 1994
Committees: Nominating and Corporate
Governance , Work Session/Annual Meeting
Lee E. Schlessman
Honorary Director
President, Dolo Investment Company
Denver, Colorado
Retired from Board in 1998
Gene C. Koonce
Formerly Chairman of the Board, President and Chief
Executive Officer, United Cities Gas Company
Nashville, Tennessee
Board member since 1997
Committees: Human Resources (Chairman),
Executive, Work Session/Annual Meeting
Nancy K. Quinn
Principal, Hanover Capital, LLC
East Hampton, New York
Board member since 2004
Committees: Audit, Nominating and Corporate Governance