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Natural Gas Roundtable: Rep. Dan Boren and Rep. Tim Murphy
Everyone is still talking about the last natural gas roundtable that featured U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Gary Gensler. Well, as they say, the hits keep coming. The next roundtable on Thursday, November 19th will feature Rep. Dan Boren, a Democrat from the 2nd District of Oklahoma, and Rep. Tim Murphy, a Republican from Pennsylvania’s 18th District. The two members of the U.S. House of Representatives are the co-chairs of the newly formed Natural Gas Caucus.
Here’s some short snippets from each from their bios.
Congressman Boren sits on the House Natural Resources Committee where he helps protect the interests of America’s oil and natural gas industry and its millions of consumers.
Prior to public office, Dan served as the President and CEO of the Seminole State College Educational Foundation. He has also served as a senior aide at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission and worked on the staff of former U.S. Congressman Wes Watkins. Dan is also involved in numerous organizations and is an avid outdoorsman and hunter.
Dan earned his B.S. in Economics and went on to obtain an M.B.A. at University of Oklahoma. He and his sister Carrie were born to former Oklahoma Governor and U.S. Senator David Boren and the late Janna L. Robbins. His grandfather, Lyle H. Boren, represented southeastern Oklahomans in the U.S. Congress from 1937-47. Carrying on his family’s tradition of excellent public service, Dan serves by the values instilled him at a young age – values of faith, hard work, and personal responsibility. Dan, his wife Andrea, and their daughter Janna reside in Muskogee, Oklahoma.
Congressman Murphy represents the 18th Congressional District of Pennsylvania. The district includes parts of Allegheny, Washington, and Westmoreland counties. He serves on the House Energy & Commerce Committee and is an influential voice for domestic energy production.
One of eleven brothers and sisters, he learned first-hand the many blessings of family, the importance of education, and the value of hard work and opportunity. His early jobs ranged from cleaning horse stalls, bailing hay, and making mail pouch tobacco. Tim paid his own way through college and graduate school, earning a Bachelor of Science degree from Wheeling Jesuit University, a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from Cleveland State University, and a PhD in Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh. He worked at several Western Pennsylvania hospitals (Children’s Hospital, Mercy Hospital, Magee Women’s Hospital), consulted for many Western Pennsylvania schools, and established his own private practice.
Tim has served on the boards of the Western PA Historical Society, the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, and the National Aviary. He also loves music and plays guitar.
If you want to attend, and really why wouldn’t you, you have to contact Ella at 202-824-7207 or at eproctor@aga.org by COB on Monday, November 16. Hope to see you there.
Natural Gas Roundtable: Chairman Gary Gensler
For more than 40 years the Natural Gas Roundtable has been bringing together leaders from the private and public sectors for a monthly exchange of views over lunch at the University Club in Washington, DC. The next one on October 27th has another fantastic guest in U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Gary Gensler.
The Natural Gas Roundtable is pleased to announce that U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Gary Gensler, will be the guest speaker at the October 27th luncheon.
Mr. Gensler was sworn in as the Chairman of the CFTC on May 26, 2009. Chairman Gensler previously served at the U.S. Department of the Treasury as Under Secretary of Domestic Finance (1999-2001) and as Assistant Secretary of Financial Markets (1997-1999). He subsequently served as a Senior Advisor to the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, Senator Paul Sarbanes, on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reforming corporate responsibility, accounting and securities laws.
The roundtable is always a good time. If you want to attend, you’ll need to contact Ella Proctor by COB on Thursday, October 22. You can reach Ella at 202-824-7207 or eproctor@aga.org
Natural Gas Roundtable: Dr. Stelzer
We’re gearing up for our next Natural Gas Roundtable on Thursday May 28. This month’s speaker is Dr. Irwin Stelzer, senior fellow and director of Hudson Institute. Dr. Stelzer’s topic will be: “The Impact on the Natural Gas Industry of Emerging Energy Policy.” Definitely a timely discussion.
Dr. Stelzer is a senior fellow and director of Hudson Institute’s economic policy studies group. Prior to joining Hudson Institute in 1998, Stelzer was resident scholar and director of regulatory policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute. He also is the U.S. economic and political columnist for The Sunday Times (London) and The Courier Mail (Australia), and a contributing editor of The Weekly Standard.
The Natural Gas Roundtable always gets a great speaker. Last month, we had Red Cavaney, ConocoPhillips‘ senior vice president of Government and Public Affairs. Red also served as the CEO of API and on the senior White House staff for Presidents Reagan, Ford and Nixon. You can read a recap of that Roundtable over at Platts.
Red Cavaney, ConocoPhillips’ senior vice president of Government and Public Affairs, after his remarks at the Natural Gas Roundtable.
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