Board Committees

Cheniere Energy, Inc. NYSE: LNG
Chair
Member
Audit Committee Position

Donald F. Robillard, Jr.

Mr. Robillard served as a director and the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Risk Officer of Hunt Consolidated, Inc. (“Hunt”), a private holding company with interests in oil and gas exploration and production, refining, real estate development, private equity investments and ranching, from July 2015 until his retirement on January 31, 2017. Mr. Robillard began his association with Hunt in 1983 as Manager of International Accounting for Hunt Oil Company, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hunt. Serving nine of his 34 years of service to the Hunt organization in Yemen in various accounting, finance and management positions, Mr. Robillard returned to the United States to join Hunt’s executive team in 1992. Mr. Robillard was named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hunt in April 2007. Mr. Robillard also served, from February 2016 through August of 2017, as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of ES Xplore, LLC, a direct hydrocarbon indicator technology company which in 2016 was spun out of Hunt. He is currently President of Robillard Consulting, LLC, an oil and gas advisory firm. Mr. Robillard is currently on the board of directors of Helmerich & Payne, Inc., a publicly-traded oil and gas drilling company. He is a Certified Public Accountant, a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD Directorship Certified), Financial Executives International and an advisory board member of the Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance at the Naveen Jindal School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas. Mr. Robillard received a B.B.A. from the University of Texas, Austin.

Chair

Patricia Collawn

Ms. Collawn is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TXNM Energy, Inc. (formerly PNM Resources, Inc.), a publicly-traded energy holding company based in New Mexico, becoming Chairman in 2012 and CEO in 2010. From 2010 to May 2022, Ms. Collawn also served as President of PNM Resources.  Ms. Collawn joined PNM Resources in 2007 as President, Utilities, prior to her promotion to President and Chief Operating Officer in 2008. From 2005 to 2007, Ms. Collawn served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Public Service Company of Colorado, an operating utility that is a subsidiary of Xcel Energy, Inc. Ms. Collawn previously served on the board of directors of Equitrans Midstream Corporation, a publicly traded natural gas midstream company, from April 2020 to April 2023, EVgo Services, LLC, a publicly traded builder, owner and operator of DC fast charging for electric vehicles in the U.S., from July 2021 to March 2022, and CTS Corporation, a publicly traded designer and manufacturer of sensors, actuators and electronic components for various industries, from 2003 to May 2021.  Ms. Collawn also previously served as Chairman of the Electric Power Research Institute, an independent, non-profit center for public interest energy and environmental research, including sustainability and carbon reduction matters, and Chairman of the Edison Electric Institute, a national association of investor-owned electric companies. Ms. Collawn received a B.A. from Drake University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Member

Brian E. Edwards

Mr. Edwards is a Senior Vice President of Caterpillar Inc. with responsibility for the Caterpillar Remanufacturing Division, which offers high-quality, lower-cost replacement parts remanufactured from genuine Caterpillar components. Mr. Edwards joined Caterpillar in 2010 as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Progress Rail. He continued rising in the leadership ranks at Progress Rail, serving in many roles, including Executive Vice President of rolling stock. Prior to joining Caterpillar, Mr. Edwards spent more than 20 years gaining expertise in manufacturing, engineering and supply chain roles at GE and General Motors. Mr. Edwards holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Youngstown State University and a master’s degree in Manufacturing Management from GMI Engineering & Management Institute (now Kettering University). Mr. Edwards completed the Caterpillar “Digging Deep” executive development program through Stanford University. Mr. Edwards is affiliated with United Way, March of Dimes and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. He grew up in the “Steel Valley” in small town Struthers, Ohio.

Member

Denise Gray

Ms. Gray has served as the Chief Executive Officer of DKTN Consulting LLC, a global automotive systems and energy storage advisory firm, since May 2023, and previously served as Director External Affairs and Government Relations, North America for LG Energy Solution Michigan Inc., the North American subsidiary of LG Energy Solution Ltd, a manufacturer of large lithium-ion battery cells and packs for electric vehicles and other energy storage applications, from March 2022 until her retirement in May 2023. Ms. Gray previously served as CEO/President and Board Member of LG Chem Power Inc./LG Chem Michigan Inc./LG Energy Solution Michigan Inc. from September 2015 to March 2022. In that position, her team provided battery solutions for automotive and non-automotive applications. Ms. Gray served on the board of directors for Tenneco from March 2019 to November 2022; has served on the board of directors of Canadian National Railway since April 2021 and the Board on Energy and Environmental Systems since January 2020, and on the Advisory Boards of the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation Electric Vehicle Working Group since August 2023 and the United States Secretary of Energy since October 2021; and as Member of The National Academy of Engineering since February 2022.  Ms. Gray previously held automotive leadership positions with AVL List GmbH in Graz, Austria from 2013 to 2015 and Atieva, Inc. in Redwood City, California from 2010 to 2013. The vast majority of Ms. Gray’s 35+ year professional career was with General Motors from 1986 to 2010, where she spearheaded efforts in vehicle electrical, powertrain system controls, and software, including battery systems. Ms. Gray holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Kettering University and a M.S. in Engineering Management of Technology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Member

Lorraine Mitchelmore

Ms. Mitchelmore was recently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Enlighten Innovations Inc., a Calgary based clean technology company, from May 2017 to September 2018. Prior to that, she was President and Canada Country Chair of Shell Canada Limited and Executive Vice President, Americas Heavy Oil for Royal Dutch Shell. She has more than 30 years of international oil and gas industry experience. Throughout her career, she has served with increasing responsibility in operational, strategy, and commercial roles. Prior to joining Shell in 2002, she worked with BHP Petroleum, Chevron, and Petro-Canada.

Ms. Mitchelmore has served as a director of the Bank of Montreal, a diversified financial services provider, since May 2015, where she currently serves as Chair of the Human Resources Committee, and Suncor Energy Inc., a premier integrated energy company, since November 2019, where she currently serves as Chair of the Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainable Development Committee. She has also served on the Board of Directors of the Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) since January 2022. Ms. Mitchelmore previously served on the Board of Advisers of Catalyst Canada from 2018 to 2023 and the board of directors of TransMountain Corporation from November 2018 to December 2019.

Ms. Mitchelmore was an associate of the Creative Destruction Lab from 2018 to 2023 where she was a mentor to many early-stage energy transition companies. She is co-founder and co-chair of the Smart Prosperity Initiative, an organization focused on harnessing new thinking to accelerate Canada’s transition to a stronger, cleaner economy. From 2017 to 2018, she chaired the Resources of the Future Economic Strategy table for the Canadian federal government. She has been named a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, awarded the Catalyst Canada Champion Honors Award in 2014, recognizing commitment to Diversity and Inclusion, and was a recipient of Canada’s 2016 Clean16 award for leadership in advancing sustainable development in Canada.

Ms. Mitchelmore holds a BSc in Geophysics from Memorial University of Newfoundland, an MSc in Geophysics from the University of Melbourne, Australia and an MBA from Kingston Business School in London, England.

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Compensation Committee Position

Neal A. Shear

Mr. Shear is Senior Advisor and Chair of the Advisory Committee of Onyxpoint Global Management LP. Mr. Shear served as Interim Special Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer of Cheniere from May 2016 to November 2016 and as Interim Chief Executive Officer and President of Cheniere from December 2015 to May 2016. Mr. Shear was the Chief Executive Officer of Higgs Capital Management, a commodity focused hedge fund until September 2014. Prior to Higgs Capital Management, Mr. Shear served as Global Head of Securities at UBS Investment Bank from January 2010 to March of 2011. Previously, Mr. Shear was a Partner at Apollo Global Management, LLC, where he served as the Head of the Commodities Division. Prior to Apollo Global Management, Mr. Shear spent 26 years at Morgan Stanley serving in various roles including Head of the Commodities Division, Global Head of Fixed Income, Co-Head of Institutional Sales and Trading, and Chair of the Commodities Business. Mr. Shear has served as a director and limited partner of ESG Energy Holdings LLC, a company formed to buy refining and other assets for the purpose of improving their environmental footprint in the production of energy-related products, since February 2022 and as an Advisor to WasteFuel, a waste to fuels company that converts municipal waste into biofuel, since March 2022. Mr. Shear received a B.S. from the University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business Management in 1976 and an M.B.A. from Cornell University, Johnson School of Business in 1978.

Chair

Patricia Collawn

Ms. Collawn is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TXNM Energy, Inc. (formerly PNM Resources, Inc.), a publicly-traded energy holding company based in New Mexico, becoming Chairman in 2012 and CEO in 2010. From 2010 to May 2022, Ms. Collawn also served as President of PNM Resources.  Ms. Collawn joined PNM Resources in 2007 as President, Utilities, prior to her promotion to President and Chief Operating Officer in 2008. From 2005 to 2007, Ms. Collawn served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Public Service Company of Colorado, an operating utility that is a subsidiary of Xcel Energy, Inc. Ms. Collawn previously served on the board of directors of Equitrans Midstream Corporation, a publicly traded natural gas midstream company, from April 2020 to April 2023, EVgo Services, LLC, a publicly traded builder, owner and operator of DC fast charging for electric vehicles in the U.S., from July 2021 to March 2022, and CTS Corporation, a publicly traded designer and manufacturer of sensors, actuators and electronic components for various industries, from 2003 to May 2021.  Ms. Collawn also previously served as Chairman of the Electric Power Research Institute, an independent, non-profit center for public interest energy and environmental research, including sustainability and carbon reduction matters, and Chairman of the Edison Electric Institute, a national association of investor-owned electric companies. Ms. Collawn received a B.A. from Drake University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Member

Brian E. Edwards

Mr. Edwards is a Senior Vice President of Caterpillar Inc. with responsibility for the Caterpillar Remanufacturing Division, which offers high-quality, lower-cost replacement parts remanufactured from genuine Caterpillar components. Mr. Edwards joined Caterpillar in 2010 as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Progress Rail. He continued rising in the leadership ranks at Progress Rail, serving in many roles, including Executive Vice President of rolling stock. Prior to joining Caterpillar, Mr. Edwards spent more than 20 years gaining expertise in manufacturing, engineering and supply chain roles at GE and General Motors. Mr. Edwards holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Youngstown State University and a master’s degree in Manufacturing Management from GMI Engineering & Management Institute (now Kettering University). Mr. Edwards completed the Caterpillar “Digging Deep” executive development program through Stanford University. Mr. Edwards is affiliated with United Way, March of Dimes and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. He grew up in the “Steel Valley” in small town Struthers, Ohio.

Member

Denise Gray

Ms. Gray has served as the Chief Executive Officer of DKTN Consulting LLC, a global automotive systems and energy storage advisory firm, since May 2023, and previously served as Director External Affairs and Government Relations, North America for LG Energy Solution Michigan Inc., the North American subsidiary of LG Energy Solution Ltd, a manufacturer of large lithium-ion battery cells and packs for electric vehicles and other energy storage applications, from March 2022 until her retirement in May 2023. Ms. Gray previously served as CEO/President and Board Member of LG Chem Power Inc./LG Chem Michigan Inc./LG Energy Solution Michigan Inc. from September 2015 to March 2022. In that position, her team provided battery solutions for automotive and non-automotive applications. Ms. Gray served on the board of directors for Tenneco from March 2019 to November 2022; has served on the board of directors of Canadian National Railway since April 2021 and the Board on Energy and Environmental Systems since January 2020, and on the Advisory Boards of the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation Electric Vehicle Working Group since August 2023 and the United States Secretary of Energy since October 2021; and as Member of The National Academy of Engineering since February 2022.  Ms. Gray previously held automotive leadership positions with AVL List GmbH in Graz, Austria from 2013 to 2015 and Atieva, Inc. in Redwood City, California from 2010 to 2013. The vast majority of Ms. Gray’s 35+ year professional career was with General Motors from 1986 to 2010, where she spearheaded efforts in vehicle electrical, powertrain system controls, and software, including battery systems. Ms. Gray holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Kettering University and a M.S. in Engineering Management of Technology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

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Governance and Nominating Committee Position

G. Andrea Botta

Mr. Botta has served as President of Glenco LLC, (“Glenco”) a private investment company since February 2006. Prior to joining Glenco, Mr. Botta served as Managing Director of Morgan Stanley from 1999 to February 2006. Before joining Morgan Stanley, he was President of EXOR America, Inc. (formerly IFINT-USA, Inc.) from 1993 until September 1999 and for more than five years prior thereto, Vice President of Acquisitions of IFINT-USA, Inc. From March 2008 until February 2018, Mr. Botta served on the board of directors of Graphic Packaging Holding Company. Mr. Botta earned a degree in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Torino in 1976.

Chair

Lorraine Mitchelmore

Ms. Mitchelmore was recently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Enlighten Innovations Inc., a Calgary based clean technology company, from May 2017 to September 2018. Prior to that, she was President and Canada Country Chair of Shell Canada Limited and Executive Vice President, Americas Heavy Oil for Royal Dutch Shell. She has more than 30 years of international oil and gas industry experience. Throughout her career, she has served with increasing responsibility in operational, strategy, and commercial roles. Prior to joining Shell in 2002, she worked with BHP Petroleum, Chevron, and Petro-Canada.

Ms. Mitchelmore has served as a director of the Bank of Montreal, a diversified financial services provider, since May 2015, where she currently serves as Chair of the Human Resources Committee, and Suncor Energy Inc., a premier integrated energy company, since November 2019, where she currently serves as Chair of the Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainable Development Committee. She has also served on the Board of Directors of the Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) since January 2022. Ms. Mitchelmore previously served on the Board of Advisers of Catalyst Canada from 2018 to 2023 and the board of directors of TransMountain Corporation from November 2018 to December 2019.

Ms. Mitchelmore was an associate of the Creative Destruction Lab from 2018 to 2023 where she was a mentor to many early-stage energy transition companies. She is co-founder and co-chair of the Smart Prosperity Initiative, an organization focused on harnessing new thinking to accelerate Canada’s transition to a stronger, cleaner economy. From 2017 to 2018, she chaired the Resources of the Future Economic Strategy table for the Canadian federal government. She has been named a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, awarded the Catalyst Canada Champion Honors Award in 2014, recognizing commitment to Diversity and Inclusion, and was a recipient of Canada’s 2016 Clean16 award for leadership in advancing sustainable development in Canada.

Ms. Mitchelmore holds a BSc in Geophysics from Memorial University of Newfoundland, an MSc in Geophysics from the University of Melbourne, Australia and an MBA from Kingston Business School in London, England.

Member

Donald F. Robillard, Jr.

Mr. Robillard served as a director and the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Risk Officer of Hunt Consolidated, Inc. (“Hunt”), a private holding company with interests in oil and gas exploration and production, refining, real estate development, private equity investments and ranching, from July 2015 until his retirement on January 31, 2017. Mr. Robillard began his association with Hunt in 1983 as Manager of International Accounting for Hunt Oil Company, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hunt. Serving nine of his 34 years of service to the Hunt organization in Yemen in various accounting, finance and management positions, Mr. Robillard returned to the United States to join Hunt’s executive team in 1992. Mr. Robillard was named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hunt in April 2007. Mr. Robillard also served, from February 2016 through August of 2017, as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of ES Xplore, LLC, a direct hydrocarbon indicator technology company which in 2016 was spun out of Hunt. He is currently President of Robillard Consulting, LLC, an oil and gas advisory firm. Mr. Robillard is currently on the board of directors of Helmerich & Payne, Inc., a publicly-traded oil and gas drilling company. He is a Certified Public Accountant, a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD Directorship Certified), Financial Executives International and an advisory board member of the Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance at the Naveen Jindal School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas. Mr. Robillard received a B.B.A. from the University of Texas, Austin.

Member

Neal A. Shear

Mr. Shear is Senior Advisor and Chair of the Advisory Committee of Onyxpoint Global Management LP. Mr. Shear served as Interim Special Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer of Cheniere from May 2016 to November 2016 and as Interim Chief Executive Officer and President of Cheniere from December 2015 to May 2016. Mr. Shear was the Chief Executive Officer of Higgs Capital Management, a commodity focused hedge fund until September 2014. Prior to Higgs Capital Management, Mr. Shear served as Global Head of Securities at UBS Investment Bank from January 2010 to March of 2011. Previously, Mr. Shear was a Partner at Apollo Global Management, LLC, where he served as the Head of the Commodities Division. Prior to Apollo Global Management, Mr. Shear spent 26 years at Morgan Stanley serving in various roles including Head of the Commodities Division, Global Head of Fixed Income, Co-Head of Institutional Sales and Trading, and Chair of the Commodities Business. Mr. Shear has served as a director and limited partner of ESG Energy Holdings LLC, a company formed to buy refining and other assets for the purpose of improving their environmental footprint in the production of energy-related products, since February 2022 and as an Advisor to WasteFuel, a waste to fuels company that converts municipal waste into biofuel, since March 2022. Mr. Shear received a B.S. from the University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business Management in 1976 and an M.B.A. from Cornell University, Johnson School of Business in 1978.

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Donald F. Robillard, Jr.

Mr. Robillard served as a director and the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Risk Officer of Hunt Consolidated, Inc. (“Hunt”), a private holding company with interests in oil and gas exploration and production, refining, real estate development, private equity investments and ranching, from July 2015 until his retirement on January 31, 2017. Mr. Robillard began his association with Hunt in 1983 as Manager of International Accounting for Hunt Oil Company, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hunt. Serving nine of his 34 years of service to the Hunt organization in Yemen in various accounting, finance and management positions, Mr. Robillard returned to the United States to join Hunt’s executive team in 1992. Mr. Robillard was named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hunt in April 2007. Mr. Robillard also served, from February 2016 through August of 2017, as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of ES Xplore, LLC, a direct hydrocarbon indicator technology company which in 2016 was spun out of Hunt. He is currently President of Robillard Consulting, LLC, an oil and gas advisory firm. Mr. Robillard is currently on the board of directors of Helmerich & Payne, Inc., a publicly-traded oil and gas drilling company. He is a Certified Public Accountant, a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD Directorship Certified), Financial Executives International and an advisory board member of the Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance at the Naveen Jindal School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas. Mr. Robillard received a B.B.A. from the University of Texas, Austin.

Patricia Collawn

Ms. Collawn is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TXNM Energy, Inc. (formerly PNM Resources, Inc.), a publicly-traded energy holding company based in New Mexico, becoming Chairman in 2012 and CEO in 2010. From 2010 to May 2022, Ms. Collawn also served as President of PNM Resources.  Ms. Collawn joined PNM Resources in 2007 as President, Utilities, prior to her promotion to President and Chief Operating Officer in 2008. From 2005 to 2007, Ms. Collawn served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Public Service Company of Colorado, an operating utility that is a subsidiary of Xcel Energy, Inc. Ms. Collawn previously served on the board of directors of Equitrans Midstream Corporation, a publicly traded natural gas midstream company, from April 2020 to April 2023, EVgo Services, LLC, a publicly traded builder, owner and operator of DC fast charging for electric vehicles in the U.S., from July 2021 to March 2022, and CTS Corporation, a publicly traded designer and manufacturer of sensors, actuators and electronic components for various industries, from 2003 to May 2021.  Ms. Collawn also previously served as Chairman of the Electric Power Research Institute, an independent, non-profit center for public interest energy and environmental research, including sustainability and carbon reduction matters, and Chairman of the Edison Electric Institute, a national association of investor-owned electric companies. Ms. Collawn received a B.A. from Drake University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Brian E. Edwards

Mr. Edwards is a Senior Vice President of Caterpillar Inc. with responsibility for the Caterpillar Remanufacturing Division, which offers high-quality, lower-cost replacement parts remanufactured from genuine Caterpillar components. Mr. Edwards joined Caterpillar in 2010 as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Progress Rail. He continued rising in the leadership ranks at Progress Rail, serving in many roles, including Executive Vice President of rolling stock. Prior to joining Caterpillar, Mr. Edwards spent more than 20 years gaining expertise in manufacturing, engineering and supply chain roles at GE and General Motors. Mr. Edwards holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Youngstown State University and a master’s degree in Manufacturing Management from GMI Engineering & Management Institute (now Kettering University). Mr. Edwards completed the Caterpillar “Digging Deep” executive development program through Stanford University. Mr. Edwards is affiliated with United Way, March of Dimes and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. He grew up in the “Steel Valley” in small town Struthers, Ohio.

Denise Gray

Ms. Gray has served as the Chief Executive Officer of DKTN Consulting LLC, a global automotive systems and energy storage advisory firm, since May 2023, and previously served as Director External Affairs and Government Relations, North America for LG Energy Solution Michigan Inc., the North American subsidiary of LG Energy Solution Ltd, a manufacturer of large lithium-ion battery cells and packs for electric vehicles and other energy storage applications, from March 2022 until her retirement in May 2023. Ms. Gray previously served as CEO/President and Board Member of LG Chem Power Inc./LG Chem Michigan Inc./LG Energy Solution Michigan Inc. from September 2015 to March 2022. In that position, her team provided battery solutions for automotive and non-automotive applications. Ms. Gray served on the board of directors for Tenneco from March 2019 to November 2022; has served on the board of directors of Canadian National Railway since April 2021 and the Board on Energy and Environmental Systems since January 2020, and on the Advisory Boards of the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation Electric Vehicle Working Group since August 2023 and the United States Secretary of Energy since October 2021; and as Member of The National Academy of Engineering since February 2022.  Ms. Gray previously held automotive leadership positions with AVL List GmbH in Graz, Austria from 2013 to 2015 and Atieva, Inc. in Redwood City, California from 2010 to 2013. The vast majority of Ms. Gray’s 35+ year professional career was with General Motors from 1986 to 2010, where she spearheaded efforts in vehicle electrical, powertrain system controls, and software, including battery systems. Ms. Gray holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Kettering University and a M.S. in Engineering Management of Technology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Lorraine Mitchelmore

Ms. Mitchelmore was recently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Enlighten Innovations Inc., a Calgary based clean technology company, from May 2017 to September 2018. Prior to that, she was President and Canada Country Chair of Shell Canada Limited and Executive Vice President, Americas Heavy Oil for Royal Dutch Shell. She has more than 30 years of international oil and gas industry experience. Throughout her career, she has served with increasing responsibility in operational, strategy, and commercial roles. Prior to joining Shell in 2002, she worked with BHP Petroleum, Chevron, and Petro-Canada.

Ms. Mitchelmore has served as a director of the Bank of Montreal, a diversified financial services provider, since May 2015, where she currently serves as Chair of the Human Resources Committee, and Suncor Energy Inc., a premier integrated energy company, since November 2019, where she currently serves as Chair of the Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainable Development Committee. She has also served on the Board of Directors of the Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) since January 2022. Ms. Mitchelmore previously served on the Board of Advisers of Catalyst Canada from 2018 to 2023 and the board of directors of TransMountain Corporation from November 2018 to December 2019.

Ms. Mitchelmore was an associate of the Creative Destruction Lab from 2018 to 2023 where she was a mentor to many early-stage energy transition companies. She is co-founder and co-chair of the Smart Prosperity Initiative, an organization focused on harnessing new thinking to accelerate Canada’s transition to a stronger, cleaner economy. From 2017 to 2018, she chaired the Resources of the Future Economic Strategy table for the Canadian federal government. She has been named a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, awarded the Catalyst Canada Champion Honors Award in 2014, recognizing commitment to Diversity and Inclusion, and was a recipient of Canada’s 2016 Clean16 award for leadership in advancing sustainable development in Canada.

Ms. Mitchelmore holds a BSc in Geophysics from Memorial University of Newfoundland, an MSc in Geophysics from the University of Melbourne, Australia and an MBA from Kingston Business School in London, England.

Neal A. Shear

Mr. Shear is Senior Advisor and Chair of the Advisory Committee of Onyxpoint Global Management LP. Mr. Shear served as Interim Special Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer of Cheniere from May 2016 to November 2016 and as Interim Chief Executive Officer and President of Cheniere from December 2015 to May 2016. Mr. Shear was the Chief Executive Officer of Higgs Capital Management, a commodity focused hedge fund until September 2014. Prior to Higgs Capital Management, Mr. Shear served as Global Head of Securities at UBS Investment Bank from January 2010 to March of 2011. Previously, Mr. Shear was a Partner at Apollo Global Management, LLC, where he served as the Head of the Commodities Division. Prior to Apollo Global Management, Mr. Shear spent 26 years at Morgan Stanley serving in various roles including Head of the Commodities Division, Global Head of Fixed Income, Co-Head of Institutional Sales and Trading, and Chair of the Commodities Business. Mr. Shear has served as a director and limited partner of ESG Energy Holdings LLC, a company formed to buy refining and other assets for the purpose of improving their environmental footprint in the production of energy-related products, since February 2022 and as an Advisor to WasteFuel, a waste to fuels company that converts municipal waste into biofuel, since March 2022. Mr. Shear received a B.S. from the University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business Management in 1976 and an M.B.A. from Cornell University, Johnson School of Business in 1978.

Patricia Collawn

Ms. Collawn is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TXNM Energy, Inc. (formerly PNM Resources, Inc.), a publicly-traded energy holding company based in New Mexico, becoming Chairman in 2012 and CEO in 2010. From 2010 to May 2022, Ms. Collawn also served as President of PNM Resources.  Ms. Collawn joined PNM Resources in 2007 as President, Utilities, prior to her promotion to President and Chief Operating Officer in 2008. From 2005 to 2007, Ms. Collawn served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Public Service Company of Colorado, an operating utility that is a subsidiary of Xcel Energy, Inc. Ms. Collawn previously served on the board of directors of Equitrans Midstream Corporation, a publicly traded natural gas midstream company, from April 2020 to April 2023, EVgo Services, LLC, a publicly traded builder, owner and operator of DC fast charging for electric vehicles in the U.S., from July 2021 to March 2022, and CTS Corporation, a publicly traded designer and manufacturer of sensors, actuators and electronic components for various industries, from 2003 to May 2021.  Ms. Collawn also previously served as Chairman of the Electric Power Research Institute, an independent, non-profit center for public interest energy and environmental research, including sustainability and carbon reduction matters, and Chairman of the Edison Electric Institute, a national association of investor-owned electric companies. Ms. Collawn received a B.A. from Drake University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Brian E. Edwards

Mr. Edwards is a Senior Vice President of Caterpillar Inc. with responsibility for the Caterpillar Remanufacturing Division, which offers high-quality, lower-cost replacement parts remanufactured from genuine Caterpillar components. Mr. Edwards joined Caterpillar in 2010 as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Progress Rail. He continued rising in the leadership ranks at Progress Rail, serving in many roles, including Executive Vice President of rolling stock. Prior to joining Caterpillar, Mr. Edwards spent more than 20 years gaining expertise in manufacturing, engineering and supply chain roles at GE and General Motors. Mr. Edwards holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Youngstown State University and a master’s degree in Manufacturing Management from GMI Engineering & Management Institute (now Kettering University). Mr. Edwards completed the Caterpillar “Digging Deep” executive development program through Stanford University. Mr. Edwards is affiliated with United Way, March of Dimes and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. He grew up in the “Steel Valley” in small town Struthers, Ohio.

Denise Gray

Ms. Gray has served as the Chief Executive Officer of DKTN Consulting LLC, a global automotive systems and energy storage advisory firm, since May 2023, and previously served as Director External Affairs and Government Relations, North America for LG Energy Solution Michigan Inc., the North American subsidiary of LG Energy Solution Ltd, a manufacturer of large lithium-ion battery cells and packs for electric vehicles and other energy storage applications, from March 2022 until her retirement in May 2023. Ms. Gray previously served as CEO/President and Board Member of LG Chem Power Inc./LG Chem Michigan Inc./LG Energy Solution Michigan Inc. from September 2015 to March 2022. In that position, her team provided battery solutions for automotive and non-automotive applications. Ms. Gray served on the board of directors for Tenneco from March 2019 to November 2022; has served on the board of directors of Canadian National Railway since April 2021 and the Board on Energy and Environmental Systems since January 2020, and on the Advisory Boards of the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation Electric Vehicle Working Group since August 2023 and the United States Secretary of Energy since October 2021; and as Member of The National Academy of Engineering since February 2022.  Ms. Gray previously held automotive leadership positions with AVL List GmbH in Graz, Austria from 2013 to 2015 and Atieva, Inc. in Redwood City, California from 2010 to 2013. The vast majority of Ms. Gray’s 35+ year professional career was with General Motors from 1986 to 2010, where she spearheaded efforts in vehicle electrical, powertrain system controls, and software, including battery systems. Ms. Gray holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Kettering University and a M.S. in Engineering Management of Technology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

G. Andrea Botta

Mr. Botta has served as President of Glenco LLC, (“Glenco”) a private investment company since February 2006. Prior to joining Glenco, Mr. Botta served as Managing Director of Morgan Stanley from 1999 to February 2006. Before joining Morgan Stanley, he was President of EXOR America, Inc. (formerly IFINT-USA, Inc.) from 1993 until September 1999 and for more than five years prior thereto, Vice President of Acquisitions of IFINT-USA, Inc. From March 2008 until February 2018, Mr. Botta served on the board of directors of Graphic Packaging Holding Company. Mr. Botta earned a degree in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Torino in 1976.

Lorraine Mitchelmore

Ms. Mitchelmore was recently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Enlighten Innovations Inc., a Calgary based clean technology company, from May 2017 to September 2018. Prior to that, she was President and Canada Country Chair of Shell Canada Limited and Executive Vice President, Americas Heavy Oil for Royal Dutch Shell. She has more than 30 years of international oil and gas industry experience. Throughout her career, she has served with increasing responsibility in operational, strategy, and commercial roles. Prior to joining Shell in 2002, she worked with BHP Petroleum, Chevron, and Petro-Canada.

Ms. Mitchelmore has served as a director of the Bank of Montreal, a diversified financial services provider, since May 2015, where she currently serves as Chair of the Human Resources Committee, and Suncor Energy Inc., a premier integrated energy company, since November 2019, where she currently serves as Chair of the Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainable Development Committee. She has also served on the Board of Directors of the Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) since January 2022. Ms. Mitchelmore previously served on the Board of Advisers of Catalyst Canada from 2018 to 2023 and the board of directors of TransMountain Corporation from November 2018 to December 2019.

Ms. Mitchelmore was an associate of the Creative Destruction Lab from 2018 to 2023 where she was a mentor to many early-stage energy transition companies. She is co-founder and co-chair of the Smart Prosperity Initiative, an organization focused on harnessing new thinking to accelerate Canada’s transition to a stronger, cleaner economy. From 2017 to 2018, she chaired the Resources of the Future Economic Strategy table for the Canadian federal government. She has been named a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, awarded the Catalyst Canada Champion Honors Award in 2014, recognizing commitment to Diversity and Inclusion, and was a recipient of Canada’s 2016 Clean16 award for leadership in advancing sustainable development in Canada.

Ms. Mitchelmore holds a BSc in Geophysics from Memorial University of Newfoundland, an MSc in Geophysics from the University of Melbourne, Australia and an MBA from Kingston Business School in London, England.

Donald F. Robillard, Jr.

Mr. Robillard served as a director and the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Risk Officer of Hunt Consolidated, Inc. (“Hunt”), a private holding company with interests in oil and gas exploration and production, refining, real estate development, private equity investments and ranching, from July 2015 until his retirement on January 31, 2017. Mr. Robillard began his association with Hunt in 1983 as Manager of International Accounting for Hunt Oil Company, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hunt. Serving nine of his 34 years of service to the Hunt organization in Yemen in various accounting, finance and management positions, Mr. Robillard returned to the United States to join Hunt’s executive team in 1992. Mr. Robillard was named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hunt in April 2007. Mr. Robillard also served, from February 2016 through August of 2017, as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of ES Xplore, LLC, a direct hydrocarbon indicator technology company which in 2016 was spun out of Hunt. He is currently President of Robillard Consulting, LLC, an oil and gas advisory firm. Mr. Robillard is currently on the board of directors of Helmerich & Payne, Inc., a publicly-traded oil and gas drilling company. He is a Certified Public Accountant, a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD Directorship Certified), Financial Executives International and an advisory board member of the Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance at the Naveen Jindal School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas. Mr. Robillard received a B.B.A. from the University of Texas, Austin.

Neal A. Shear

Mr. Shear is Senior Advisor and Chair of the Advisory Committee of Onyxpoint Global Management LP. Mr. Shear served as Interim Special Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer of Cheniere from May 2016 to November 2016 and as Interim Chief Executive Officer and President of Cheniere from December 2015 to May 2016. Mr. Shear was the Chief Executive Officer of Higgs Capital Management, a commodity focused hedge fund until September 2014. Prior to Higgs Capital Management, Mr. Shear served as Global Head of Securities at UBS Investment Bank from January 2010 to March of 2011. Previously, Mr. Shear was a Partner at Apollo Global Management, LLC, where he served as the Head of the Commodities Division. Prior to Apollo Global Management, Mr. Shear spent 26 years at Morgan Stanley serving in various roles including Head of the Commodities Division, Global Head of Fixed Income, Co-Head of Institutional Sales and Trading, and Chair of the Commodities Business. Mr. Shear has served as a director and limited partner of ESG Energy Holdings LLC, a company formed to buy refining and other assets for the purpose of improving their environmental footprint in the production of energy-related products, since February 2022 and as an Advisor to WasteFuel, a waste to fuels company that converts municipal waste into biofuel, since March 2022. Mr. Shear received a B.S. from the University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business Management in 1976 and an M.B.A. from Cornell University, Johnson School of Business in 1978.