National Fuel Announces Management Changes: David F. Smith Named Parent Company's President and Chief Operating Officer; Ronald
January 23 2006 - 5:15PM
Business Wire
National Fuel Gas Company (NYSE: NFG) announces the following
management changes, all to be effective February 1, 2006. National
Fuel Gas Company ("National Fuel") is an integrated energy company
with more than $3 billion of assets spread across five principal
segments. The largest of those segments are: Exploration and
Production (Seneca Resources Corporation), Pipeline and Storage
(National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation and Empire State Pipeline)
and Utility (National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation). David F.
Smith has been named President and Chief Operating Officer of
National Fuel Gas Company. Smith will continue to serve as
President of National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation and Empire State
Pipeline. Philip C. Ackerman, Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer of National Fuel Gas Company, commented: "The
appointment of Dave Smith as President and Chief Operating Officer
of National Fuel Gas Company represents a new feature in the
Company's management structure. This new position has been designed
to allow Dave to focus on the overall operations of the Company as
we continue to pursue opportunities for growth. Dave has played a
key role in ensuring the ongoing success and profitability of our
regulated businesses throughout his nearly three-decades-long
career. In his new position, he will be able to apply these skills
to all of our businesses." Philip C. Ackerman remains Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of National Fuel Gas Company. Ronald J.
Tanski will become President of National Fuel Gas Distribution
Corporation, the Utility segment of National Fuel Gas Company.
Tanski will continue to serve as Treasurer and Principal Financial
Officer of National Fuel Gas Company. "With more than 20 years
experience in virtually every facet of the National Fuel Gas
Company system, Ron's experience, combined with his commitment to
provide our customers with safe and reliable natural gas service,
positions him well to bring continued success to the Utility
segment, even as it faces the challenges of today's environment of
sustained high energy prices," Ackerman said. After 41 years of
service in a variety of positions, Dennis J. Seeley has announced
his retirement as President of National Fuel Gas Distribution
Corporation. "We are grateful to Dennis for his many years of
dedicated service to National Fuel's customers and shareholders.
His tenure is one that witnessed enormous changes in the energy
industry and Dennis' leadership and accomplishments were integral
to the Company's ability to transition and grow during those years.
We wish him and his family the very best as he begins this new
phase of his life," Ackerman said. Ackerman added: "I am pleased to
announce these management changes which are consistent with our
longstanding commitment to provide both leadership and exceptional
talent at all levels of our organization." About David F. Smith
Smith joined the Company in 1978 and has served as President of
National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation and Empire State Pipeline
since 2005. He served as President of National Fuel Resources,
Inc., from 1991 to 1995 and, in 1999, was named President of
National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation. Smith is a 1974
graduate of the State University of New York at Fredonia with a
Bachelor of the Arts degree in Political Science. He also received
a Juris Doctorate in 1978 from the State University of New York at
Buffalo School of Law. Smith serves on the following Boards:
Amherst Chamber of Commerce, Western New York Public Broadcasting
Association, Buffalo Niagara Enterprise (Chairman-Elect), Buffalo
Niagara Partnership, Arts in Education, Northeast Gas Association
(Vice Chairman), Interstate Natural Gas Association of America
(INGAA), INGAA Foundation and American Gas Foundation. He is also a
member of the Leadership Council of the American Gas Association,
the Dean's Advisory Council of the University of Buffalo Law
School, and the New York State and Erie County Bar Associations.
Smith lives in Clarence, New York. About Ronald J. Tanski Tanski
joined National Fuel in 1979 and has served in a variety of
positions in both the Company's regulated and non-regulated
businesses. He was named Controller of the Company's public utility
in 1997 and was elected Controller of the parent Company in 2003.
In 2004, he was named Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer of
the Company and became responsible for the Company's investor
relations, tax, finance and forecasting functions. His experience
also includes high-level management positions at Seneca Resources
Corporation in Houston, Texas, the Company's non-regulated
exploration and production subsidiary; Empire Exploration, Inc.,
the Company's Appalachian exploration subsidiary whose operations
were merged with Seneca Resources in 1994; and Horizon Energy
Development, Inc. Tanski earned an MBA and a law degree from the
State University of New York at Buffalo and has served on the Board
of Directors of the Western New York/Northwestern Pennsylvania
chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and is a member
of the Council on Accountancy at Canisius College, and the Texas
State and Erie County Bar Associations. Tanski lives in Tonawanda,
New York. National Fuel is an integrated energy company with $3.7
billion in assets comprising five principal operating segments:
Utility, Pipeline and Storage, Exploration and Production, Energy
Marketing, and Timber. Additional information about the Company is
available at http://www.nationalfuelgas.com or through its investor
information service at 1 (800) 334-2188.
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