Names
Brent Worthy joined Clearfork Midstream as chief financial officer. He has a career spanning more than 15 years’ working in finance strategy development, finance transformation, M&A and divestiture strategy and execution, and numerous operational improvement initiatives.
Spire Inc. announced the retirement of Michael C. Geiselhart, senior vice president, chief strategy and corporate development officer. In this role, he is responsible for strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, and integration of utilities and related businesses.
U.S. Energy Development Corporation promoted Mark Lillis to director of Investment Relations, emphasizing its core value of putting investors first. He served as senior marketing manager.
Coating provider Tnemec Company announced that Katie Duda will serve as its new director of Industrial Products. In her new role, Duda will oversee the support and expansion of Tnemec’s industrial product portfolio, focusing on liner coatings for primary and secondary containment, CUI solutions and specialized offerings. Duda has 24 years of experience in coating, including research and development.
Jessica Rogers, former senior director of rates and regulatory strategy at UGI, joined Washington Gas as vice president of regulatory and climate strategy. Xcel Energy Inc. named Rob Berntsen as executive vice president and chief legal and compliance officer.
Bernsten takes over from Amanda Rome, who filled the role on an interim basis while serving as executive vice president, group president of utilities and chief customer officer.
Bracewell LLP announced that renewable energy and project development attorney Hans P. Dyke has rejoined the firm’s Washington, D.C., office as partner in the energy practice. Dyke, a Bracewell partner from 2017 to 2021, returns to the firm after serving as general counsel of Sol Systems, LLC since he left Bracewell in 2021.
Richard Wetzel is now deputy general counsel-regulatory compliance at Dominion Energy. He previously served as deputy general counsel-securities, corporate finance, mergers and acquisition at Dominion.
Mark R. Boyce, vice president of law for Enbridge Gas, retired from the company in July 2024. NW Natural CEO David Anderson announced plans to retire from the company on April 1, 2025. The board of directors designated Justin B. Palfreyman, president of NW Natural Holdings and NW Natural, as the successor to Anderson.
Katherine Bourque was promoted to senior vice president, external affairs, and chief customer officer at Unitil. She joined the company in 2019 as the Company’s Director of Government Affairs. Most recently, she served as Unitil’s vice president of Policy and Corporate Relations.
Colonial Group promoted Bob Kenyon to chief operations officer of Colonial Group, Inc., while retaining his position as president of Colonial Oil Industries, Inc. Also Ryan Chandler has been promoted to chief commercial officer of Colonial Group, Inc., while retaining his position as president of Colonial Terminals, Inc.
Business
Engineering and architecture firm LaBella Associates has acquired Process Pipeline Services, Inc. (PPS), a provider of engineering, design and consultation services focused on the natural gas industry.
Fulkrum, a provider of inspection NS and technical staffing services, relocated of its Asia-Pacific (APAC) headquarters to a new, larger office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The move comes as response to the company’s expansion and personnel growth over the past few years, a spokesperson said. P&GJ