Mr. Mueller was appointed Chief Executive Officer in May 2009 and was subsequently
elected to the Board of Directors in July 2009. Mr. Mueller joined us as President
and Chief Operating Officer in June 2008. He joined us from CDX Gas, LLC, where
he was employed as Executive Vice President from September 2007 to May 2008. In
December 2008, CDX Gas, LLC voluntarily filed for bankruptcy. In 2009, CDX emerged
from bankruptcy and resumed operations as Vitruvian Exploration LLC. From 2001
until 2007, Mr. Mueller served first as the Senior Vice President and General
Manager Onshore and later as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer of The Houston Exploration
Company. A graduate of the Colorado School of Mines, Mr. Mueller has over
30 years of experience in the oil and natural gas industry and has served in
multiple operational and managerial roles at Tenneco Oil Company, Fina Oil Company,
American Exploration Company, Belco Oil & Gas Company and The Houston Exploration
Company. Mr. Mueller is the president of the Company’s subsidiaries, Southwestern
Field Services, LLC, DeSoto Sand, LLC, SWN International, LLC, Southwestern
NGV Services, LLC and A.W. Realty Company. Mr. Mueller is also a director of
the Company’s subsidiaries, SEECO, Inc., Southwestern Energy Production
Company, DeSoto Drilling, Inc., Diamond “M” Production Company,
SWN Resources Canada, Inc., Southwestern Midstream Services Company, Southwestern
Energy Services Company, Certified Title Company and A.W. Realty Company.
Mr. Kerley was appointed to his present position in December 1999. He was elected
to the Board of Directors in August 2010. Previously, he served as Senior Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer from 1998 to 1999, Senior Vice President-Treasurer
and Secretary from 1997 to 1998, Vice President-Treasurer and Secretary from
1992 to 1997, and Controller from 1990 to 1992. Mr. Kerley also served as the
Chief Accounting Officer from 1990 to 1998. Prior to joining us, Mr. Kerley
held senior financial and accounting positions at Agate Petroleum, Inc. and
was a manager for Arthur Andersen, L.L.P. specializing in the energy sector.
Mr. Kerley is the executive vice president of the Company’s subsidiaries,
Southwestern Field Services, LLC, DeSoto Sand, LLC, SWN International, LLC,
SWN Resources Canada, Inc., Southwestern NGV Services, LLC and A.W. Realty Company.
Mr. Kerley is also a director of the Company’s subsidiaries, SEECO, Inc.,
Southwestern Energy Production Company, DeSoto Drilling, Inc., Diamond “M”
Production Company, SWN Resources Canada, Inc., Southwestern Midstream Services
Company, Southwestern Energy Services Company, Certified Title Company and A.W.
Realty Company.
Mr. Boling was appointed to his present position in December 2002. He joined
us as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary in January 2002.
He is also the secretary of all of the Company’s subsidiaries and a director
of the Company’s subsidiaries, SEECO, Inc., Southwestern Energy Production
Company, DeSoto Drilling Inc., Southwestern Midstream Services Company, Southwestern
Energy Services Company, Diamond “M” Production Company, A.W. Realty
Company, Certified Title Company and SWN Resources Canada, Inc. Prior to joining
the company, Mr. Boling had a private law practice in Houston specializing in
the natural gas and oil industry from 1993 to 2002. Previously, Mr. Boling was
a partner with Fulbright and Jaworski L.L.P. where he was employed from 1982
to 1993.
Mr. Hammons was appointed President of Southwestern Midstream Services Company,
and its subsidiaries, Desoto Gathering Company, LLC, Angelina Gathering Company,
LLC, Southwestern Energy Services Company in December 2005. He joined the company
in July 2005 as Vice President of Southwestern Midstream Services Company. He
is also President of SWN Producer Services, LLC and a director of Southwestern
Midstream Services Company and Southwestern Energy Services Company. Prior to
joining us, he provided consulting services to clients in the natural gas industry.
Previously, Mr. Hammons was employed by El Paso Natural Gas Company and Burlington
Resources and held managerial positions in facility design and installation,
gathering management and marketing over the course of his combined 28-year tenure.
Mr. Thaeler was appointed Senior Vice President-New Ventures and R2 of the
Company’s subsidiaries, SEECO, Inc. and Southwestern Energy Production
Company in 2009. In 2010, he was also appointed Senior Vice President-New Ventures
and R2 of the Company’s subsidiary, SWN Resources Canada, Inc. Prior to
these appointments, he served as Senior Vice President of SEECO, Inc. from 2004
to 2008. He joined Southwestern Energy Company in 1999 as the asset manager
of SEECO and held the position until 2001 when he was promoted to Vice President.
Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Thaeler held various technical and managerial
positions during a 25-year career at Occidental Petroleum Company where he worked
in Africa, the Middle East, Central and South America, and the continental U.S.
He has a master’s degree in geology from the University of Cincinnati
and an MBA in finance from the University of Houston. He is a member of the
American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the Society of Petroleum Engineers
and the Independent Petroleum Association of America.
Southwestern Energy Company currently has 2323 employees.
