National Fuel Announces Executive Management Changes
June 13 2019 - 1:05PM
National Fuel Gas Company (“National Fuel” or the “Company”)
(NYSE: NFG) is pleased to announce the following executive
management promotions all to be effective July 1, 2019.
Ronald C. Kraemer will be named
President of National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation, succeeding David
P. Bauer who will become President and Chief Executive Officer of
the Company effective July 1, 2019. Kraemer will continue in his
role as President of Empire Pipeline, Inc., retaining
responsibility for the Company’s interstate pipeline and storage
subsidiaries as each continues along a path of substantial,
appropriately-paced infrastructure investment, build out, and
modernization for the future.
Kraemer joined the Company in 1978 as a
Management Trainee. Throughout his career, he has held various
management positions in engineering, operations, marketing,
business development, and international business development. He
has been employed by various subsidiaries of National Fuel,
including National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation, National Fuel
Supply Corporation, and Horizon Energy Development, Inc., holding
numerous management and executive level positions. These companies
represent a cross-section of the energy industry from utility,
interstate pipeline and storage, international power and natural
gas project development, to his current position. Prior to this
appointment, he was promoted to Senior Vice President of Supply
Corporation in 2016 and President of Empire Pipeline in 2008.
Kraemer holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the
University at Buffalo and currently resides in East Amherst,
N.Y.
Karen M. Camiolo will be named
Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer of National Fuel and will
be responsible for the Company’s accounting, tax, and finance
departments as well as the Company’s investor relations function.
She will also retain responsibility for the utility’s consumer
business division, including oversight of the customer response
centers and consumer business offices in New York and Pennsylvania.
Prior to this appointment, Karen served as Controller and Principal
Accounting Officer for National Fuel Gas Company since 2004, and,
over the course of her tenure, had been named controller of the
Company’s utility, midstream, and interstate pipeline and storage
companies. In 2015, she was also named Vice President of National
Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation.
Camiolo joined the Company in 1994 as Chief
Auditor after working in public accounting for nine years at Price
Waterhouse, the predecessor of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing and a master’s degree in
accounting from the University at Buffalo and is a Certified Public
Accountant. Karen currently resides in Lancaster, N.Y.
Elena G. Mendel will be
promoted to Controller and Principal Accounting Officer of National
Fuel Gas Company. She had been serving, since 2017, as Assistant
Controller of National Fuel’s regulated subsidiaries, including
National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation, National Fuel Gas
Supply Corporation, and Empire Pipeline, Inc.
Mendel was hired at National Fuel in 1994 as a
financial accountant after six years at Price Waterhouse, the
predecessor of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Throughout her time at
National Fuel, she has held various management positions in the
audit, accounting, and benefits services areas, including at Seneca
Resources Company – the Company’s exploration and production
subsidiary. In 2012, she was promoted to Chief Auditor with
oversight of the Company’s Audit Department. Mendel holds a
bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University at Buffalo and
is a Certified Public Accountant. She resides on Grand Island,
N.Y.
National Fuel is an integrated energy company
reporting financial results for five operating segments:
Exploration and Production, Pipeline and Storage, Gathering,
Utility, and Energy Marketing. Additional information about
National Fuel is available at www.nationalfuel.com.
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