People: Southwest Gas Corp (SWX)


SWX on New York Consolidated

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18 Jun 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Jeffrey Shaw

 54 2012 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Roy Centrella

 55 2010 Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President

Karen Haller

 49 2012 Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary

Laura Hobbs

 53 2012 Senior Vice President - Human Resources and Administration

Eric DeBonis

 45 2012 Senior Vice President - Operations

John Hester

 50 2007 Senior Vice President - Regulatory Affairs & Energy Resources

Edward Janov

 58 2010 Senior Vice President - Corporate Development

William Moody

 56 2012 Senior Vice President - Staff Operations & Technology

Kenneth Kenny

 50 2010 Vice President - Finance, Treasurer

Gregory Peterson

 53 2010 Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President, Controller

Robert Boughner

 60 2008 Independent Director

Jose Cardenas

 60 2011 Independent Director

Thomas Chestnut

 62 2004 Independent Director

Stephen Comer

 63 2007 Independent Director

LeRoy Hanneman

 66 2009 Independent Director

Michael Maffie

 65 2004 Independent Director

Anne Mariucci

 55 2006 Independent Director

Michael Melarkey

 63 2011 Presiding Independent Director

A. Randall Thoman

 61 2010 Independent Director

Thomas Thomas

 55 2008 Independent Director

Terrance Wright

 63 1997 Independent Director
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Biographies

Name Description

Jeffrey Shaw

 Mr. Jeffrey W. Shaw is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Southwest Gas Corporation. He joined the Company in 1988 as Director of Internal Audit. He was promoted to Controller and Chief Accounting Officer in 1991, Vice President/Controller and Chief Accounting Officer in 1993, Vice President and Treasurer in 1994, Senior Vice President/Finance and Treasurer in 2000, Senior Vice President/Gas Resources and Pricing in 2002, President in 2003, Chief Executive Officer in June 2004 and President and Chief Executive Officer in July 2012. Mr. Shaw received his degree in accounting from the University of Utah and worked for Arthur Andersen & Co., in its Dallas and Las Vegas offices prior to joining Southwest Gas. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Nevada Society of CPAs and the Leadership Las Vegas Alumni Association. Mr. Shaw serves on the boards of the American Gas Association and the UNLV Foundation and is past President of the Western Energy Institute and current President of the Las Vegas Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

Roy Centrella

 Mr. Roy R. Centrella is Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of Southwest Gas Corporation. He was Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, Controller until August 11, 2010. Mr. Centrella began his career with the Company in 1983 as a Supervisor in Accounting. During his career at the Company, he has held managerial and executive roles in the organization including Manager/Accounting, Director/Accounting, Assistant Controller, Controller, and Vice President/Controller/Chief Accounting Officer. Mr. Centrella holds a bachelor of science degree in accounting from the University of Scranton, as well as a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Karen Haller

 Ms. Karen S. Haller is Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary of Southwest Gas Corporation. She began her career with Southwest Gas in 1997, as a Senior Attorney and has held positions of Associate General Counsel, Assistant General Counsel, Assistant General Counsel and Director/Legal Affairs, Vice President/Deputy General Counsel and Compliance Officer, and Vice President/General Counsel and Compliance Officer. She holds a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Wyoming, as well as a juris doctorate degree from Cornell Law School. She is a member of the State Bars of Arizona, California, and Nevada.

Laura Hobbs

 Ms. Laura Lopez Hobbs is Senior Vice President - Human Resources and Administration of Southwest Gas Corporation. Which includes Corporate Human Resources, Shareholder Services, Corporate Administrative Services, Energy Services and Corporate Communications, and Corporate Policies and Procedures. She began her career with Southwest Gas as an Analyst in Human Resources and has held the positions of Administrator/Benefits, Specialist/Investor Relations, Manager/Investor Relations, Senior Manager/Human Resources, Director/Human Resources, and Vice President/Human Resources. She holds a bachelor's and master's degree in business administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Eric DeBonis

 Mr. Eric DeBonis is Senior Vice President - Operations of Southwest Gas Corporation. He was Senior Vice President/Staff Operations & Technology from 2011-2012; Vice President/Special Projects (2010-2011), Vice President/Central Arizona Division (2008-2010), General Manager/East Region/Central Arizona Division (2007-2008).

John Hester

 Mr. John P. Hester is Senior Vice President - Regulatory Affairs & Energy Resources of Southwest Gas Corporation. He was Vice President/Regulatory Affairs and Systems Planning from 2004 to 2006; Director/State Regulatory Affairs and Systems Planning from 2002 to 2003.

Edward Janov

 Mr. Edward A. Janov, CPA, is Senior Vice President - Corporate Development of Southwest Gas Corporation. He joined Southwest Gas in 1986 as Specialist/Rates. During his career, he has served as Assistant Controller, Controller/Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President/Controller/Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President/Finance/Treasurer, Vice President/Finance, and Senior Vice President/Finance. He holds a bachelor of science degree in accounting from Kings College and is a Certified Public Accountant.

William Moody

 Mr. William N. Moody is Senior Vice President - Staff Operations & Technology of Southwest Gas Corporation. He served as Vice President/Gas Resources from 2008-2012.

Kenneth Kenny

 Mr. Kenneth J. Kenny, CPA, is Vice President - Finance, Treasurer of Southwest Gas Corporation. He joined the Company in 1988 as an Accountant/Tax, and his career has progressed through various positions including Senior Accountant/Tax, Supervisor/Accounting/Technical, Manager/Treasury Services, Senior Manager/Corporate Planning, Senior Manager/Financial Services, Assistant Treasurer/Director Financial Services, Treasurer, and Vice President/Treasurer. He holds dual bachelor's degrees in accounting and finance from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Gregory Peterson

 Mr. Gregory J. Peterson is Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President, Controller of Southwest Gas Corporation. He began his career with Southwest Gas in 1993, as Supervisor/ Accounting/ Technical. His career progressed, holding positions as Manager/Accounting, Senior Manager/Financial Reporting, and Assistant Controller. Prior to joining the Company, he worked several years in the audit division at Arthur Andersen, LLP. He holds a bachelor of science degree in accounting from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Robert Boughner

 Mr. Robert L. Boughner is Independent Director of Southwest Gas Corporation. He has also been a director of Boyd Gaming Corporation (“Boyd”) since April 1996, a company with which he has more than 25 years of senior management experience. In December 2009, Mr. Boughner was named Boyd’s Executive Vice President and Chief Business Development Officer. He previously served as its Chief Operating Officer and Senior Executive Vice President, from April 1990 and May 1998, respectively, through October 2001. Mr. Boughner also serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Echelon Resorts Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Boyd, which positions he has held since July 2005. From January 2009 until December 2012, he was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Marina District Development Company, and previously served as its Chief Executive Officer from January 1999 through June 2006. He is active in civic and industry affairs and currently serves on the board of directors of Bank of Nevada.

Jose Cardenas

 Mr. Jose A. Cardenas is Independent Director of Southwest Gas Corporation., since August 2, 2011. He has been Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Arizona State University since January 2009. In addition to serving as chief legal officer of the University, he serves as a University representative on and to the boards of directors of ASU affiliated and related entities such as the ASU Foundation. From 1982 through 2008, Mr. Cárdenas was a partner in the Phoenix based law firm of Lewis and Roca. He was the firm’s Managing Partner (CEO) from 1999 to 2003 and then the firm’s Chairman from 2003 through 2008. Mr. Cárdenas is a native of Las Vegas, Nevada. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1974 and a law degree from Stanford University Law School in 1977. Mr. Cárdenas has been admitted to practice law in Arizona, California, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court and is a member of various bar associations including the Hispanic National Bar Association. Mr. Cárdenas is a member of the board of directors of Meridian Bank N.A. His many community activities include his service as a member of the board of directors of the Translational Genomics Research Institute, which he chaired for 10 years, and as a trustee of the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust. He is a past chairman of the boards of Greater Phoenix Leadership, Valley of the Sun United Way and O’Connor House.

Thomas Chestnut

 Mr. Thomas E. Chestnut is Independent Director of Southwest Gas Corporation. He has been the owner, President and Chief Executive Officer of Chestnut Construction Company since 1990. After serving in Vietnam with the U.S. Army, he began a career in the construction industry in 1972 with Del Webb Corporation. Leaving Del Webb in 1980 as Manager of Commercial Operations, Mr. Chestnut took a position with The Wray Company, a commercial contractor and wholly owned subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser Company. He remained with Wray until 1990 when he founded Chestnut Construction Company in Tucson, Arizona. Mr. Chestnut is a past president and life director of the Arizona Builders Alliance and a past president of the Arizona Building Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America. He is a past chair and life trustee of the Carondelet Foundation, a member and past president of the Tucson Conquistadors and a member and past director of the Centurions of St. Mary’s Hospital. Mr. Chestnut was named the 2001 Tucson Small Business Leader of the Year by the Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and the 2002 Arizona Small Business Person of the Year by the United States Small Business Administration.

Stephen Comer

 Mr. Stephen C. Comer is Independent Director of Southwest Gas Corporation. He received his degree in business administration from California State University Northridge in 1972. He began his career with Arthur Andersen LLP in Los Angeles and established Arthur Andersen’s Las Vegas office, as its managing partner, in 1985. Leaving Arthur Andersen in 2002, Mr. Comer took a position as partner with Deloitte & Touche LLP and was promoted to managing partner of its Nevada practice in 2004. He retired in 2006. He serves as a director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Nevada Society of Certified Public Accountants and holds professional CPA licenses in the states of California (inactive) and Nevada. He is also involved in numerous civic, educational and charitable organizations.

LeRoy Hanneman

 Mr. LeRoy C. Hanneman Jr. is Independent Director of Southwest Gas Corp. He received his undergraduate degree in construction engineering from Arizona State University. From 2002 until his retirement in 2010, he was the Chief Executive Officer and managing member of Element Homes, L.L.C., a homebuilding and real estate development company with projects in the metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona area. Mr. Hanneman is a 35-year veteran of the housing industry and former President, Chief Operating and Executive Officer of Del Webb Corporation. Mr. Hanneman left Del Webb Corporation after its merger with Pulte Homes Corporation in 2001. He has served on a number of charitable organization boards including United Way, Boy Scouts of America and Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

Michael Maffie

 Mr. Michael O. Maffie is Independent Director of Southwest Gas Corporation. He joined the Company in 1978 as Treasurer after seven years with Arthur Andersen & Co. He was named Vice President/Finance and Treasurer in 1982, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 1984, Executive Vice President in 1987, President and Chief Operating Officer in 1988, and President and Chief Executive Officer in 1993. Mr. Maffie continued to serve as Chief Executive Officer until his retirement in 2004. He received his undergraduate degree in accounting and his MBA in finance from the University of Southern California. He previously served as a director of Boyd Gaming Corporation, Del Webb Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank/Nevada Division. A member of various civic and professional organizations, he served as chairman of the board of trustees of the UNLV Foundation and is a past chairman of the board of United Way of Southern Nevada. He was formerly a director of the Western Energy Institute and the American Gas Association.

Anne Mariucci

 Ms. Anne L. Mariucci is Independent Director of Southwest Gas Corporation. She received her undergraduate degree in accounting and finance from the University of Arizona and completed the corporate finance program at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. She spent the majority of her professional career in the large-scale community development and homebuilding business. Ms. Mariucci was employed by Del Webb Corporation in 1984 and served in a variety of senior management capacities, culminating in President. She retired from Del Webb’s successor Pulte Homes, Inc. in 2003, became a private investor and, together with two partners, founded lnlign Capital Partners, a private equity firm investing in privately held companies. She is also affiliated with private equity firms Hawkeye Partners in Austin, Texas and Glencoe Capital in Chicago, Illinois. Ms. Mariucci serves on the Arizona Board of Regents and is its former chairman. She also serves as a director of Corrections Corporation of America (NYSE:CXE), the University of Arizona Health Network (UAHN), the Arizona State University Foundation and the Fresh Start Women’s Foundation. She is a past director of the Arizona State Retirement System, Scottsdale Healthcare and Action Performance Companies, as well as a past Trustee of the Urban Land Institute.

Michael Melarkey

 Mr. Michael J. Melarkey, Esq., is Presiding Independent Director of Southwest Gas Corporation. He is a partner in the law firm of Avansino, Melarkey, Knobel, Mulligan & McKenzie for more than 20 years, received his undergraduate degree from the University of Nevada, Reno, his law degree from the University of San Francisco and his masters in laws in taxation from New York University. He has been in private legal practice in Reno, Nevada, since 1976. Mr. Melarkey is a member of the American Bar Association, the International Association of Gaming Lawyers and the State Bar of Nevada. He is a trustee of the Bretzlaff Foundation, the Robert S. and Dorothy J. Keyser Foundation, the Roxie and Azad Joseph Foundation and the E. L. Wiegand Trust. He is Vice President of Miami Oil Producers, Inc. and has ownership interests in the Pioneer Crossing Casino in Fernley, Nevada and the Pioneer Crossing Casino in Dayton, Nevada. He also serves as a director of the Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust, the Gabelli Global Utility and Income Trust, GDL Fund, the GAMCO Global Gold, Natural Resources & Income Trust by Gabelli, and the GAMCO Natural Resources, Gold & Income Trust by Gabelli, all closed-end mutual funds.

A. Randall Thoman

 Mr. A. Randall Thoman is Independent Director of Southwest Gas Corporation. He received his degree in accounting from the University of Utah and has been a Certified Public Accountant for more than 30 years. He began his career with Deloitte & Touche LLP and became a Partner in June 1991. For 15 years, Mr. Thoman was the Partner with primary responsibility for the technical interpretation and application of accounting principles and audit standards and the review of all reporting issues and financial statements for Nevada-based companies registered with the SEC. Mr. Thoman retired from Deloitte & Touche LLP in October 2009. Mr. Thoman also serves on the board of SHFL Entertainment, Inc.

Thomas Thomas

 Mr. Thomas A. Thomas is Independent Director of Southwest Gas Corporation. He received his undergraduate degree in Finance and his juris doctorate from the University of Utah. After obtaining his law degree, he joined Valley Bank of Nevada and held various executive positions with the bank until its merger with Bank of America in 1992. After the merger, he became managing partner of Thomas & Mack Co., an investment management and commercial real estate development company with properties and developments in Nevada, California, Arizona, Utah and Idaho. Mr. Thomas is actively involved in numerous charitable organizations including the Opportunity Village Foundation, the UNLV Foundation Advisory Board, the Las Vegas Rotary Club and the Las Vegas Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He is a member of the Nevada Bar Association and was instrumental in establishing the Thomas & Mack Legal Clinic and Moot Court Facility at the UNLV Boyd School of Law.

Terrance Wright

 Mr. Terrance L. Wright is Independent Director of Southwest Gas Corporation. He received his undergraduate degree in business administration and his juris doctorate from DePaul University. He joined Chicago Title Insurance Company while in law school and after graduation remained with the company and eventually moved to its Las Vegas, Nevada office. In 1978, he acquired the assets of Western Title to form what is now Nevada Title Company. Mr. Wright is the chairman of the board and majority owner of Westcor Land Title Insurance Company, which is licensed to issue policies of title insurance in 43 states. He is a member of the California and Illinois bar associations and has served on the board of directors for Nevada Land Title Association and the Tournament Players Club at Summerlin. He is a past-chairman of the Nevada Development Authority, the Nevada Chapter of the Young President’s Organization, the UNLV Foundation and the Council for a Better Nevada.

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MOODY WILLIAM N

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KENNY KENNETH J

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MOODY WILLIAM N

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THOMAN A RANDALL

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JANOV EDWARD A

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LOPEZ-HOBBS LAURA E

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HALLER KAREN S

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HALLER KAREN S

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PETERSON GREGORY J

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PETERSON GREGORY J

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DEBONIS ERIC

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LOPEZ-HOBBS LAURA E

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THOMAN A RANDALL

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MELARKEY MICHAEL J

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HESTER JOHN P

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CENTRELLA ROY R

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WRIGHT TERRENCE L

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HALLER KAREN S

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COMER STEPHEN C

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HESTER JOHN P

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CARDENAS JOSE A

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MOODY WILLIAM N

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BOUGHNER ROBERT L

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