Staff Directory

The Energy & Mineral Law Foundation is governed by a board comprised of permanent trustees designated by EMLF Governing Member Organizations, Trustees at Large, and all Past Presidents of the Foundation. The Officers, Members of the Executive Committee and Trustees at Large are elected annually.

Officers 2019-2020

Timothy J. Hagerty President
Kevin L. Colosimo Vice President and President-Elect
R. Clay Larkin Secretary
Sheila Nolan Gartland Treasurer

Executive Committee 2019-2020

Staff

Anna Girard Fletcher Executive Director
Carolyn B. May CLE and Membership Coordinator

Trustees at Large

Kevin C. Abbott, Reed Smith LLP, Pittsburgh, PA
Renee V. Anderson, Sean Cassidy and Associates, Greensburg, PA
Nicolle S. Bagnell, Reed Smith LLP, Pittsburgh, PA
Stephen G. Barker, Kentucky River Properties, Hazard, KY
Kathy G. Beckett, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Charleston, WV
Armando F. Benincasa, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Charleston, WV
Karen C. Bennett, Clark Hill PLC, Washington, DC
Laura E. Beverage, Jackson Kelly PLLC, Denver, CO
Donald C. Bluedorn II, Babst Calland, Pittsburgh, PA
Richard J. Bolen, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Huntington, WV
P. Nathan Bowles, Jr., Law Firm of P. Nathan Bowles, PLLC, Charleston, WV
Travis L. Brannon, K&L Gates LLP, Pittsburgh, PA
Matthew F. Burger, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA
Stefanie L. Burt, Reed Smith LLP, Pittsburgh, PA
Caroline Pitt Clark, LG&E and KU Energy, Louisville, KY
Kevin L. Colosimo, Frost Brown Todd LLC, Pittsburgh, PA
Charles A. Compton, Jackson Kelly PLLC, Evansville, IN
Bruce E. Cryder, Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP, Lexington, KY
Chauncey S.R. Curtz, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Lexington, KY
Anna M. Dailey, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Charleston, WV
J. Kevin Ellis, Antero Resources Corporation, Ellenboro, WV
Stanton D. Ernest, Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP, Evansville, IN
David M. Flannery, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Charleston, WV
Robert D. Fluharty, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Charleston, WV
Sandra K. Fraley, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Oklahoma City, OK
Britt A. Freund, Bowles Rice LLP, Canonsburg, PA
Blair M. Gardner, Jackson Kelly PLLC, Evansville, IN
Sheila Nolan Gartland, Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Columbus, OH
William T. Gorton, III, Stites & Harbison, PLLC, Lexington, KY
Richard L. Gottlieb, Lewis, Glasser, Casey & Rollins, PLLC, Charleston, WV
Karen J. Greenwell, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, Lexington, KY
Timothy J. Hagerty, Frost Brown Todd LLC, Louisville, KY
Frank B. Harrington, Contura Energy Services, LLC, Bristol, TN
Shane M. Harvey, Jackson Kelly PLLC, Charleston, WV
Mark E. Heath, Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC, Charleston, WV
Guy W. Hensley, Warrior Met Coal, LLC, Brookwood, AL
William M. Herlihy, Spilman Thomas & Battle PLLC, Charleston, WV
John H. Heyer, Attorney at Law, Olean, NY
Amber Nisbet Hodgdon, EnerVest Operating, LLC, Charleston, WV
Stephen M. Hodges, Penn Stuart & Eskridge, Abingdon, VA
Warren J. Hoffmann, Frost Brown Todd LLC, Lexington, KY
Robert G. Jones, Arch Coal, Inc., St. Louis, MO
Jeffrey J. Junstrom, Sean Cassidy and Associates, P.C., Carnegie, PA
Clay K. Keller, Jackson Kelly PLLC, Akron, OH
James W. Kane, Sean Cassidy and Associates, P.C., Carnegie, PA
Melanie J. Kilpatrick, Williams Kilpatrick, PLLC, Lexington, KY
Kurt Krieger, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Charleston, WV
Seth M. Land, Penn, Stuart & Eskridge, Abingdon, VA
R. Clay Larkin, Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP, Lexington, KY
W. Henry Lawrence, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Bridgeport, WV
Alexandria D. Lay, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Charleston, WV
Richard L. Lewis, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Charleston, WV
Lucas Liben, Reed Smith LLP, Pittsburgh, PA
M. Shaun Lundy, Penn, Stuart & Eskridge, Bristol, TN
I. Bobby Majumder, Reed Smith LLP, Dallas, TX
A. George Mason, Jr., A. George Mason Law Firm PSC, Lexington, KY
Gary D. McCollum, Alliance Coal, LLC, Lexington, KY
Kenneth E. McDonough, American Electric Power Service Corp., Columbus, OH
Beth R. Minear, Minear Law Offices, PLLC, Charleston, WV
Michael J. Moore, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Bridgeport, WV
R. Henry Moore, Fisher Phillips LLP, Pittsburgh, PA
Troy N. Nichols, Contura Energy Services, LLC, Bristol, TN
Roger L. Nicholson, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Charleston, WV
Gregory J. Ossi, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Vienna, VA
Tammy J. Owen, Goodwin & Goodwin, LLP, Charleston, WV
Jesse M. Parrish, Blackhawk Mining, LLC, Lexington, KY
Jeffrey K. Phillips, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Lexington, KY
R. Cordell Pierce, Equitrans Midstream Corporation, Canonsburg, PA
Robert D. Pollitt, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Charleston, WV
Jacqueline B. Ponder, Bowman Family Holdings, Inc., Indianapolis, IN
Ryan T. Purpura, McGuireWoods LLP, Pittsburgh, PA
Christopher B. Power, Babst Calland, Charleston, WV
Joseph K. Reinhart, Babst Calland, Pittsburgh, PA
John E. Rhine, Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP, Evansville, IN
John R. Rhorer, Jr., Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Lexington, KY
F. Thomas Rubenstein, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Morgantown, WV
Gregory D. Russell, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, Columbus, OH
Thomas C. Ryan, K&L Gates LLP, Pittsburgh, PA
Charles F.W. Saffer, Babst Calland, Charleston, WV
Courtney Ross Samford, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, Lexington, KY
Arnold L. Schulberg, Attorney at Law, Delray Beach, FL
Tyson D. Schwerdtfeger, Alliance Coal, LLC, Tulsa, OK
Barkley J. Sturgill, Arch Coal, Inc., St. Louis, MO
Benjamin M. Sullivan, Attorney at Law, Charleston, WV
Joel E. Symonds, Arsenal Resources, Wexford, PA
Joseph A. Tarantelli, Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Oklahoma City, OK
Allyn G. Turner, Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC, Charleston, WV
James M. Van Nostrand, WVU Center for Energy & Sustainable Development, Morgantown, WV
Jeffrey W. Wagner, Pardee Resources Company, Philadelphia, PA
Christopher B. Wallace, Wallace and Wallace, Utica, NY
Eric R. Waller, Peabody Energy, Inc., St. Louis, MO
Matthew W. Warnock, Bricker & Eckler LLP, Columbus, OH
R. Timothy Weston, K&L Gates LLP, Harrisburg, PA
Martha A. Wiegand, CONSOL Energy Inc., Canonsburg, PA
William G. Williams, Krugliak Wilkins Griffiths & Dougherty, Canton, OH
Kathryn S. Wilson, Natural Resource Partners L.P., Houston, TX
Jeff A. Woods, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, Lexington, KY
David L. Yaussy, Spilman Thomas & Battle PLLC, Charleston, WV

Governing Member Bar Associations and Designated Trustees

Governing Member Law Schools and Designated Trustees

American University - Washington College of Law -- Professor Barlow Burke
Appalachian School of Law - Dean Sandra Keen McGlothin
University of Kentucky College of Law - C. David Morrison
Louisiana State University Law Center - Professor Keith B. Hall
University of Oklahoma College of Law - Professor Monika U. Ehrman
University of Pittsburgh School of Law - Amy Widermuth
Southern Illinois University School of Law at Carbondale - Professor Robert E. Beck
University of Texas School of Law at Austin - Professor Ernest E. Smith
Texas Tech University School of Law - Dean Darby Dickerson
Washburn University School of Law - Professor David M. Pierce
West Virginia University College of Law - Dean Gregory W. Bowman

Governing Member Trade-Industry Organizations and Designated Trustees

American Association of Professional Landmen -- Michael O. Conley
Kentucky Coal Association
Kentucky Oil & Gas Association
National Mining Association -- Harold P. Quinn
Ohio Coal Association
Ohio Oil & Gas Association
Virginia Oil and Gas Association
U.S. Energy Association -- Barry K. Worthington
West Virginia Coal Association -- Robert McLusky
West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association -- Anne C. Blankenship

Past Presidents

Natalie N. Jefferis -- President 2018-2019
Erin E. Magee - President 2017-2018
Daniel W. Wolff - President 2016-2017
G. Brian Wells - President 2015-2016
Kevin K. Douglass - President 2014-2015
Sharon O. Flanery - President 2013-2014
Timothy M. Miller - President 2012-2013
John T. Boyd II - President 2011-2012
Kirsten L. Nathanson - President 2010-2011
C. David Morrison - President 2009-2010
Maureen D. Carman - President 2008-2009
David G. Ries - President 2007-2008
Mary Sue Schulberg* - President 2006-2007
David J. Laurent - President 2005-2006
Timothy W. Gresham - President 2004-2005
Thomas E. Meng - President 2003-2004
Joseph J. Zaluski - President 2002-2003
Robert G. McLusky - President 2001-2002
Edward M. Green - President 2000-2001
R. Neal Pierce - President 1999-2000
Gregory B. Robertson - President 1998-1999
Richard C. Ward* - President 1997-1998
Benita Kahn - President 1996-1997
Steven P. McGowan - President 1995-1996
Ronald E. Meisburg - President 1994-1995
Thomas C. Means - President 1993-1994
J. Thomas Lane - President 1992-1993
Joseph P. Congleton - President 1991-1992
Sean Cassidy - President 1990-1991
Edward B. Weinberg - President 1989-1990
Timothy J. Battaglia - President 1988-1989
William A. Pusey - President 1987-1988
Douglas J. Richards - President 1986-1987
James P. Holland* - President 1985-1986
Cyril A. Fox, jr. - President 1984-1985
John L. McClaugherty* - President 1983-1984
J. Richard Emens - President 1982-1983
Peter S. Wellington - President 1981-1982
Samuel L. Douglass - President 1979-1981