William L. Thacker was elected Chairman of the Board in November 2009 and has served on our Board of Directors since completion of our initial public offering in November 2004. Mr. Thacker is a member of the Compensation and Nominating and Governance Committees. Mr. Thacker serves on the boards of Kayne Anderson Energy Development Company, Kayne Anderson Midstream Energy Fund and GenOn Energy, Inc. Mr. Thacker joined Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company (the general partner of TEPPCO Partners, L.P.) in September 1992 as President, Chief Operating Officer and director. He was elected Chief Executive Officer in January 1994. In March 1997, he was named to the additional position of Chairman of the Board, which he held until his retirement in May 2002. Prior to joining Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company, Mr. Thacker was President of Unocal Pipeline Company from 1986 until 1992. Mr. Thacker is past Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Association of Oil Pipelines, has served as a member of the board of directors of the American Petroleum Institute, and has actively participated in many energy-related organizations during his 35-year career in the energy industry. Mr. Thacker holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Masters of Business Administration degree from Lamar University.
James G. Crump joined our Board of Directors upon completion of our initial public offering in November 2004. Mr. Crump is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Conflicts Committee. He is also a member of the board of directors of Exterran GP, LLC, the general partner of the general partner of Exterran Partners, L.P. Mr. Crump began his career at Price Waterhouse in 1962 and became a partner in 1974. From 1977 until the merger of Price Waterhouse and Coopers Lybrand in 1998, Mr. Crump held numerous management and leadership roles. From 1998 until his retirement in 2001, Mr. Crump served as Global Energy and Mining Cluster Leader, a member of the U.S. Management Committee and the Global Management Committee and as Houston Office Managing Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Crump holds a B.A. in Accounting from Lamar University.
Ernie L. Danner joined our Board of Directors upon completion of our initial public offering in November 2004, and is a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Danner served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Exterran Holdings, Inc. (formerly Universal Compression Holdings, Inc.) from July 2009 to October 2011, and as a member of its board of directors from 1998 to October 2011. He also served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Exterran GP LLC, the general partner of the general partner of Exterran Partners, L.P. Mr. Danner joined Universal Compression in 1998 as its Chief Financial Officer. He holds a B.A. and an M.A. in Accounting from Rice University.
Scott A. Griffiths joined our Board of Directors in December 2004. Mr. Griffiths is the Chairman of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Nominating and Governance Committee and the Conflicts Committee. He is also a member of the board of directors of Energy Partners, Ltd. Mr. Griffiths served as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Hydro Gulf of Mexico, LLC from December 2005 to December 2006. From 2003 through December 2005, Mr. Griffiths served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Spinnaker Exploration Company. From 2002 to 2003, Mr. Griffiths served as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Exploration for Ocean Energy, Inc. Mr. Griffiths joined Ocean following the 1999 merger of Ocean and Seagull Energy Corporation, where he served as Vice President, Domestic Exploration. He holds a B.S. in Geology from the University of New Mexico and an M.A. in Geology from Indiana University.
Michael L. Johnson joined our Board of Directors in December 2004. Mr. Johnson is Chairman of the Conflicts Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Johnson began his career in 1975 with Conoco Inc. and most recently served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Conoco Gas and Power from 1997 until his retirement in 2002. Mr. Johnson holds a B.S. in Geology from New Mexico State University, an M.A. in Geochemistry from Rice University and an M.S. in Management, Sloan Fellow from Alfred P. Sloan School of Business, M.I.T.
T. William Porter joined our Board of Directors upon completion of our initial public offering in November 2004. Mr. Porter is the Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Porter is Chairman Emeritus and a retired partner of Porter & Hedges, L.L.P., a Houston law firm formed in 1981. He was a partner of that firm from its founding until his retirement in December 2009 and also served as Chairman of that firm for the ten years then ended. He also serves as a director of Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. Mr. Porter holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance from Southern Methodist University and Bachelor of Law degree from Duke University.
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