Corporate Board Profile
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| Filing Date | Source Excerpt |
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| 2017-03-16 | Mr. Somerhalder has been Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Colonial Pipeline Company and served as President, CEO and director of AGL Resources Inc. |
| 2018-03-15 | The Board determined that Mr. Somerhalder should be nominated for election as a director due to his over 30 years of experience in the energy industry, with emphasis on his extensive natural gas utilities knowledge. |
| 2019-03-14 | Mr. Somerhalder is a private investor. He most recently served as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Colonial Pipeline Company. |
| 2020-03-13 | Mr. Somerhalder has served as a director since October 2016 and Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of CenterPoint Energy since February 2020. He served as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Colonial Pipeline Company. |
| Filing Date | Source Excerpt |
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| 2021-03-29 | John W. Somerhalder II, Age 65, Director since March 2021, Vice Chairperson of the Board and Executive Director. Member of Independent Review Committee and Demand Review Committee. Director Compensation in Fiscal Year 2020 not stated. |
| 2022-03-23 | John W. Somerhalder II, 66 Vice Chair and Executive Director of FirstEnergy Corp. |
| 2023-03-28 | John W. Somerhalder II, 67 Director Interim President, Chief Executive Officer and Board Chair of FirstEnergy Corp. STANDING COMMITTEE: Finance; Operations and Safety Oversight |
| 2024-03-29 | John W. Somerhalder II, 68, Director, Non-Executive Board Chair of FirstEnergy Corp., Director since 2021, Standing Committees: Finance; Operations and Safety Oversight, Director Compensation in Fiscal Year 2023: Fees Earned or Paid in Cash $154,341, Stock Awards $151,345, Total $305,686 |
| 2025-04-03 | John W. Somerhalder II Director AGE: 69 FirstEnergy DIRECTOR SINCE 2021 STANDING COMMITTEE: Finance; Operations and Safety Oversight POSITION, PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION AND BUSINESS EXPERIENCE: Previously served as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of your Company from September 2022 to May 2023, Executive Vice Chair from March 2021 to May 2022, Executive Chair from May 2022 to May 2023 and Non-executive Board Chair from June 2023 to December 31, 2024. Mr. Somerhalder also served as interim president and chief executive officer of CenterPoint Energy, Inc., an electric and natural gas utility serving several U.S. markets (from February 2020 to July 2020) and served as a member of the CenterPoint Energy’s board of directors (from 2016 through 2020). He currently serves as a director of one other public company: KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC, a company that operates as an investment vehicle. He also served as a director of Gulfport Energy Corp (from 2020 to 2021), as a director and board chairman of Enable Midstream Partners, LP (from February 2020 to July 2020), as a Director of SunCoke Energy Partners GP LLC (from 2017 to 2019), and as director at Crestwood Equity GP LLC, the general partner of Crestwood Equity Partners LP (from 2013 to 2020). He also served as interim president and chief executive officer of Colonial Pipeline Company, a U.S. refined products pipeline company (from February 2017 to October 2017). KEY ATTRIBUTES, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS: Mr. Somerhalder holds a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Arizona. He was president and chief executive officer of AGL Resources Inc., a former publicly traded energy services holding company (from 2006 to his retirement in 2015), and chairman of AGL Resources board of directors (from 2007 to 2015). Prior to joining AGL Resources, Mr. Somerhalder served in a number of roles with El Paso Corporation, a publicly traded natural gas and related energy products provider, where he spent almost 30 years, starting his career as an engineer and progressing through leadership roles before being named president of El Paso Pipeline Group and executive vice president of El Paso Corporation. He has extensive leadership and senior management experience, including the roles of chief executive officer and board chairman. His extensive energy industry, executive and board experience has equipped him with leadership skills, knowledge of the industry, and board processes and functions, all of which make him a valuable member of your Board. |
| Filing Date | Source Excerpt |
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| 2020-06-12 | Mr.Somerhalder has served as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of CenterPoint Energy ... Mr.Somerhalder also serves as a Director and Chairman of the Board of Enable Midstream Partners, LP ... The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee nominated Mr.Somerhalder due to his service as a public company executive and Director ... Mr.Somerhalder is a director nominee. |
Source material: SEC submissions metadata and DEF 14A proxy filings from EDGAR. Last updated: 2026-03-22