EMLF Leadership
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 2025-2026
- President: Andrew B. McCallister
- Vice-President/President Elect: Armando Benincasa
- Treasurer: Jessica Brisendine
- Secretary: Lucas Liben
STAFF
- Anna Girard Fletcher Executive Director
- Dawn Law Web and Office Administrator
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2025-2026
Past Presidents:
Executive Committee At-Large Members:
PAST-PRESIDENT TRUSTEES
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Stefanie L. Burt, EQT Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA, 2025-2026
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Travis L. Brannon, K&L Gates, Pittsburgh, PA, 2024-2025
- Britt Freund, Steptoe & Johnson, Pittsburgh, PA President 2023-2024
- Clay Larkin, Dentons Bingham Greenebaum, Lexington, KY President 2022-2023
- Sheila Nolan Gartland, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, Columbus, OH President 2021-2022
- Kevin L. Colosimo, Frost Brown Todd LLC, Pittsburgh, PA President 2020-2021
- Timothy J. Hagerty, Frost Brown Todd LLC, Louisville, KY President 2019-2020
- Natalie N. Jefferis, BHE GT&S, Pittsburgh, PA President 2018-2019
- Erin E. Magee, Silgan Dispensing Systems, Pinehurst, NC President 2017-2018
- Daniel W. Wolff, Crowell & Moring, Washington, DC President 2016-2017
- G. Brian Wells, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Lexington, KY President 2015-2016
- Kevin K. Douglass, Babst Calland, Pittsburgh, PA President 2014-2015
- Sharon O. Flanery, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Charleston, WV President 2013-2014
- Timothy M. Miller, , Babst Calland, Charleston, WV President 2012-2013
- John T. Boyd II, John T. Boyd Company, Canonsburg, PA President 2011-2012
- Kirsten L. Nathanson, Crowell & Moring, Washington, DC President 2010-2011
- C. David Morrison, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Charleston, WV President 2009-2010
- Maureen D. Carman, retired, Lexington, KY President 2008-2009
- David G. Ries, Clark Hill, Washington, DC President 2007-2008
- Mary Sue Schulberg, deceased President 2006-2007
- David J. Laurent, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Pittsburgh, PA President 2005-2006
- Timothy W. Gresham, Penn Stuart, Abingdon, VA President 2004-2005
- Thomas E. Meng, deceased President 2003-2004
- Joseph J. Zaluski, retired, Lexington, KY President 2002-2003
- Robert G. McLusky, Jackson Kelly PLLC, Charleston, WV President 2001-2002
- Edward M. Green, Crowell & Moring, Washington, DC President 2000-2001
- Neal Pierce, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Columbus, OH President 1999-2000
- Gregory B. Robertson, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA President 1998-1999
- Richard C. Ward, deceased, President 1997-1998
- Benita Kahn, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, Columbus, OH President 1996-1997
- Steven P. McGowan, President 1995-1996
- Ronald E. Meisburg, deceased, President 1994-1995
- Thomas C. Means, Crowell & Moring, Washington, DC President 1993-1994
- Thomas Lane, Bowles Rice, Charleston, WV President 1992-1993
- Joseph P. Congleton, Hunton and Williams, Knoxville, TN President 1991-1992
- Sean Cassidy, Cassidy, Anderson, Kane, Greensburg, PA President 1990-1991
- Edward B. Weinberg, President 1989-1990
- Timothy J. Battaglia, President 1988-1989
- William A. Pusey, deceased, President 1987-1988
- Douglas J. Richards, Honor Resources Co., Venice, FL President 1986-1987
- James P. Holland, deceased, President 1985-1986
- Cyril A. Fox, Jr., deceased, President 1984-1985
- John L. McClaugherty, deceased, President 1983-1984
- Richard Emens, deceased, Emens & Wolper, Columbus, OH President 1982-1983
- Peter S. Wellington, President 1981-1982
- Samuel L. Douglass, deceased, Rothman Gordan P.C., Pittsburgh, PA President 1979-1981
TRUSTEES AT LARGE
- J. Tyler Adkins, Ramaco Resources, Lexington, KY
- James Adkins, Diversified Energy, Charleston, WV
- Mark Adkins, Bowles Rice, Charleston, WV
- Rich Adkins, Adkins and Associates, Lexington, KY
- Janae Allert, Bricker Graydon, Columbus, OH
- Nicolle Snyder Bagnell, Reed Smith LLP, Pittsburgh, PA
- Stephen G. Barker, Kentucky River Properties, Hazard, KY
- Ilya Batiov, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, Columbus, OH
- Armando F. Benincasa, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Charleston, WV
- Anne C. Blankenship, Energy Transfer, Dallas, TX
- Richard J. Bolen, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Huntington, WV
- Katrina N. Bowers, Diversified Energy, Charleston, WV
- Jessica Brisendine, Hendrickson & Long, Charleston, WV
- Aaron M. Bruggeman, Taft, Dayton, OH
- Matthew F. Burger, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA
- Stefanie L. Burt, EQT Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA
- David Carlson, Ascent Resources, Oklahoma City, OK
- AJ Carna, McGuireWoods, Pittsburgh, PA
- Amanda Cashman, K&L Gates, Pittsburgh, PA
- Jamie Chapman, Antero Resources, Pittsburgh, PA
- Roger S. Christenson II, Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC, Bridgeport, WV
- Braden Christopher, Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC, Southpointe, PA
- Tyler Compston, Blank Rome, Pittsburgh, PA
- Charles A. Compton, Jackson Kelly PLLC, Evansville, IN
- Eric Conley, Diversified Energy, Debord, KY
- Daniel P. Craig, Craig Law & Consulting, Pittsburgh, PA
- Tiffany A. Culp, Three Rivers Royalty, Pittsburgh, PA
- Charles B. “Chud” Dollison, Bowles Rice, Charleston, WV
- Jonathan Ellis, Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC, Lexington, KY
- Elizabeth B. Elmore, Jackson Kelly PLLC, Charleston, WV
- Erik Fargo, EQT, Pittsburgh, PA
- Tyler Fields, Ramaco Resources, Lexington, KY
- Tom Galligan, Reed Smith, Pittsburgh, PA
- Andrew F. Gann, Jr., McGuire Woods, Richmond, VA
- William T. Gorton, III, Stites & Harbison, PLLC, Lexington, KY
- Max Gottlieb, Hissam Forman Donovan Ritchie, Charleston, WV
- Richard L. Gottlieb, Lewis Gianola, PLLC, Charleston, WV
- Andrew Graham, Steptoe & Johnson, Morgantown, WV
- Steven M. Green, Babst Calland, Charleston, WV
- Karen J. Greenwell, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, Lexington, KY
- Megan S. Haines, Reed Smith, Pittsburgh, PA
- Keith A. Hall, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
- Roger G. Hanshaw, Bowles Rice, Charleston, WV
- M. Shane Harvey, Jackson Kelly PLLC, Charleston, WV
- Mark E. Heath, Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC, Charleston, WV
- Chelsea Heinz, EQT Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA
- Guy W. Hensley, Warrior Met Coal, LLC, Brookwood, AL
- William M. Herlihy, Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC, Charleston, WV
- Kara H. Herrnstein, Bricker Graydon, Columbus, OH
- Jennifer J. Hicks, Babst Calland, Pittsburgh, PA
- Christina Hinton, McGuireWoods, Pittsburgh, PA
- Warren J. Hoffmann, Frost Brown Todd LLC, Lexington, KY
- Brian Jett, Jackson Kelly, Morgantown, WV
- Robert Kelly II, Ascent Resources, Oklahoma City, OK
- Whitney R. Kerns, Bowles Rice, Morgantown, WV
- Melanie J. Kilpatrick, Ogletree Deakins, Lexington, KY
- Phillip Kontul, Ogletree Deakins, Pittsburgh, PA
- Alexandria Lay, Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC, Charleston, WV
- Lucas Liben, Reed Smith LLP, Pittsburgh, PA
- Shaun Lundy, Penn Stuart, Bristol, TN
- Tad Macfarlan, K&L Gates, Harrisburg, PA
- I. Bobby Majumder, Frost Brown Todd, Dallas, TX
- Drew McCallister, Greylock Energy, Charleston, WV
- Gary McCollum, Alliance Coal, Lexington, KY
- Timothy B. McGranor, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, Columbus, OH
- Christina McKinley, Blank Rome, Pittsburgh, PA
- John Meadows, Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC, The Woodlands, TX
- Michael Moore, Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC, Bridgeport, WV
- R. Henry Moore, Fisher Phillips LLP, Pittsburgh, PA
- Todd Myers, Alliance Coal, Lexington, KY
- Christopher H. Nahley, Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC, Charleston, WV
- Troy Nichols, Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Bristol, TN
- Roger L. Nicholson, Nicholson & Moore, Charleston, WV
- Gregory Ossi, Norton Rose Fulbright, Washington, DC
- Ashley Pack, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Charleston, WV
- Jesse Parrish, Alliance Coal LLC, Lexington, KY
- Jeffrey Phillips, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Lexington, KY
- Ryan Purpura, Blank Rome, Pittsburgh, PA
- Karsten Ritter, Dentons, Cincinnati, OH
- Michael Rush, EQT Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA
- Gregory Russell, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, Columbus, OH
- Thomas Ryan, K&L Gates, Pittsburgh, PA
- Charles W. Saffer, Babst Calland, Charleston, WV
- Courtney Ross Samford, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Lexington, KY
- Bridget Sasson, Lewis Brisbois, Pittsburgh, PA
- Tyson Schwerdtfeger, Alliance Coal LLC, Tulsa, OK
- Michael Settineri, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, Columbus, OH
- Corinne Simon, Warwick Investment Group, Oklahoma City, OK
- Larry Skrzysowski, EQT Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA
- Andrew Smith, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Lexington, KY
- Candace Smith, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Lexington, KY
- Joshua Snyder, Babst Calland, Pittsburgh, PA
- Paul Stockman, Kazmarek Mowrey Cloud Laseter LLP, Pittsburgh, PA
- Barkley Sturgill, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Lexington, KY
- Benjamin Sullivan, Diversified Energy, Charleston, WV
- Chad Sullivan, Jackson Kelly PLLC, Evansville, IN
- Allyn Turner, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Charleston, WV
- Lauren Turner, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Bridgeport, WV
- Lauren Varnado, Brown Rudnick, Houston, TX
- Jeffrey Wagner, Pardee Resources Co., Philadelphia, PA
- Justin Werner, Reed Smith LLP, Pittsburgh, PA
- Martha Wiegand, Canonsburg, PA
- John Williams, Ogletree Deakins, Lexington, KY
- Ken Witzel, Ozdinec & Witzel, Cranberry Township, PA
- Michelle Elmore Wooton, Jackson Kelly PLLC, Charleston, WV
- Brian Zoeller, FBT Gibbons, Louisville, KY
HONORARY TRUSTEES
- Kevin C. Abbott
- W. Bruce A. Americus
- John H. Armstrong
- Cameron S. Bell
- James A. Bibby, III
- Timothy M. Biddle
- Rex Burford
- Steven M. Carpenter
- Edward P. Clair
- Anna M. Dailey
- James H. Davis, III
- R. Eberly Davis
- W. Blaine Early
- C. William Fechtig
- Sandra K. Fraley
- Larry W. George
- Vaughn R. Groves
- John H. Henderson
- John H. Heyer
- Stephen M. Hopta
- Robert G. Jones
- Scott L. Kreutzer
- John A. Macleod
- Elizabeth A. McClanahan
- Ronald E. Meisburg
- Veryl N. Meyers
- Bruce D. Reed
- William Roy Rice
- Kendrick R. Riggs
- Richard D. Rivers
- Justin W. Ross
- Arnold L. Schulberg
- Brooks M. Smith
- Robert F. Stauffer
- Donald C. Supcoe
- David H. Thomason
- Donald H. Vish
- Christopher B. Wallace
- Robert C. Williams
- William G. Williams
- John R. Woodrum
- Jeff A. Woods
- Arthur J. Wright
- Minturn T. Wright
- Marvin O. Young
MEMBER LAW SCHOOL DESIGNATED TRUSTEES
- American University Washington College of Law —
- Appalachian School of Law — Professor Buzz Belleville
- Louisiana State University Law Center — Professor Keith B. Hall
- SMU Dedman — Professor Anna A. Mance
- Texas Tech University School of Law — Dean Darby Dickerson
- University of Kentucky College of Law — R. Clay Larkin
- University of North Dakota School of Law — Professor Blake Klinkner
- University of Oklahoma College of Law — Professor Joseph A. Schremmer
- University of Pittsburgh School of Law — Professor Kevin Abbott
- University of Texas School of Law at Austin — Professor Chris Kuhlander
- Washburn University School of Law —
- West Virginia University College of Law — Professor Ann Eisenberg