Who’s Who
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: Stefanie L. Burt
- Vice-President/President Elect: Andrew B. McCallister
- Treasurer: Armando Benincasa
- Secretary: Jessica Brisendine
STAFF
- Anna Girard Fletcher Executive Director
- Dawn Law Web and Office Administrator
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2025-2026
Past Presidents:
Executive Committee:
PAST PRESIDENT TRUSTEES
- 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, 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
- Kevin C. Abbott, Law Office of Kevin C. Abbott, Pittsburgh, PA
- James Adkins, Diversified Energy, Charleston, WV
- Tyler Adkins, Ramaco Resources, Lexington, KY
- Mark Adkins, Bowles Rice, Charleston, WV
- Janae Allert, Bricker Graydon, Columbus, OH
- Nicolle Snyder 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
- Anne C. Blankenship, Energy Transfer, Dallas, TX
- Richard J. Bolen, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Huntington, WV
- Katrina N. Bowers, Diversified Energy, Charleston, WV
- Travis L. Brannon, K&L Gates LLLP, Pittsburgh, PA
- 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
- A.A. Moore Capito, Babst Calland, Charleston, WV
- David Carlson, Ascent Resources, Oklahoma City, OK
- AJ Carna, McGuireWoods, Pittsburgh, PA
- Amanda Cashman, K&L Gates, Pittsburgh, PA
- Stan Cave, Kentucky River Properties, Lexington, KY
- Jamie Chapman, Antero Resources, Pittsburgh, PA
- Roger S. Christenson II, Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC, Bridgeport, WV
- Braden Christopher, Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC, Southpointe, PA
- Caroline Pitt Clark, LG&E and KU Energy, Louisville, KY
- Tyler Compston, Blank Rome, Pittsburgh, PA
- Charles A. Compton, Jackson Kelly PLLC, Evansville, IN
- 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
- Stanton D. Ernest, Dentons Bingham Greenebaum, Evansville, IN
- Erik Fargo, EQT, Pittsburgh, PA
- Tyler Fields, Ramaco Resources, Lexington, KY
- Sandra K. Fraley, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Oklahoma City, OK
- 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
- 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
- Amber Nisbet Hodgdon, Attorney at Law, Charleston, WV
- Stephen M. Hodges, Penn Stuart & Eskridge, Abingdon, VA
- Warren J. Hoffmann, Frost Brown Todd LLC, Lexington, KY
- Brian Jett, Jackson Kelly, Morgantown, WV
- Clay K. Keller, Jackson Kelly PLLC, Akron, OH
- Robert Kelly II, Ascent Resources, Oklahoma City, OK
- Whitney R. Kerns, Bowles Rice, Morgantown, WV
- Melanie J. Kilpatrick, Ogletree Deakins, Lexington, KY
- Alexandria Lay, Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC, Charleston, WV
- Lucas Liben, Reed Smith LLP, Pittsburgh, PA
- Margaret Lopez, Ogletree Deakins, Washington, D.C.
- Ray Lovejoy, II, US Methanol Corporation, Charleston, WV
- Shaun Lundy, Penn Stuart, Bristol, TN
- I. Bobby Majumder, Frost Brown Todd, Dallas, TX
- Drew McCallister, Greylock Energy, Charleston, WV
- Gary McCollum, Alliance Coal, Lexington, KY
- Tad Macfarlan, K&L Gates, Harrisburg, PA
- Timothy B. McGranor, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, Columbus, OH
- Christina McKinley, Blank Rome, Pittsburgh, PA
- Leslie Miller-Stover, EQT, 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
- Barry Osborne, Attorney, Canonsburg, PA
- Gregory J.Ossi, Norton Rose Fulbright, Vienna, VA
- Tammy J. Owen, Goodwin & Goodwin, Charleston, WV
- Ashley C. Pack, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Charleston, WV
- Jesse Parrish, Alliance Coal, Lexington, KY
- Jeffrey K. Phillips, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Lexington, KY
- R. Cordell Pierce, Bank of America, Dallas, TX
- Joseph E. Reinhart, Babst Calland, Pittsburgh, PA
- Alexander J. Reyes, Leech Tischman, Pittsburgh, PA
- John E. Rhine, Dentons Bingham Greenebaum, Evansville, IN
- Michael L. Rush, EQT, Pittsburgh, PA
- Gregory D. Russell, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, Columbus, OH
- Thomas Ryan, K&L Gates, Pittsburgh, PA
- Charles F.W. Saffer, Babst Calland, Charleston, WV
- Courtney Ross Samford, Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington, KY
- Bridget Sasson, Lewis Brisbois, Pittsburgh, PA
- Tyson D. Schwerdtfeger, Alliance Coal, LLC, Tulsa, OK
- Michael J. Settineri, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, Columbus, OH
- Corinne Simon, Warwick Investment Group, Oklahoma City, OK
- Larry Skrzysowski, EQT, Pittsburgh, PA
- Andrew R. Smith, Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC, Lexington, KY
- Candace B. Smith, Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC, Lexington, KY
- Joshua S. Snyder, Babst Calland, Pittsburgh, PA
- Paul K. Stockman, Kazmarek Mowrey Cloud Laseter LLP, Pittsburgh, PA
- Barkley J. Sturgill, Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC, Lexington, KY
- Benjamin M. Sullivan, Diversified Energy, Pittsburgh, PA
- Chad J. Sullivan, Jackson Kelly PLLC, Evansville, IN
- Allyn G. Turner, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Charleston, WV
- Lauren K. Turner, Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC, Bridgeport, WV
- Matthew S. Tyree, Consol, Pittsburgh, PA
- Jeffrey W. Wagner, Pardee Resources Co., Philadelphia, PA
- Justin Werner, Reed Smith, Pittsburgh, PA
- Martha Wiegand, Canonsburg, PA
- John Williams, Ogletree Deakins, Lexington, KY
- Arthur M. Wolfson, Fisher Phillips LLP, Pittsburgh, PA
- Michelle Elmore Wooton, Jackson Kelly PLLC, Charleston, WV
- Brian D. Zoeller, Frost Brown Todd, Louisville, KY
HONORARY TRUSTEES
- 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
- 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 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