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WILLIAMS INC (WMB)

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Board of Directors

Director information for WILLIAMS INC (data for year 2026)

NamePositionAgeQualifications and ExperienceCommittee MembershipsFiling Year
ALAN S. ARMSTRONGExecutive Board Chair and Former President and Chief Executive Officer; Director63["Setting the Board meeting agenda","Acting as liaison between the Board and management","Overseeing the appropriate flow of information to the Board","Assisting the Board committee chairs in preparing agendas","Presiding at Board meetings","Chairing the annual meeting of stockholders","Exec.Chair BOK Financial Corporation","Constellation Energy Corporation","Capital Markets","Capital Allocation","Commodities Trading","Human Capital Management","Corporate Governance & Public Company Board","Information Technology and Cybersecurity","Energy Industry","Mergers & Acquisitions","Engineering & Construction","Operations/Environmental, Health and Safety","Environmental","Strategy Development/Risk Management","Executive Leadership","Sustainability"]["Audit","Environmental, Health and Safety","EH&S Committee","Environmental, Health and Safety Committee"]2026
Carri A. LockhartChief Executive Officer & Managing Director; CEO and Managing Director54["Karoon Energy Ltd.","Current CEO","Previous Chief Technology Officer","Experience in international energy companies in the upstream sector","Over two decades of experience in the international energy industry","Broad background in production operations, facility management, and business development","Former Executive Vice President, Technology, Digital & Innovation at Equinor","Former Chief Technology Officer at Equinor","Experience in offshore, onshore conventional and unconventional assets","Senior leadership positions at Marathon Oil Corporation"]["AUD","Audit","Compensation & Management Development","Compensation and Management Development","Environmental, Health and Safety"]2026
Chad J. ZamarinPresident and Chief Executive Officer; President and CEO; Chair49["None","Facilitated multiple successful acquisitions","CEO","Capital Markets","Capital Allocation","Commodities Trading","Government, Legal, Public Policy, or Regulatory","Energy Industry","Mergers & Acquisitions","Engineering & Construction","Operations/Environmental, Health and Safety","Environmental","Strategy Development/Risk Management","Executive Leadership","Sustainability"][]2026
Jesse J. TysonRetired President & Chief Executive Officer; Member of the Audit Committee; President and CEO73["None","Lifelong career at Exxon Mobil Corporation","Market perspective from a large integrated oil and gas company","financially literate","audit committee financial expert","38 years of experience in the energy industry","Oversight of U.S. fuel distribution operations","Global Aviation Director","President and CEO of Exxon Mobil Inter-Americas","Global Customer Service & Logistics Manager","Corporate leadership experience","President-Elect of the largest Black business fraternity in the USA","Trustee at Lane College and Benedict College","Dean’s Advisory Board at the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University"]["Audit","Compensation & Management Development","Audit Committee","Governance and Sustainability"]2026
Michael A. CreelRetired Director & Chief Executive Officer; Member of the Audit Committee72["None","Chair","financially literate","audit committee financial expert","46 years of energy experience","21 years on large public company boards","8 years at the helm of a large publicly-traded energy infrastructure company","Director and Chief Executive Officer of Enterprise Products Partners L.P.","Group Vice Chairman at EPCO, Inc.","Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Duncan Energy Partners, L.P.","President and Chief Executive Officer at the general partner of Enterprise GP Holdings L.P.","Executive management positions with Shell affiliates Tejas Energy and NorAm Energy Corp.","Skills in Capital Markets, Capital Allocation, and Commodities Trading, Finance & Accounting, Corporate Governance & Public Company Board, Human Capital Management, Energy Industry, Information Technology and Cybersecurity, Environmental, Mergers & Acquisitions, Executive Leadership, Strategy Development/Risk Management"]["Chair","Audit","Audit Committee","Environmental, Health and Safety (Chair)"]2026
Murray D. SmithDirector[]["Audit","Compensation & Management Development","Compensation Committee","EH&S Committee","Environmental, Health and Safety Committee"]2026
Peter A. RagaussRetired Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer; Member of the Audit Committee; Director68["APA Corporation","financially literate","audit committee financial expert","extensive finance and accounting expertise specific to the energy industry","retired from Baker Hughes Company as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer","former Controller, Refining and Marketing for BP Plc","former Chief Executive Officer for Air BP","former Assistant to Group Chief Executive for BP Amoco","former Vice President of Finance and Portfolio Management for Amoco Energy International","held positions at Tenneco Inc. and Kidder, Peabody & Co.","currently serves as a director of APA Corporation","serves on the board of Skulte LNG"]["AUD","CMDC","Audit","Compensation & Management Development","Audit Committee","Governance and Sustainability"]2026
Richard E. MuncriefRetired Director, President & Chief Executive Officer; CEO67["None","Served as CEO of two oil and gas exploration companies","Guided both through significant mergers and acquisitions","Strong operational background","Chair (Incoming)","more than 45 years of experience in the oil and gas industry","strong background in operations, mergers and acquisitions","served as CEO for a publicly traded exploration and production company","oversaw numerous acquisitions and divestitures","various managerial capacities with ConocoPhillips and its predecessor companies"]["Chair","Audit","Compensation and Management Development","Governance and Sustainability","Governance","Sustainability","Environmental, Health and Safety Committee"]2026
Rose M. RobesonRetired Group Vice President & Chief Financial Officer; Audit Committee Chair; Member of the Audit Committee; Director65["SM Energy Company","NPK International Inc.","Wealth of financial experience","Serving on other public company board audit committees","Previously served as CFO at a midstream energy company","Chair","financially literate","audit committee financial expert","over 44 years of experience in accounting and finance","served as Chief Financial Officer of DCP Midstream LLC from January 2002 to May 2012","served as Chief Financial Officer of DCP Midstream GP LLC from May 2012 until January 2014","Vice President and Treasurer with Kinder Morgan, Inc.","held positions with Total Petroleum, Inc. and Ernst & Young","recognized in the 'Top Women in Energy — 2014' by the Denver Business Journal","served as a director of American Midstream GP, LLC","served as a director of AMGP GP LLC","served as a director of Tesco Corporation until its acquisition"]["Chair","Audit Committee","Audit (Chair)","Environmental, Health and Safety"]2026
Scott D. SheffieldRetired Director & Chief Executive Officer73["Tamboran Resources Corporation","More than 50 years of experience in the energy industry","Building a company into a top tier exploration and production company","Director and CEO of Pioneer Natural Resources Company","Founding CEO of Pioneer","Board chair for Pioneer","Director of Santos Limited","Director of Evergreen Resources, Inc.","Skills in Capital Markets, Capital Allocation, and Commodities Trading","Human Capital Management","Corporate Governance & Public Company Board","Information Technology and Cybersecurity","Energy Industry","Mergers & Acquisitions","Engineering & Construction","Operations/Environmental, Health and Safety","Environmental","Strategy Development/Risk Management","Executive Leadership","Sustainability"]["Audit","Compensation & Management Development","Compensation and Management Development","Environmental, Health and Safety"]2026
Stacey H. DoréExecutive Vice President of Public Affairs & Chief Strategy & Sustainability Officer; Director53["None","Chair (Outgoing)"]["Chair","Audit","Governance","Sustainability","Audit Committee"]2026
STEPHEN W. BERGSTROMIndependent Lead Director; Retired Board Chair, President & Chief Executive Officer; independent Lead Director68["Ensuring robust, independent oversight of the Company's leadership","Promoting effective corporate governance","Consulting with and providing input to the Board Chair regarding Board meeting agendas","Serving as a liaison between the independent directors and the executive Board Chair","Convining meetings of the independent directors","Presiding at all executive sessions or meetings of the independent directors","Overseeing the performance evaluation of the executive Board Chair and the President and CEO","Receiving correspondence from stockholders wishing to communicate with non-management directors","Indep.Lead Director","None","45 years of experience with natural gas midstream operations and electric utilities","Prior board experience at American Midstream Partners GP LLC","Executive Board Chair, President, and CEO of American Midstream Partners","Exclusive consultant to ArcLight Capital Partners","Leadership roles at Natural Gas Clearinghouse/Dynegy, Inc.","President and Chief Operating Officer at Dynegy","Experience in Capital Markets, Capital Allocation, and Commodities Trading","Skills in Corporate Governance & Public Company Board","Expertise in Human Capital Management","Experience in the Energy Industry","Mergers & Acquisitions expertise","Experience in Engineering & Construction","Operations/Environmental, Health and Safety knowledge","Environmental experience","Strategy Development/Risk Management"]["AUD","CMDC","Audit","Compensation & Management Development","Compensation and Management Development","Governance and Sustainability"]2026
William H. SpenceRetired Board Chair, President & Chief Executive Officer; Chairman of the Board68["Pinnacle West Capital Corporation","Chair","Experience with electric utilities and natural gas","Experience with alternative energy sources, including nuclear energy","Retired chair of the board of PPL Corporation","Former President and CEO of PPL","Senior management positions at Pepco Holdings, Inc.","Board member of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation","Industry board experience including Edison Electric Institute and Electric Power Research Institute"]["Chair","Compensation and Management Development","Governance and Sustainability"]2026