Board Committee – Operations Gas

This committee represents the Gas Operations interests of the Board of Directors. Members are tasked with providing direction to WEI and the Executive Planning Committee on appropriate subject matter for WEI to pursue and to establish the content and priorities for its major conferences. They will provide guidance for other WEI programs as appropriate to assure that programs are meeting the needs of the Board of Directors.

For more information on this Program Development Team contact Stephanie Knauss-Crader at knauss-crader@westernenergy.org or at 503-688-2797

Committee Members

David Buczkowski

Southern California Gas Company

Vice President of Gas Distribution
Member

Josh DiLuciano

Avista Utilities

Vice President of Energy Delivery
Member

Scott Madison

MDU Utilities Group

EVP, Bus. Dev & Gas Supply
Chair
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Scott Madison, Executive Vice President and General Manager for Cascade Natural Gas Corporation and Intermountain Gas Company. Intermountain and Cascade are wholly owned subsidiaries of MDU Resources Inc. Intermountain is headquartered in Boise, Idaho and Cascade is headquartered in Kennewick, Washington.

Mr. Madison serves as a director of the Northwest Gas Association and the Western Energy Institute. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Better Business Bureau of the Snake River Region, Director of the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce and the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry.

Mr. Madison graduated from the University of Idaho with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting.

Eric Martuscelli

MDU Utilities Group

Vice President, Field Operations
Member
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Eric Martuscelli, Vice President of Operations for Cascade Natural Gas Corporation, is a native of Walla Walla, WA. Eric began his career as summer help with Cascade Natural Gas in Walla Walla and became a full time meter reader in 1992. He held several operations positions through 2002 when he moved to Bend, OR as a construction coordinator. In 2004 Eric moved to Pendleton, OR as a general manager and then in the same year to Mount Vernon, WA serving in the same role. Eric became the Region Director in 2008 and moved back to Bend, OR. In 2012 Eric became Vice President of Operations and currently resides in Kennewick, WA. Eric is a 2010 graduate of Ashford University where he is currently pursuing a Bachelor degree in Organizational Management.

Eric and his wife, Laurie, have a one daughter and one son.

Richard Mooney

Honeywell

Sales Manager
Member
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Rick Mooney is a veteran of the natural gas industry, having served in various sales and sales management positions for nearly 16 years. Currently Rick is the International Market Segment & Northwest District Sales Manager for Elster American Meter.

Prior to joining Elster, Mooney managed a network of international representatives & distributors for Dresser Mooney Controls. Mooney is also a respected instructor, speaker, and author. He has been an instructor at Western Gas Measurement Short Course over the past 13 years. Additionally, Mooney has taught at the Texas A&M University Gulf Coast Gas Measurement Society, the University of Oklahoma International School of Hydrocarbon Measurement (ISHM); Appalachian School of Gas Measurement Technology (ASGMT); and the New England Gas Operations School (NEGA).

Mooney, who graduated with a degree in business marketing from the University of Portland, is an avid sportsman who enjoys spending any leisure time he can on water – no matter what “state” it is in. Throughout the winter, he can be found experimenting with water properties in its solid form, courtesy his snowboard or skis. He shares his passion for outdoor sports with his wife, Kelly, and their two children, Zach (12) and Alexis (9).

Kevin Nishimura

HAWAI'I GAS

Vice President Operations
Member

Doyle Sam

FortisBC

Executive Vice President, Operations & Engineering
Member

Julie Williams

Southwest Gas Corporation

Senior Vice President/Continuous Improvement and Optimization
Member