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Storm Cat Energy Adds Two New Independent Directors
Storm Cat Energy Adds Two New Independent Directors.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\nCALGARY, Alberta and DENVER, May 9 /CNW/ -- Storm Cat\nEnergy Corporation (Amex: SCU; TSX.V: SME) today announced the appointment of\nJon Whitney of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and David Wight of Anchorage,\nAlaska to its Board of Directors effective immediately. Both of these\nindividuals have long successful careers in the oil and gas industry. These\nappointments fill a vacancy left on the Board by a recent resignation and add\none additional Director, increasing the Board to seven Directors. Mr. Whitney\nwill join the Audit Committee replacing Mike O'Byrne, and Mr. Wight will be\njoining the Compensation Committee filling an existing vacancy.\n\nJon Whitney\nJon Whitney began his employment with Colorado Interstate Gas Company\n(CIG), a natural gas transmission company, on October 1, 1968 as an accountant\nand was promoted to increasingly important positions within the company. In\n1973, Mr. Whitney was promoted to Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and\nController and was subsequently promoted to Senior Vice President and then\nExecutive Vice President, with the additional responsibilities of\nAdministration, Marketing, Engineering and Operations. From 1990 until a\nmerger with the El Paso Corporation in 2001, Mr. Whitney was President and\nChief Executive Officer of CIG, during which time CIG was ranked by several\noutside entities as one of the top pipeline companies in the U.S. Mr. Whitney\nultimately held various officer positions with 15 different companies within\nthe CIG corporate family and also has held committee positions with the\nInterstate Natural Gas Association of America and the American Gas\nAssociation. Mr. Whitney also has held or holds directorships with several\noutside companies and community organizations.\nMr. Whitney has a Business degree from Colorado State University in Fort\nCollins and, prior to his employment with Colorado Interstate Gas Company, was\na Certified Public Accountant in private practice. Mr. Whitney is currently a\nmember of Peak Energy Ventures, a natural gas consulting company.\n\nDavid Wight\nDavid Wight is the immediate past President and CEO for Alyeska Pipeline\nService Company and retired January 1, 2006 from BP after 41 years. Prior to\njoining Alyeska, Mr. Wight served as President of BP Amoco Energy Company of\nTrinidad and Tobago for eight years.\nMr. Wight gr...