In an announcement despatched to Rigzone lately, the Unbiased Petroleum Affiliation of America (IPAA) introduced the appointment of Edith Naegele as its new President and Chief Government Officer, efficient September 22.
Naegele is at present Vice President, Membership and Strategic Growth & Company Secretary of the American Fuel Affiliation (AGA). The incoming IPAA President and CEO has served on this AGA position since becoming a member of the AGA in 2021, the IPAA highlighted, including that, previous to her AGA place, Naegele labored for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce “in roles of accelerating duty from 2003 along with her final position as Senior Vice President the place she oversaw membership growth and engagement”.
The AGA web site notes that, on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Naegele was a part of a growth group supporting income of greater than $180 million yearly by way of multi-year and annual development plans aligned with the group’s coverage objectives.
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“She recognized and beneficial new funding fashions and alternatives and set the strategic route for analysis to extend member engagement, satisfaction and retention,” the location states.
“Earlier in her profession, Naegele gained expertise with the power business working for the Nationwide Affiliation of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and attended the Abshire-Inamori Management Academy inside what’s now the Vitality Safety and Local weather Change Program on the Middle for Strategic and Worldwide Research,” the location provides.
The IPAA outlined in its assertion that, in her new position, Naegele’s priorities “will embody partaking with IPAA membership throughout the nation to higher perceive the problems going through the upstream oil and pure fuel business”.
Jeff Eshelman, the IPAA’s present president and chief govt officer who has served the IPAA for over 27 years, plans to stay with the affiliation in a brand new position, serving to with the management transition and advising on advocacy efforts and IPAA’s Vitality in Depth program which Eshelman based in 2009 and directs, the IPAA famous within the assertion. The group went on to state that its federal advocacy efforts will proceed to be overseen by IPAA’s EVP and Chief Working Officer, Dan Naatz.
“The board of IPAA is thrilled to have Edith Naegele lead our succesful Washington, D.C. primarily based group and strengthen our member engagement,” IPAA Board Chairman Mike Hillebrand stated within the assertion.
“I’m assured in Edith’s capability to activate impartial corporations small and huge and information the affiliation because it presents a unified voice for producers in Washington. Edith’s intelligence, sturdy organizational and communication abilities mixed along with her energetic, get-it-done persona qualify her nicely to carry IPAA into its subsequent chapter,” Hillebrand added.
“We’ve nice alternative forward with a brand new chief and the present administration and Congress. The board and I sit up for working with Edith, the IPAA employees and member corporations to attain a legislative and regulatory surroundings that fosters power dominance, financial progress and environmental stewardship,” Hillebrand continued.
Naegele stated within the assertion, “I’m excited to affix the group on the IPAA and get out to satisfy our members, invigorate our occasions, and proceed to raise the message of the significance of the U.S. oil and pure fuel business to our federal legislators and regulators”.
“I’ve chosen to advocate for commerce by way of my roles on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and extra lately for the pure fuel business on the AGA in Washington, D.C. I couldn’t be extra energized to broaden my mission upstream to the oil and pure fuel business by way of the IPAA which is approaching a century of advocacy for impartial oil and fuel operators,” Naegele added.
In an announcement posted on its website again in January, the IPAA introduced Hillebrand as board chairman for a two-year time period by way of 2026. The IPAA famous in that assertion that its board permitted Hillebrand on the affiliation’s annual assembly in late fall and added that Hillebrand formally assumed the position in January.
“Mike brings implausible enterprise and technical experience to the position of chairman, coupled with a ardour for business and affiliation advocacy,” Eshelman stated in that assertion.
“Previous-chairman Steve Pruett, the president and chief govt officer of Elevation Assets, has been invaluable in increasing IPAA’s attain in Texas and the Permian Basin,” he added.
“I sit up for working with Mike on deepening our roots and relationships in my residence state of Pennsylvania and all through the Appalachian Basin formations,” he continued.
The IPAA has over 5,000 members who produce and develop oil and pure fuel assets in 34 states throughout the US together with members who service and help the business, the IPAA’s newest assertion famous. The AGA represents greater than 200 power corporations that present pure fuel service to 189 million People, the AGA’s web site states. The AGA was based in 1918, the location highlights.
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