Management Team

• Byron R. Kelley was elected Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Regency Gas Services in March 2008.  From March 2008 to May 2010, he also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Regency GP LLC. Prior to his appointment at Regency, Mr. Kelley spent four years at CenterPoint Energy where he served as senior vice president and group president of pipeline and field services, and was responsible for commercial, operational, strategic, regulatory and development aspects of two business units and three lines of business. Preceding his work at CenterPoint, he served as executive vice president of development, operations and engineering, and as president of El Paso Energy International in Houston. He also held management and executive positions at Tenneco Energy, overseeing operational, commercial, strategic planning and business development functions as well as acquisitions and divestitures and served on Tenneco's four-person Executive Council. Earlier in his career, he worked for the Louisiana Intrastate Gas Corporation and Southern Natural Gas Company. Mr. Kelley is a past chairman and member of the Board of Directors of the Interstate National Gas Association and previously served as one of the association's representatives on the U.S. Natural Gas Council of America.
• Stephen L. Arata was elected Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Regency GP LLC in September 2005. From June 2005 to the present, Mr. Arata served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Regency Gas Services LP and its predecessor. From September 1996 to June 2005, Mr. Arata worked for UBS Investment Bank, covering the power and pipeline sectors; he was Executive Director from 2000 through June 2005. Prior to UBS, Mr. Arata worked for Deloitte Consulting, focusing on the energy sector.
• Paul Jolas was elected executive vice president, chief legal officer and secretary of Regency GP LLC on September 8, 2009. Mr. Jolas has 20 years of legal experience, including extensive experience with corporate, securities, governance, finance and transitional matters. Prior to joining Regency, he served in various legal roles at Dallas-based Trinity Industries, Inc. (NYSE: TRN), most recently as vice president, deputy general counsel and corporate secretary. Previous to his work at Trinity, he served as senior regional counsel for the Texas division of KB Home; general counsel, executive vice president and corporate secretary for Radiologix, Inc.; and as a member of the corporate securities group for Haynes and Boone, LLP. Mr. Jolas received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Northwestern University and a Juris Doctor degree from Duke University School of Law. He serves on the Statewide Board of Directors of the Texas General Counsel Forum and the Dallas Chapter’s Board of Directors. Mr. Jolas is also a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Texas and the Dallas Bar Association.
• Christofer D. Rozzell was elected Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer for the Gathering & Processing and Transportation Segments of Regency GP LLC in June 2010. From June 2005 to June 2010, Mr. Rozzell served in various roles at Regency GP LLC, most recently as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategic Planning. From May 2001 to May 2005, Mr. Rozzell held managerial positions in the strategic planning and enterprise risk groups of TXU Corp.  Prior to TXU Corp., Mr. Rozzell worked in the investment banking division of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., focusing on mergers and acquisitions and financings across multiple industries.
• Lawrence B. Connors was elected Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer of Regency GP LLC in February 2008, having served as Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer from September 2005.  From December 2004 to the present, Mr. Connors served as Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer of Regency Gas Services LLC.  From June 2003 through November 2004, Mr. Connors served as Controller of Regency Gas Services LLC.  From August 2000 through November 2001, Mr. Connors was an independent accounting and financial consultant.  From 2001 through May 2003, Mr. Connors was a Registered Representative with Foster Financial Group.  From 1996 through July 2000, Mr. Connors was the Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of Central and South West Corporation.  Mr. Connors is a Certified Public Accountant.
• Dennie W. Dixon was elected Senior Vice President of Operations for Gathering, Processing and Transportation in January 2009. Prior to working for Regency, he served as a natural gas consultant for Arledge Gas Gathering in San Antonio, TX. From 1980 to 2004 he held various positions with Tenneco and El Paso Corporation, most recently serving as Director of Liquefied Natural Gas for El Paso Global Gas. Dixon received a bachelor’s degree in natural gas engineering from Texas A&I University in Kingsville, Texas and holds a master’s degree in business administration with a focus on finance from the University of Houston.
• Bret M. Allan was elected Vice President, Treasury and Risk of Regency GP LLC in March 2010. From September 2001 to March 2010, Mr. Allan held various managerial positions at Energy Future Holdings and its predecessor company, TXU Corp., including positions in strategic planning, financial analysis, and risk. Most recently, Mr. Allan was the Senior Director of Risk Management with responsibility for enterprise risk, credit and portfolio analytics for the deregulated wholesale subsidiary. Prior to joining TXU, Mr. Allan served in various roles at Accenture LLP, most recently as a Senior Manager in the strategic consulting practice, where he specialized in the energy and utility sectors. Mr. Allan received a Bachelor's degree in economics from the University of California at Berkeley, and holds a Master's degree in business administration with a concentration in finance from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
• Shannon A. Ming was elected Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Finance Support of Regency GP LLC in March 2009. From Feburary 2008 to March 2009, Mrs. Ming served as Vice President, Investor Relations and Communications. Mrs. Ming joined Regency GP LLC in April, 2006 as Director of Investor Relations.  From August 2001 to March 2006, Mrs. Ming served in various capacities with TXU Corp., including managerial positions in strategic planning, product development and marketing.  Mrs. Ming holds a Masters of Business Administrations from Southern Methodist University, where she graduated with honors, and a Masters of Public Health from the University of Texas.
• James M. Richter was elected Vice President, Human Resources in June 2007.  From January 2007 to the present, Mr. Richter served as the human resources manager at Regency GP LLC.  From October 2005 to August 2006, Mr. Richter worked for USAA as Senior People Officer.  From June 2001 to August 2005, Mr. Richter was employed by Argonaut Group, Inc. as Vice President, Human Resources.  Prior to Argonaut Group, Mr. Richter held the position of Vice President, Human Resources for PG&E's National Energy Group from August 1997 to March 2001.  Prior to joining PG&E, Mr. Richter held various senior management positions at Aquila Energy and Honeywell, Inc.
• A. Troy Sturrock was elected Vice President, Controller of Regency GP LLC in February 2008.  From June 2006 to February 2008, Mr. Sturrock served as the Assistant Controller and Director of Financial Reporting and Tax for Regency GP LLC. From January 2004 to June 2006, Mr. Sturrock was associated with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, where he was an inspection specialist in the division of registration and inspections. Mr. Sturrock served in various roles at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from 1995 to 2004, most recently as a senior manager in the audit practice specializing in the transportation and energy industries. Mr. Sturrock is a Certified Public Accountant.