Board Members
- Michael J. Bradley was elected to the Board of Directors of Regency GP LLC in January 2008. He has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Matrix Service Company since November 2006. Prior to joining Matrix Service Company, Mr. Bradley served as President and CEO of DCP Midstream Partners and was a member of the board of its general partner. Mr. Bradley was named Group Vice President of Gathering and Processing for Duke Energy Field Services (DEFS) in 2004 and served as Executive Vice President (DEFS) from 2002 to 2004. From 1994 to 2002, he served as Senior Vice President (DEFS) and was responsible for business development and commercial activities. Mr. Bradley graduated from the University of Kansas with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. He also completed the Duke University Executive Management Program. Mr. Bradley is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He also serves on the advisory board for the University of Kansas, School of Engineering.
- James W. Bryant was elected to the Board of Directors of Regency GP LLC in July 2010. Mr. Bryant is a chemical engineer and has more than 40 years of experience in all phases of the natural gas business, specifically in the engineering and management of midstream facilities. Mr. Bryant currently serves as a partner and member of the Board of Directors for Cardinal Midstream, LLC. Prior to that, he was a co-founder of Cardinal Gas Solutions LP, a contract gas treating company that was later sold to Crosstex Energy Services, L.P. In 2003, Mr. Bryant co-founded Regency Gas Services, LLC, the predecessor to Regency, and served as president of Regency Gas Services, LLC, until December 2004, when it was sold to Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Inc. He has been instrumental in the formation, development and growth of numerous other companies in the midstream sector, including those specializing in natural gas treating. Mr. Bryant has previously served on the Board of Directors for Gulf Energy & Development, Endevco, Inc., Oachita Energy Company, and Regency Gas Services, LLC. Mr. Bryant received a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Louisiana Tech University.
- Rodney L. Gray was elected to the Board of Directors of Regency GP LLC on February 22, 2008. Since 2003, Mr. Gray has served as chief financial officer of Colonial Pipeline. Prior to that, he served as a board member and advisor for Venture Capital Projects, a firm that provided funds and management assistance for early-stage business ventures. From 2000 to 2001, Mr. Gray was chief financial officer of Petrocosm Corporation, an e-procurement venture by Chevron and Crosspoint Partners that provided Internet-based procurement services to the oil and gas industry. He graduated from Rocky Mountain College will a degree in mathematics and economics in 1974, and from the University of Wyoming with a degree in accounting in 1975.
- John D. Harkey was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Regency GP LLC in May 2010. From December 2005 to May 2010, Mr. Harkey served as a Director of Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., and has served as a Director of Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. since May 2006. In addition, Mr. Harkey has served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Consolidated Restaurant Companies, Inc. since 1998. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Leap Wireless International, Inc., Loral Space & Communications Inc., Emisphere Technologies, Inc., and the Board of Directors for the Baylor Health Care System Foundation. He also serves on the President's Development Council of Howard Payne University, Baylor Health Care Foundation and on the Executive Board of Circle Ten Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
- Byron R. Kelley was elected to the Board of Directors of Regency GP LLC and Regency Gas Services in March 2008, serving as Chairman of the Board from March 2008 to May 2010. 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.
- John W. McReynolds was elected to the Board of Directors of Regency GP LLC in May 2010. Mr. McReynolds is the President and Chief Financial Officer of Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. and has served as the President of ETE since March 2005 and as a Director and Chief Financial Officer of ETE since August 2005. In addition, from August 2004 to May 2010, he served as a Director of Energy Transfer Partners. Prior to becoming President of ETE, Mr. McReynolds was a partner at an international law firm for over 20 years. As a lawyer, he specialized in energy related finance, securities, partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, syndication and litigation matters, and served as an expert in numerous arbitration, litigation, and governmental proceedings, including as an expert in special projects for Boards of Directors of public companies.
