Kinder Morgan KMI

Ms. Dang has served as a director of KMI since 2017 and became the Chief Executive Officer of KMI on August 1, 2023. She served in the role of President of KMI from 2018 to August 2023. She also served as a director of KML from 2017 until 2019. Ms. Dang has served in various management roles for the Kinder Morgan companies since 2001 and in senior executive roles since 2005, including as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of KMI from 2005 to 2018 and as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of KMR and KMGP from 2005 until 2014. Prior to Kinder Morgan, among other things, Ms. Dang spent six years working in real estate investment at Goldman Sachs. Ms. Dang holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting from Texas A&M University. Ms. Dang's years of leadership as President, as Chief Financial Officer and now as Chief Executive Officer, together with her extensive business acumen, provide our Board with necessary strategic insight. Ms. Dang also provides a diverse perspective that is important to our Board.

Dax A. Sanders was elected President of KMI effective January 31, 2026, after serving as Executive Vice President from August 1, 2025 through January 30, 2026. He was Vice President (President, Products Pipelines) of KMI from July 2020 to August 2025. Mr. Sanders served as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of KMI from April 2018 to July 2020, and Vice President, Corporate Development of KMI from March 2013 to April 2018. He also served as a director and Chief Financial Officer of KML from April 2017 to December 2019. Mr. Sanders served as Vice President, Corporate Development for KMR from March 2013 until November 2014 and the general partner of EPB from March 2013 until January 2015. From 2009 until 2013, he was a Vice President within Kinder Morgan's Corporate Development group. From 2006 until 2009, Mr. Sanders was Vice President of Finance for our Kinder Morgan Canada group. Mr. Sanders joined Kinder Morgan in 2000, and from 2000 to 2006 served in various finance and business development roles within the Corporate Development, Investor Relations, Natural Gas Pipelines and Products Pipelines groups, with the exception of a two-year period while he attended business school. Mr. Sanders holds a master's degree in business administration from the Harvard Business School and a master's and a bachelor's degree in accounting from Texas A&M University.

Sital K. Mody was elected Vice President (President, Natural Gas Pipelines) of KMI in February 2023. From August 2018 to February 2023, he served as President of KMI's Midstream group. From July 2017 to August 2018, he served as Chief Commercial Officer of the Midstream section of KMI's Natural Gas group. From 2013 to 2017, he served as Vice President, Marketing for Tennessee Gas Pipeline. Mr. Mody has served in various roles of increasing responsibility for the Kinder Morgan companies since joining EP in 2001. From 1992 to 2001, Mr. Mody worked at Deloitte, Tenneco Inc. and The Coca Cola Company. Mr. Mody holds a master's degree in finance from the University of Houston and a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Texas.

David P. Michels is Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and has served in this role since April 2018. Mr. Michels previously served as Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations of KMI from March 2013 to April 2018, and as Vice President, Finance from June 2012, when he joined Kinder Morgan, to March 2013. Mr. Michels also served as Chief Financial Officer of EPB GP from 2013 until 2014. Prior to joining Kinder Morgan, Mr. Michels worked at Barclays and Lehman Brothers in energy investment banking, during which time he provided merger and acquisition as well as capital raising services to public and private energy companies. Mr. Michels holds a master's degree from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Texas.

John W. Schlosser was elected Vice President (President, Terminals) of KMI in December 2014 and served in the same role for KMR and KMGP from March 2013 until December 2014. He also served as President of KML from August 2018 to December 2019 and previously served as President, Terminals of KML since its initial public offering in May 2017. Mr. Schlosser was named Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of Kinder Morgan's Terminals group in 2010. He previously served as Vice President of Sales and Business Development for the Terminals group since he joined Kinder Morgan in 2001 in connection with Kinder Morgan's purchase of the U.S. pipeline and terminal assets of the GATX Corporation, where he served as Vice President of Sales. Mr. Schlosser has more than 40 years of experience in commodity transportation and logistics, business development and sales, sales management and operations. Mr. Schlosser holds a bachelor's degree from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

Ms. Chronis has served as a director of KMI since May 2024. She was a Senior Partner with Deloitte LLP (Deloitte) until her retirement in June 2024. Ms. Chronis served as Deloitte's Vice Chair and US Energy & Chemicals Industry Leader from January 2021 to January 2024 and as the Managing Partner of Deloitte's Houston practice from February 2018 to January 2024. She joined Deloitte as a Partner in June 2002. Ms. Chronis has served on the board of directors of the Greater Houston Partnership since April 2018 and served as its chairman for 2021. She has served on the board of directors of Texas 2036, a nonpartisan data driven public policy organization, since September 2019. Ms. Chronis is a CPA, status retired, licensed in the State of Texas, and a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) member. Ms. Chronis has over 30 years of experience as a finance and public accounting executive focusing on the energy, chemicals, technology and manufacturing industries. In addition to her financial and accounting expertise and knowledge of the energy industry, she brings to the Board notable expertise in executive leadership, strategic planning, business transformation, technology, sustainability and enterprise risk management. Ms. Chronis also provides a diverse perspective that is important to our Board.

Mr. Vagt has served as a director of KMI since 2012. He served as a director of EP from 2005 until we acquired it in 2012. Mr. Vagt joined the board of directors of EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT) in July 2024. He previously served as the lead independent director of Equitrans Midstream Corp. (NYSE: ETRN) from 2018 until July 2024. Mr. Vagt also previously served as a member of the board of directors of EQT Corporation from 2017 until the separation of EQT Corporation and Equitrans Midstream Corp. in 2018. He served as Chairman of the board of directors of Rice Energy Inc. from 2014 until its acquisition by EQT Corporation in 2017. Mr. Vagt served as President of The Heinz Endowments from 2008 through 2014. Prior to that time, he served as President of Davidson College from 1997 to 2007. Mr. Vagt served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Seagull Energy Corporation from 1996 to 1997. From 1992 to 1996, he served as President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Global Natural Resources. Mr. Vagt served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Adobe Resources Corporation from 1989 to 1992. Prior to 1989, he served in various positions with Adobe Resources Corporation and its predecessor entities. Mr. Vagt's professional background in both the public and private sectors makes him an important advisor and member of our Board. Mr. Vagt brings to our Board operations and management expertise in both the public and private sectors. In addition, Mr. Vagt provides our Board with a welcome diversity of perspective gained from his service as an executive officer of multiple energy companies, the president of a major charitable foundation and the president of an independent liberal arts college.

Mr. Kean has served as a director of KMI since 2007. He served as Chief Executive Officer of KMI from 2015 to August 2023 and as KMI's President from 2013 to 2018. Mr. Kean served in various management roles for the Kinder Morgan companies beginning in 2002. He was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of KMI from 2006 until 2013, when he was named President and Chief Operating Officer, and served in that capacity until he assumed the Chief Executive Officer role in 2015. Mr. Kean also served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of KML from 2017 until 2019 and President, Chief Operating Officer and a director of KMR, KMGP and EPB GP from 2013 until 2014. Mr. Kean was elected President and Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Houston Partnership effective December 1, 2023.

Mr. Gardner has served as a director of KMI since 2014. He served as a director of KMR and KMGP from 2011 until 2014, and he was a director of the predecessor of KMI from 1999 to 2007. Mr. Gardner has been a Managing Partner of Silverhawk Capital Partners since 2005. Mr. Gardner has served as a director of Incline Energy Partners, LP since 2015. He became chairman of the board of the general partner of CSI Compressco LP following its acquisition by Spartan Energy Partners in January 2021 and served in that role until CSI Compressco LP merged into Kodiak Gas Services in April 2024. Formerly, he served as a director of Spartan Energy Partners from 2010 until November 2021, a director of Summit Materials Inc. from 2009 to May 2020, a director of Athlon Energy Inc. from 2013 to 2014, and a director of Encore Acquisition Company from 2001 to 2010.

Mr. Smith has served as a director of KMI since 2014. He served as a director of EPB GP from 2008 to 2014. From 2003 until his retirement as an active partner in 2012, Mr. Smith was a partner in Galway Group, L.P., an investment banking/energy advisory firm headquartered in Houston, Texas. In 2002, Mr. Smith retired from EP, where he was an Executive Vice President and Chairman of El Paso Merchant Energy's Global Gas Group. Mr. Smith had a 29-year career with Sonat Inc. prior to its merger with EP in 1999. At the time of the merger, Mr. Smith was Executive Vice President and General Counsel. He previously served as Chairman and President of Southern Natural Gas Company and as Vice Chairman of Sonat Exploration Company. Mr. Smith served as a director of Eagle Rock Energy G&P LLC from 2004 until the sale of that company in 2015. Mr. Smith previously served on the board of directors of Maritrans Inc. until 2006.

Mr. Morgan has served as a director of KMI since 2007 and as lead director of KMI since 2011. He served in various management roles for the Kinder Morgan companies from 1997 to 2004, including as President from 2001 until 2004. Mr. Morgan has been Chairman of Triangle Peak Partners, LP, a registered investment adviser and fund manager, since 2008, and was its Chief Executive Officer from 2008 to 2022. He also has been President of Portcullis Partners, L.P., a private investment partnership, since 2004. Mr. Morgan was appointed as a director of Stonepeak-Plus Infrastructure Fund LP in January 2025. Mr. Morgan served as a director of Sunnova Energy International (NYSE: NOVA), a residential energy and storage company, from 2015 to October 2024. He served as a director and chair of the compensation committee of Stem, Inc. (NYSE: STEM), a smart energy storage company, from April 2021 to October 2024. Previously, he served as Chairman of the board of directors of each of Star Peak Energy Transition Corp. (NYSE: STPK) from August 2020 until its merger with Stem, Inc. in April 2021 and Star Peak Corp. II (NYSE: STPC) from January 2021 until its merger with Benson Hill in September 2021. Mr. Morgan was a director of Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company and Kayne Anderson Energy Total Return Fund, Inc. from 2007 until 2008.

Mr. Hall has served as a director of KMI since 2012. Previously, he served as a director of EP from 2001 until the closing of our acquisition of EP in 2012. Mr. Hall has been engaged in the private practice of law since 2010. He previously served as Chief Administrative Officer of the City of Houston from 2004 to 2010 and as the City Attorney for the City of Houston from 1998 to 2004. Prior to 1998, Mr. Hall was a partner in the Houston law firm of Jackson Walker, LLP. Mr. Hall is the past Chairman of the Houston Endowment Inc. and served on its board of directors for 12 years. He is also Chairman of the Boule Foundation. Mr. Hall's extensive experience in both the public and private sectors, and his affiliations with many different business and philanthropic organizations, provides our Board with important insight from many perspectives.

Mr. Reichstetter has served as a director of KMI since 2014. He served as a director of EPB GP from 2007 until 2014. He has been a private investor since 2007. Mr. Reichstetter served as Managing Director of Lazard Freres from 2002 until his retirement in 2007. From 1998 to 2002, Mr. Reichstetter was a Managing Director with Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, formerly Wasserstein Parella & Co. Mr. Reichstetter was a Managing Director with Merrill Lynch from 1993 until 1996. Prior to that time, Mr. Reichstetter worked as an investment banker in various positions at The First Boston Corporation from 1974 until 1993, becoming a managing director with that company in 1982. Mr. Reichstetter brings to the Board extensive experience in investment management and capital markets, as highlighted by his years of service at Lazard Freres, Dresdner Klienwort Wasserstein, Merrill Lynch and The First Boston Corporation.

Michael J. Pitta was elected Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of KMI in February 2024. Mr. Pitta previously served as Vice President, Human Resources from January 2023 to February 2024. Over the course of his 20-year career with KMI, Mr. Pitta has progressed through a variety of leadership roles, including in project management, operations and EHS. Mr. Pitta served as Vice President of EHS from November 2020 to January 2023. He was Vice President of Operations for KMI's Products Pipelines group from January 2019 to November 2020, and Vice President of EHS for our Terminals group from June 2012 to January 2019. He holds a master's degree in business administration from the University of California, Irvine, and a bachelor's degree in engineering geology from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Anthony B. Ashley was elected Vice President (President, CO2 and President, Energy Transition Ventures) of KMI in June 2022. He served as Vice President, Energy Transition Ventures from that team's formation in February 2021 until appointment to his current role. From April 2018 until February 2021, he was Treasurer and Vice President of Investor Relations of KMI and had been Treasurer since 2013. Mr. Ashley joined EP in 1998 and held a variety of positions in finance and business development prior to KMI's acquisition of EP in 2012. Prior to receiving his master's degree, he worked at JP Morgan Chase. Mr. Ashley holds a master's degree from the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University and a bachelor's degree in money, banking and finance from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Kevin Grahmann was elected Vice President, Corporate Development in July 2020. Mr. Grahmann joined Kinder Morgan's Corporate Development group in 2012 and was named a Vice President within the group in July 2017. Prior to joining Kinder Morgan, he served in various business development and corporate development roles at EP and Exterran, Inc. He previously worked at J.P. Morgan in investment banking. Mr. Grahmann holds a master's degree in business administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a bachelor's degree in economics from Rice University.

Mr. Kinder is a director and the Executive Chairman of KMI. He served as Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of KMI from 1999 until he became Executive Chairman in 2015. Mr. Kinder served as Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of KMR from 2001 until 2014. He served as Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of KMGP from 1997 until 2014. He served as Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EPB GP from 2012 until 2014. Mr. Kinder's prior experience as Chief Executive Officer of the Kinder Morgan companies provides him with a familiarity with our strategy, operations and finances that is unmatched.

Michael P. Garthwaite was elected Vice President (President, Products Pipelines) of KMI effective August 1, 2025. He previously served as KMI's Chief Commercial Officer, Products Pipelines, from October 2024 to August 2025 and Chief Commercial Officer, Terminals from June 2019 to October 2024. Mr. Garthwaite joined Kinder Morgan in connection with Kinder Morgan's 2001 purchase of the U.S. pipeline and terminals assets of the GATX Corporation, where he had worked since 1994. He then held multiple operating positions with Kinder Morgan, was promoted to general manager of the Terminals group's Midwest Region in 2007 and became Vice President of Operations in 2013, a position he held until 2019. Mr. Garthwaite holds a master's degree in business administration from Northern Illinois University and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.