­­Gas and Oil Association of WV, Inc.

Winter Meeting (Charleston Town Center Marriott)
Charleston, West Virginia
February 19-20, 2025

AGENDA
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
7:30 a.m. –  4:00 p.m. Registration A-B Foyer
8:00 a.m. –  9:00 a.m. Producers Issues Committee Breakfast
Restricted to Committee Members Only		 Cumberland/Appalachian
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Past Presidents/Gunslingers Luncheon Salons E-F
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Luncheon Salon D
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Pivoten Software
Christopher Cantrell, CEO
Stephanie Legg, Director of Professional Services
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Employment Practices for the Oil & Gas Industry
Joseph Leonoro, Member
Shelby A. Hicks-Merinar, Of Counsel
Brittany L. O’Saile, Associate
Steptoe & Johnson		 Salons A-D
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. GOpac Reception (Admission by donation only) Salons E-F
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. GO-WV Membership & Legislative Reception Ballroom
DINNER ON YOUR OWN
Thursday, February 20, 2025
8:00 a.m. Registration
Membership Breakfast		 A-B Foyer
Foyer C-D
9:00 a.m. Welcome
Craig Colombo, GO-WV Vice Chairman and Program Chair		 Ballroom
9:05 a.m. Meeting U.S. and Global Energy Demands
Moderator:  Maribeth Anderson, GO-WV Director
Expand Energy
Greg Hoyer, Vice President of Government Affairs
Hope Gas
Michael Allen John, President and CEO
Northeast Natural Energy
Curtis Wilkerson, Principal
Orion Strategies
10:10 a.m. Morning Coffee Break C-D Foyer
10:30 a.m. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (invited) Ballroom
10:40 a.m. Energy Behind the Headlines
Chris Ventura, Executive Director
Consumers Energy Alliance
11:10 a.m. Legislative Update
Philip A. Reale
Law Office of Philip A. Reale
11:30 a.m.
Break
 C-D Foyer
12:00 p.m.

Membership Luncheon

Donald C. Supcoe III Scholarship
     Rich Heffelfinger
Presentation to the Oil & Gas Museum
       Senta Goudy, Executive Director
     Mike Thomas, President
     WV Oil & Gas Museum
Rusty Hutson, Sr. Heritage Award Presentation 
      to 2025 Recipient Ben Hardesty
2025 Gunslinger Award
 Ballroom
12: 30 p.m. Invocation
Jeff Isner, GO-WV Immediate Past Chair
Oil and Gas Reclamation Awards
Jim Crews, Chairman, GO-WV
James Martin, Director, WV Office of Oil & Gas
1:00 p.m. Attorney General J.B. McCuskey
1:20 p.m. Mike Graney, Executive Director
West Virginia Development Office
1:40 pm. Shawn Bennett, Energy and Resilience Division Manager
Battelle
2:00 p.m. Tri-State CCS Project
Ryan Choquette, Project Manager
Tenaska
Adjourn and Afternoon Coffee Break