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John W. Somerhalder II was named president and chief executive officer of AGL Resources (NYSE: ATG) and elected to the company’s board of directors in March 2006. AGL Resources is an Atlanta-based natural gas company serving 2.2 million customers in six states. The company also operates natural gas distribution systems, markets natural gas at wholesale and retail, and owns and operates dark fiber optic network infrastructure.
Somerhalder joined AGL Resources from El Paso Corporation (NYSE: EP) where he spent almost 30 years with El Paso and its predecessor entities, rising through the ranks from engineer to president of El Paso Pipeline Group and executive vice president of El Paso Corporation. He served in an advisory capacity to El Paso since May 2005. With extensive state and regulatory experience in multiple jurisdictions, Somerhalder brings extensive business acumen, sound judgment, and energy industry knowledge to AGL Resources.
As president of the El Paso Pipeline Group, Somerhalder oversaw 3,600 employees at pipelines throughout the United States. They included the Tennessee Gas, Southern Natural Gas, El Paso Natural Gas, ANR, Colorado Interstate Gas, WIC, and Mojave Pipeline organizations. He also oversaw El Paso’s interest in Southern LNG (Elba Island) and the company’s 50 percent ownership of Florida Gas Transmission and Great Lakes Transmission.
John Somerhalder serves on the board of the American Gas Association, the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and Georgia Chamber of Commerce. He was was elected Director of Quicksilver Gas Services GP LLC in July 2007. He has served as past chairman of INGAA and the INGAA Foundation and been a member of the Southern Gas Association and the Gas Technology Institute.
Somerhalder holds a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Arizona. He and his wife, Rebecca, live in Atlanta. They have four grown children and two grandchildren. | 