Ms. Dang is the Chief Executive Officer of Kinder Morgan, Inc., one of the largest energy infrastructure companies in North America. She is also a member of Kinder Morgan, Inc.’s Office of the Chairman and Board of Directors.

Ms. Dang joined Kinder Morgan in 2001 as Director of Investor Relations and has served as Vice President of Investor Relations, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer. She joined the Office of the Chairman in 2014, became President in 2018 and CEO in 2023. 

Prior to joining Kinder Morgan, Ms. Dang spent six years at Goldman Sachs working in the company's real estate investment area. She also worked in Washington, D.C., as a legislative assistant for Congressman Jack Fields and in Austin, Texas, for a venture capital firm.

Ms. Dang holds an MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a bachelor's degree in accounting from Texas A&M University.

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

Mr. Hall has served as a director of KMI since 2012. Previously, he served as a director of El Paso Corporation from 2001 until the closing of our acquisition of El Paso Corporation 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 Boulé Foundation. 

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 senior 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 Kinder Morgan Canada Limited from 2017 until 2019 and President, Chief Operating Officer and a director of Kinder Morgan Management LLC, the general partner of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. and the general partner of El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. from 2013 until 2014. 

Mr. Kean was elected President and Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Houston Partnership effective December 1, 2023. Mr. Kean received his Juris Doctor from the University of Iowa in 1985 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Iowa State University in 1982. 

Richard D. Kinder is the Executive Chairman of Kinder Morgan, Inc., one of the largest energy infrastructure companies in North America. He is also a member of the company’s Office of the Chairman.

Mr. Kinder is a co-founder of Kinder Morgan, which was formed in February 1997. Mr. Kinder is responsible for developing and executing the company's vision and strategy and allocating capital to Kinder Morgan business units in a disciplined manner. Under his leadership, Kinder Morgan has grown from a small company with 175 employees and an enterprise value of $325 million to a corporation with approximately 11,000 employees. He receives a salary of $1 a year and owns approximately 11 percent of Kinder Morgan.

Kinder Morgan is one of Fortune magazine's Most Admired Companies in America and was previously recognized as the top company among all industries for "Quality of Management." Mr. Kinder is a past recipient of Morningstar's CEO of the Year award.

Mr. Kinder received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Missouri and served in Vietnam as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He has served on numerous corporate and non-profit boards and is a life trustee and current Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston.

Mr. Kuehn will retire from the Board as of the date of our 2024 annual meeting of stockholders.  

Mr. Kuehn has served as a director of KMI since 2014. He served as a director of the general partner of El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. from 2007 until 2014, and served as its Chairman from 2007 to 2012. Mr. Kuehn served as Chairman of the board of directors of El Paso Corporation from 2003 to 2009. He also served as Interim Chief Executive Officer of El Paso Corporation from March to September of 2003. Mr. Kuehn served as non-executive Chairman of the board of El Paso Corporation from 1999 to 2000 and as a director from 2001 to 2003. 

From 2001 to 2003, he was also a business consultant. Mr. Kuehn previously served as Chairman of the board of Sonat Inc. from 1986 and President and Chief Executive Officer from 1984 until his retirement in 1999. Mr. Kuehn formerly served on the boards of directors of Praxair, Inc. until 2008, Dun & Bradstreet Corporation until 2007 and Regions Financial Corporation until 2007. 

Ms. Macdonald has served as a director of KMI since 2011. For the past 15 years, she has served on the boards of several private charitable organizations. Ms. Macdonald served as Vice President (President, Natural Gas Pipelines) of KMI from 2002 until 2005 and served as President of a subsidiary of KMI from 1999 until 2003. 

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 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 has been a director of Sunnova Energy International (NYSE: NOVA), a residential energy and storage company, since 2015. He has served as a director and chair of the compensation committee of Stem, Inc. (NYSE: STEM), a smart energy storage company, since April of 2021. 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. Reichstetter has served as a director of KMI since 2014. He served as a director of the general partner of El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. 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, he 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. 

Mr. Shaper has served as a director of KMI since 2007. He was a director of Kinder Morgan Management LLC and the general partner of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. from 2003 until 2013 and a director of the general partner of El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. from 2012 until 2013. He served in various management roles for the Kinder Morgan companies from 2000 until 2013, when he retired as President. 

Mr. Shaper has been a director of Service Corporation International (NYSE: SCI) since May 2022. He is also a director of Sunnova Energy International (NYSE: NOVA) and serves as chair of its audit committee. From 2007 until August 2021, he served as a trust manager of Weingarten Realty Investors and as the chair of its compensation committee. Mr. Shaper was a member of the board of directors 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, and he served as the chair of their respective audit, compensation and nominating and governance committees. 

Mr. Smith has served as a director of KMI since 2014. He served as a director of the general partner of El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. 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 El Paso Corporation, 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 El Paso Corporation 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. Staff has served as a director of KMI since 2011 and has been a private investor since 2007. Mr. Staff was Chief Executive Officer of Reliant Energy, Inc. from 2003 until his retirement in 2007. He also served as Reliant Energy, Inc.’s Chairman of the board from 2003 to 2008 and Executive Chairman of the board from 2008 until his retirement from the board in 2009. Mr. Staff was a director of Ensco International Incorporated between 2002 and 2008.  

Mr. Vagt has served as a director of KMI since 2012. He served as a director of El Paso Corporation from 2005 until we acquired it in 2012. Mr. Vagt has served as a member of the board of directors and as lead independent director of Equitrans Midstream Corp. (NYSE: ETRN) since its spin-out from EQT Corporation in November 2018. He previously served as a member of the board of directors of EQT Corporation from 2017 to November 2018 and 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.