Tina Thomas, Senior Vice President of CAEM, has more than 24 years of diversified experience in the gas and oil industry. Before joining CAEM, she worked for the Gas Research Institute, a not-for-profit research arm of the gas industry. There, as Managing Director for Marketing, she developed and implemented a voluntary approach to funding research and also managed the state advocacy program and regulatory relations. With Conoco, Inc., she held various petroleum engineering positions in Wyoming, Oklahoma, and Texas, including hands-on experience in drilling and production of exploration and development wells. She was also responsible for acquisition and distribution of 300 million cubic feet per day of natural gas for DuPont’s chemical plants in Texas. Tina holds a bachelor of science degree in petroleum engineering from Marietta College and a J.D. from South Texas College of Law.