People

Targa Resources Corp. leadership

11 board membersSource: SEC DEF 14A

Snapshot

Targa Resources Corp.'s leadership comprises 11 directors and 7 named executive officers, led by Matthew J. Meloy (Chief Executive Officer and Director). Names, tenure and backgrounds are sourced from the latest SEC proxy statement (DEF 14A).

Board size
11
Source
Proxy statement

Board & leadership

Board of directors
Matthew J. MeloyChief Executive Officer and DirectorSince 2020

Matthew J. Meloy has served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company since March 1, 2020, and as Chief Executive Officer of the General Partner since March 2020. He previously served as President of the Company and the General Partner between March 2018 and March 2020, and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer between May 2015 and February 2018, having held various finance and treasury roles at the Company since 2006. Prior to joining Targa, Mr. Meloy was with The Royal Bank of Scotland in the structured finance group, focusing on the energy sector, from October 2003 to March 2006.

Paul W. ChungChairman of the Board of DirectorsSince 2021

Paul W. Chung has served as a director and Chairman of the Board of the Company since January 1, 2021. From March 2020 until December 31, 2020, he served as Executive Vice President and Senior Legal Advisor of the Company, and from May 2004 to March 2020 as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company and its predecessor entities and of the General Partner. From 1999 to May 2004 he served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of various Shell Oil Company affiliates, including Coral Energy, LLC and Shell Trading North America Company, and from 1996 to 1999 as Vice President and Assistant General Counsel of Tejas Gas Corporation; he previously held legal positions at companies including the law firm of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.

Beth A. BowmanDirectorSince 2018

Beth A. Bowman has served as a director of the Company since September 2018. She served as a director of Sprague Resources GP LLC, the general partner of Sprague Resources LP, from October 2014 until November 2022, and held management positions at Shell Energy North America (US) L.P. for 17 years until her retirement in September 2015, including Senior Vice President of the West and Mexico and Senior Vice President of Sales and Origination for Shell's North America business. Prior to Shell Energy, Ms. Bowman held management positions at Sempra Energy Trading and Sempra's San Diego Gas & Electric utility, and served on the boards of the California Power Exchange and the California Foundation of Energy and Environment from 2004 until 2015.

Lindsey M. CooksenDirectorSince 2020

Lindsey M. Cooksen has served as a director of the Company since June 2020. She has served as the founder and managing director of Cooksen Wealth, LLC, a wealth management firm, since April 2019, and previously held various positions with Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management from August 2009 to April 2019, including Private Wealth Advisor, Family Wealth Director and Portfolio Management Director. She also previously worked for Citigroup Global Investment Bank between July 2005 and August 2007.

Charles R. CrispDirectorSince 2005

Charles R. Crisp has served as a director of the Company since its formation in October 2005. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of Coral Energy, LLC, a subsidiary of Shell, from 1999 until his retirement in November 2000, and President and Chief Operating Officer of Coral from January 1998 through February 1999; prior to this he served as President of the power generation group of Houston Industries and, between 1988 and 1996, as President, Chief Operating Officer and a director of Tejas. Mr. Crisp is a director of EOG Resources Inc. (NYSE: EOG) and was previously a director of Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (NYSE: ICE) from 2002 until May 2022 and Southern Company Gas from 2003 until April 2023.

Waters S. Davis, IVDirectorSince 2015

Waters S. Davis, IV has served as a director of the Company since July 2015. He served as President of National Christian Foundation, Houston from July 2014 until December 2020, and was Executive Vice President of NuDevco LLC from December 2009 to December 2013. Prior to NuDevco, he served as President of Reliant Energy Retail Services from June 1999 to January 2002 and as Executive Vice President of Spark Energy from April 2007 to November 2009, and previously served as a director of Milacron Holdings Corp.

Laura C. FultonDirectorSince 2013

Laura C. Fulton has served as a director of the Company since February 2013. She has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the American Bureau of Shipping since July 2021 (Vice President of Finance from January 2020 until July 2021), and previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Hi-Crush Proppants LLC from April 2012 until December 2019 and related Hi-Crush entities. From March 2008 to October 2011 she served as Executive Vice President, Accounting and then Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of AEI Services, LLC, and earlier spent 12 years with Lyondell Chemical Company and 11 years with Deloitte & Touche in public accounting.

Rene R. JoyceDirectorSince 2005

Rene R. Joyce has served as a director of the Company since its formation in October 2005 and is retiring from the Board effective as of the date of the Annual Meeting. He previously served as Executive Chairman of the Board between January 2012 and December 2014 and as Chief Executive Officer of the Company between October 2005 and December 2011. Mr. Joyce served as a director of APA Corporation (NASDAQ: APA) between May 2017 and May 2021, worked as an energy industry consultant from 2000 through 2003, and earlier served as President of onshore pipeline operations and energy services of Coral Energy, LLC (a Shell subsidiary) and as President of various operating subsidiaries of Tejas from 1990 until 1998.

Caron A. LawhornDirectorSince 2024

Caron A. Lawhorn has served as a director of the Company since March 2024. She served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ONE Gas, Inc. (NYSE: OGS) from March 2019 until her retirement in December 2023, and previously held senior roles at ONE Gas and ONEOK, Inc. (NYSE: OKE), including Senior Vice President, Commercial and President of OKE's natural gas distribution segment, having joined OKE in 1998 after serving as a Senior Manager at KPMG and Chief Financial Officer of Emergency Medical Services Authority in Tulsa. She also serves as a director of AAON, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAON), where she has chaired the audit committee since 2019.

Joe Bob PerkinsDirectorSince 2012

Joe Bob Perkins has served as a director of the Company since January 2012. He previously served as Executive Chairman of the Board between March 2020 and December 2020, as Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the General Partner between January 2012 and March 2020, and as President of the Company from its formation in October 2005 through December 2011, having served predecessor Targa companies as President since their founding in 2003. Prior to that, Mr. Perkins served in various leadership roles within the energy industry across midstream and upstream sectors and was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company working primarily in energy.

R. Keith TeagueDirectorSince 2024

R. Keith Teague has served as a director of the Company since February 2024. He served as Chief Operating Officer of Tellurian, Inc. and its predecessors from October 2016 to July 2022, and previously held various leadership roles at Cheniere Energy Inc., including Executive Vice President, Asset Group from February 2014 to September 2016. From December 2001 to September 2003 he served as Director of Strategic Planning for the CMS Panhandle Companies, began his career with Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, and previously served as a director of Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: CQP) from April 2008 to October 2016.

Executive leadership
Jennifer R. KnealePresidentSince 2025

Jennifer R. Kneale has served as President of the Company and the General Partner since March 2025. She previously served as President—Finance and Administration between July 2024 and February 2025, and as Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the General Partner between March 2018 and July 2024, having held various finance roles since 2013. Prior to that, Ms. Kneale spent more than eleven years in the financial services industry, primarily in private equity, asset management and investment banking, most recently with Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. in its energy private equity group, TPH Partners; she has also served on the Board of Directors of Suncor Energy Inc. (NYSE: SU) since February 2026.

Robert M. MuraroChief Commercial OfficerSince 2018

Robert M. Muraro has served as Chief Commercial Officer of the Company and the General Partner since March 2018. He previously served as Executive Vice President—Commercial between February 2017 and February 2018, and as Senior Vice President—Commercial and Business Development of Targa Midstream Services LLC and various other subsidiaries of the Partnership between March 2016 and February 2017. He also served as Vice President—Commercial Development from January 2013 to March 2016 and as Director of Business Development between August 2004 and January 2013.

William A. ByersChief Financial OfficerSince 2024

William A. Byers has served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the General Partner since July 2024. He previously served as Chief Financial Officer at Manchester Energy, LLC between June 2022 and June 2024, and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Navitas Midstream Partners, LLC between August 2014 and February 2022. Prior to that, Mr. Byers worked in investment banking focused on the energy sector for 14 years and was most recently a Managing Director for Barclays.

Patrick J. McDoniePresident – Gathering and ProcessingSince 2018

Patrick J. McDonie has served as President—Gathering and Processing of the Company and the General Partner since March 2018. He previously served as Executive Vice President—Southern Field Gathering and Processing between November 2015 and February 2018, and held leadership roles at Atlas Pipeline Partners GP LLC (acquired by the Partnership in February 2015), including President from October 2013 to February 2015 and Chief Operating Officer from July 2012 to October 2013. He also served as President of ONEOK Energy Services Company between May 2008 and July 2012.

Benjamin J. BranstetterPresident – Logistics and TransportationSince 2026

Benjamin J. Branstetter has served as President—Logistics and Transportation of the Company and the General Partner since March 2026. He previously served as Senior Vice President—Downstream Commercial between March 2024 and February 2026, Vice President—NGL Supply & Business Development between July 2022 and March 2024, and Vice President—Optimization between September 2020 and July 2022, among various roles with the Company's subsidiaries since April 2017, including Director, Corporate Development. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Branstetter served in the investment banking group at Lazard, Inc.

Gerald R. ShraderExecutive Vice President, General Counsel and SecretarySince 2023

Gerald R. Shrader has served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company since December 2023. Prior to his appointment, he served in various roles with subsidiaries of the Company beginning in March 2015, most recently as Senior Vice President, General Counsel—Southern Field G&P and Secretary of those subsidiaries. Prior to joining Targa, Mr. Shrader served as Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC from October 2009 until March 2015, and previously worked both for publicly traded energy companies and in private practice.

J. Christopher EklofSenior Vice President and Chief Accounting OfficerSince 2025

J. Christopher Eklof has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company and the General Partner since March 2025. He previously served as Vice President—Financial Controller between May 2022 and February 2025, and as Vice President—Operational Controller between May 2019 and May 2022, among various roles with the Company's subsidiaries since July 2010. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Eklof served as Vice President of Accounting for J.P. Morgan's energy trading business from October 2007 to June 2010 and served in the audit practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for eight years.

SourceSEC DEF 14A proxy statement Last updated

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