Release Number 5496-08
Release: 5496-08
For Release: May 2, 2008
CFTC Names Members of the Energy Markets Advisory Committee
First EMAC Meeting Scheduled for June 10
Washington, DC – Today, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced the members of its recently-formed Energy Markets Advisory Committee. CFTC Acting Chairman Walter L. Lukken is the Chairman of the EMAC. It is designed to provide a public forum to examine emerging issues related to the energy markets and the CFTC’s role in these markets under the Commodity Exchange Act.
“In these historic times for the markets, I am pleased to have such a diverse and knowledgeable group of energy industry participants to assist the Commission in its role in policing the energy markets,” said CFTC Acting Chairman Lukken.
The first EMAC meeting is scheduled for June 10, 2008 – more details will be released in the future. The 25-person committee membership includes:
Energy Markets Advisory Committee
Bob Anderson
Committee of Chief Risk Officers
Laura Campbell
Memphis Light, Gas & Water
Donald Casturo
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Paul Cicio
Industrial Energy Consumers of America
Bo Collins
1.618 Group LLC
Sean Cota
Cota & Cota Oil & Propane
Kevin Fox
D.E. Shaw & Co., L.P.
John P. Heimlich
Air Transport Association
R. Skip Horvath
Natural Gas Supply Association
Brian Kelly
Colonial Energy, Inc.
Anthony Mansfield
Heller Ehrman LLP as a representative of Shell Trading (US) Company
William McCoy
Morgan Stanley
James Newsome
NYMEX, Inc.
Ron Oppenheimer
Merrill Lynch Commodities, Inc.
Paul Pantano
McDermott, Will & Emery as a representative of the Futures Industry Association
Satu Parikh
Lehman Brothers, Inc.
Robert Pickel
ISDA
Dr. Craig Pirrong
Bauer College of Business
University of Houston
Michael Prokop
Amerex Brokers LLC
Richard Sandor
Chicago Climate Exchange, Inc.
John Shelk
Electric Power Supply Association
Foster Smith
J.P. Morgan
Jeffrey Sprecher
IntercontinentalExchange, Inc.
Mark Stainton
Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C.
Don Whittaker
American Petroleum Institute
In addition to the representative members, the CFTC has invited officials from the Congressional Research Service, the Department of Energy, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the Federal Trade Commission to participate as Official Observers.
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Last Updated: May 22, 2008