The Williams Companies, Inc.


Brian E. O'Neil
President and
Chief Executive
Officer
Interstate Gas
Pipeline Group
Lloyd A. Hightower
President and Chief
Executive Officer
Williams Field
Services Group
Stephen L. Cropper
President and
Chief Executive Officer
Williams Pipe Line
Williams Energy Ventures
Williams Energy Services
Henry C. Hirsch
President and
Chief Operation Officer
Williams
Telecommunications Systems
Howard E. Janzen
President
The WilTech Group, Inc.
Chairman
Vyvx, Inc.

Directors

Keith E. Bailey
Chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of the company.

Harold W. Andersen
Contributing editor and a director and former chairman of the board of The Omaha World-Herald Company.

Ralph E. Bailey
Former chairman and chief executive officer of Conoco, Inc. Currently chairman and chief executive officer of American Bailey Corporation, a privately held investment company.

Glenn A. Cox
Former president and chief operating officer of Phillips Petroleum Company.

Thomas H. Cruikshank
Former chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Halliburton Company.

Ervin S. Duggan President and chief executive officer of Public Broadcasting Service and former member of the Federal Communications Commission.

Patricia L. Higgins
President, Worldwide Communications Market Sector Group,Unisys Corporation.

Robert J. LaFortune
Investor, oil and gas operator, and former Tulsa mayor.

James C. Lewis
Chairman of the board of Optimus Corporation, an investment company.

Jack A. MacAllister
Chairman emeritus of US WEST, Inc.

James A. McClure
President of McClure, Gerard & Neuenschwander, Inc., a Washington-based government relations consulting firm, and counsel to the Boise, Idaho, law firm of Givens, Pursley & Huntley. The former chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee retired from the Senate in 1991 after 24 years of Congressional service.

Peter C. Meinig
President and chief executive officer of HM International, Inc., a privately owned diversified manufacturing and management company.

Kay A. Orr
Former governor of Nebraska.

Gordon R. Parker
Former chairman of the board of Newmont Mining Corporation.

Joseph H. Williams
Former chairman of the board of the company.

Honorary Directors

Charles P. Williams
Former chairman of the board and vice chairman of the company. He is involved in investing.

David R. Williams Jr.
Chairman of Williams Technologies, Inc., a research, natu ral resources and water consulting, development and property management firm (not affiliated with The Williams Companies). He also serves as managing partner of Resource Technologies Associates.

John H. Williams
Former chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the company. He has served as a consultant to the board and the chairman.

Officers

The Williams Companies, Inc.

Keith E. Bailey
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer

John C. Bumgarner Jr.
Senior Vice President
Corporate Development and Planning
President
Williams International Group

James R. Herbster
Senior Vice President
Administration

J. Furman Lewis
Senior Vice President
General Counsel
Jack D. McCarthy
Senior Vice President
Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Interstate Gas Pipeline Group

Brian E. O'Neill
President and Chief Executive Officer

Lewis A. Posekany Jr.
Vice President
Group Planning and Development

Northwest Pipeline Corporation

Brian E. O'Neill
President and Chief Executive Officer

J. Douglas Whisenant
Senior Vice President and General Manager

Matt J. Gillis
Vice President Operations

Tim J. Hausler
Vice President Finance and Administration

Ronald M. Mucci
Vice President Marketing

Steven W. Snarr
General Counsel

Williams Natural Gas Company

Brian E. O'Neill
President and Chief Executive Officer

Frank M. Semple
Senior Vice President and General Manager

David P. Batow
General Counsel

Richard N. Ficken
Vice President Customer Services

B. Todd Hopkinson
Vice President Finance and Controller

Patti L. Schmigle
Vice President Operations and Engineering

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation

Brian E. O'Neill
President and Chief Executive Officer

Cuba Wadlington Jr.
Senior Vice President and General Manager

Ronald L. Adams
Vice President Operations and Engineering

James P. Avioli
Staff Vice President Gas Control

Nick A. Bacile
Vice President Finance Controller

Randall R. Conklin
General Counsel

Frank J. Ferazzi
Vice President Customer Service

Texas Gas Transmission Corporation

Brian E. O'Neill
President and Chief Executive Officer

Gary D. Lauderdale
Senior Vice President and General Manager

Kim R. Cocklin
Vice President Customer Services and Rates

Beverly Griffith
General Counsel

Norris E. McDivitt
Vice President Operations and Engineering

Jack E. Ralph
Vice President Finance Controller

Kern River
Gas Transmission Company

Brian E. O'Neill
President and Chief Executive Officer

Robert L. Sluder
Senior Vice President and General Manager

Larry E. Larsen
Vice President Marketing, Finance and Regulatory Affairs

Mark C. Moench
General Counsel

Williams Field Services Group

Lloyd A. Hightower
President and Chief Executive Officer

Jerry F. Gollnick
Senior Vice President and General Manager Business Development

Steven J. Malcolm
Senior Vice President and General Manager Gathering and Processing

Travis N. Campbell
Vice President Finance and Administration

Mary D. Draper
Vice President Marketing Services

Edward C. England
Vice President Operations

Ralph A. Hill
Vice President and General Manager
Williams Field Services Gas Resources
Williams Production Company

Craig R. Rich
General Counsel

Stephen R. Springer
Vice President Business Development, International

Larry D. Tippens
Vice President Engineering and Construction

William P. Weygandt III
Vice President Business Development, North America

Williams Energy Services Company

Stephen L. Cropper
President and Chief Executive Officer

Phillip D. Wright
Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

G.L. Best
Vice President Finance and Administration

Russell E. Braziel
Vice President Retail Energy Marketing

H. Dean Jones II
Vice President Power Marketing and Trading

Bob F. McCoy
General Counsel

Bruce A. Sukaly
Vice President Marketing and Trading

Ken F. Wyatt
Vice President Energy Development and Finance

Williams Pipe Line Company

Stephen L. Cropper
President and Chief Executive Officer

Steven S. Ball
Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Bob F. McCoy
General Counsel

Williams Energy Ventures

Stephen L. Cropper
President and Chief Executive Officer

Don Wiruth
Vice President and General Manager

T. Jack Huggins
President Pekin Energy Company

Bob F. McCoy
General Counsel

Williams Telecommunications Systems

Henry C. Hirsch
President and Chief Operating Officer

John W. Barnett Jr.
Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing

Thomas P. Griffin
Senior Vice President Operations

Lawrence C. Littlefield
Vice President Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer

Anthony Moreno
Vice President General Business Sales

David Patterson
Vice President Corporate Services

Thomas D. Paulsen
Vice President Technology Development and CIO

Stephen K. Schroeder
General Counsel

The WilTech Group

Howard E. Janzen
President Chairman Vyvx, Inc.

Delwin L. Bothof
President Vyvx, Inc.

S. Miller Williams
Senior Vice President Corporate Development

David L. Young
Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Williams Learning Network, Inc.

Ron Burdge
Vice President and General Manager Williams Learning Network, Inc.

Stephen K. Schroeder
General Counsel

Joe Turcotte
Vice President Operations and Engineering Vyvx, Inc.

Brian E. O'Neill
President and Chief Executive Officer Interstate Gas Pipeline Group

Lloyd A. Hightower
President and Chief Executive Officer Williams Field Services Group

Stephen L. Cropper
President and Chief Executive Officer
Williams Pipe Line
Williams Energy Ventures
Williams Energy Services

Henry C. Hirsch
President and Chief Operating Officer Williams Telecommunica tions Systems

Howard E. Janzen
President The WilTech Group, Inc. Chairman Vyvx, Inc.

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