David Foley, Chairman of the Board

Mr. Foley was appointed to the Board of Directors and elected Chairman of the Board in connection with the closing of the merger between EagleClaw Midstream and Altus Midstream and has served as a director of BCP GP since June 2017. Mr. Foley is a Senior Managing Director in the Private Equity Group and Global Head of Blackstone Energy Partners. Mr. Foley is responsible for overseeing Blackstone’s private equity investment activities in the energy sector on a global basis. Since joining Blackstone in 1995, Mr. Foley has been responsible for building the Blackstone energy practice and has played an integral role in every energy-related private equity deal that the firm has made. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Foley worked with AEA Investors and prior to that he worked as a management consultant for Monitor Company. Mr. Foley serves as a member of the Board of Directors for several Blackstone investments, including Beacon Offshore Energy, Geosyntec, Kinetik and Rover. He also serves as the Chairman of the Columbia University Medical Center Ophthalmology Board of Advisors. Mr. Foley received a B.A. and M.A. in Economics, with honors, Phi Beta Kappa, from Northwestern University and received an M.B.A. with distinction from Harvard Business School.

Jamie Welch, President & Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Welch has served as our Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Financial Officer and as a member of our board of directors since the closing of the merger between EagleClaw Midstream and Altus Midstream. Prior to the closing of the merger between EagleClaw Midstream and Altus Midstream, he served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of BCP GP, a position he held since May 2021. From April 2019, he has been President and CEO and before then was President and CFO. He has also served as director of BCP GP since June 2017. Prior to joining BCP GP, he was the Group Chief Financial Officer and Head of Business Development for the Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. (“ETE”) family from June 2013 to February 2016. Mr. Welch also served on the Board of Directors of ETE, Energy Transfer Partners and Sunoco Logistics., Mr. Welch joined Blackstone Energy Partners as a Senior Advisor in July 2016,. Before joining ETE, Mr. Welch was Head of the EMEA Investment Banking Department and Head of the Global Energy Group at Credit Suisse. He was also a member of the Investment Banking Division Global Management Committee and the EMEA Operating Committee. Mr. Welch joined Credit Suisse First Boston in 1997 from Lehman Brothers Inc. in New York, where he was a Senior Vice President in the global utilities and project finance group. Prior to that he was an attorney in New York with Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and a barrister and solicitor with Minter Ellison in Melbourne, Australia. Mr. Welch received a Bachelors of Law and a Diploma of Legal Practice from Queensland University of Technology.

Laura Sugg, Lead Independent Director

Ms. Sugg was appointed to the Board of Directors in connection with the closing of the merger between EagleClaw Midstream and Altus Midstream and has served as a director of BCP GP since December 2020. Ms. Sugg is a retired executive of ConocoPhillips, a Fortune 100 company. Prior to her retirement in 2010, she held diverse global and domestic roles leading multiple divisions including the Australasia, Midstream, and Global Gas Divisions, as well as serving as the VP Human Resources Upstream. Additionally, she has had management positions across the company in Engineering and Operations, Corporate and Strategic Planning, Mergers and Acquisitions, Treasury, and Marketing. Ms. Sugg currently serves on two public company boards, Public Service Enterprise Group since 2019, and Murphy Oil since 2015. She previously served as an independent director for The Williams Companies, Denbury Resources, and Mariner Energy. Her board committee leadership has included serving as the Chair of the Strategic Transaction Committee for the Williams/Energy Transfer merger, Chair of the Operations and Cyber Security Committee and Chair of the Compensation Committee. Additionally, she has been a committee member of the Governance, Audit, Finance, and EHS Committees for the various Boards. Ms. Sugg has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Oklahoma State University and has completed numerous advanced management and board of director education programs. She is a member of G100 Board Excellence and National Association of Corporate Directors.

Deborah Byers, Director

Ms. Byers was appointed to the Board of Directors in July 2022. She recently retired from Ernst and Young following a distinguished 36-year career in public accounting while holding multiple leadership roles. From July 2018 until her retirement in July 2022, she served as EY’s Americas Industry Leader overseeing the markets and growth strategy across its primary industry. Ms. Byers served as EY’s Houston Office Managing Partner and US Energy Leader from July 2013 to July 2018 and Managing Partner of the Southwest Region Strategy & Transactions business unit from July 2008 to July 2013. In these roles, she was a leader in the global energy markets and worked with corporations and investment funds in all phases of energy investment. Currently, Ms. Byers also serves on the Board of Excelerate Energy, Inc. Ms. Byers holds a BBA from Baylor University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Elizabeth Cordia, Director

Ms. Cordia was appointed to the Board of Directors in connection with the closing of the merger between EagleClaw Midstream and Altus Midstream and has served as a director of BCP GP since March 2020. Ms. Cordia is a Senior Associate in the Private Equity group at Blackstone. Since joining Blackstone in 2016, Ms. Cordia has been involved in Blackstone’s investments in Custom Truck One Source, EagleClaw Midstream, Falcon Minerals, Grand Prix and Permian Highway Pipeline. Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Cordia worked as an Investment Banking Analyst at Barclays in the Global Natural Resources group. Ms. Cordia received an A.B. in Economics from Princeton University, where she graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.

Jesse Krynak, Director
Jesse Krynak was appointed to our Board of Directors in March 2023. Mr. Krynak is a Managing Director at I Squared Capital and held investing and operating roles at I Squared Capital since 2019. Prior to joining I Squared Capital in 2019, Mr. Krynak was a Director at First Reserve on its private equity investment team, where he was involved in numerous transactions across the energy value chain. Mr. Krynak also serves as a Director of Hydrogen Technology Energy Corporation (HTEC) and Whistler Pipeline. Mr. Krynak holds a B.S. in Finance from Pepperdine University and a M.A. in Economics from the University of Southern California.
Mark Leland, Director

Mr. Leland has served as a director since March 2017. He has served on the board of directors of PotlatchDeltic Corporation since 2016 and served as Deltic Timber Corporation’s interim President and CEO from October 2016 to March 2017. Mr. Leland has served on the board of directors of Equitrans Midstream Corporation (NYSE: ETRN), a publicly-traded natural gas gathering, transmission, and storage company, since January 2020. He served on the board of directors for the general partner of Rice Midstream Partners LP from 2014 until its merger with EQM Midstream Partners, LP in July 2018, including serving as Chairman of the audit committee and a member of the conflicts committee. Previously, Mr. Leland served as Executive Vice President and CFO of El Paso Corporation, a natural gas-focused pipeline and production company, from 2005 to 2009 and President of El Paso’s midstream business unit from 2009 to 2012, and as director of El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. from its formation in 2007 to 2012. He served as Senior Vice President and CFO of El Paso Exploration & Production Company from 2004 to 2005. Mr. Leland served as Vice President and COO of the general partner of GulfTerra Energy Partners, L.P. in 2003, and as Vice President and Controller from 1997 to 2003. Mr. Leland served on the board of directors of the general partner of Oiltanking Partners, L.P., a crude oil and petroleum products storage provider, from 2012 until 2015 and on the board of directors of KiOR, Inc., a renewable fuels company, from 2013 until 2015.

Kevin McCarthy, Director

Mr. McCarthy has served as a director since June 2017. He previously served as the Company’s Chairman from March 2017 until November 2018 and as its Chief Executive Officer from December 2016 (inception) until February 2017. Mr. McCarthy has served as Vice Chairman at Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P. since 2019 and previously served as Chairman of the Board for Kayne Anderson’s closed-end funds from 2004 through July 2020 and Chief Executive Officer for Kayne Anderson’s closed end funds from 2004 to 2019. Prior to joining Kayne Anderson in 2004, Mr. McCarthy was global head of energy at UBS Securities LLC. In this role, he had senior responsibility for all of UBS’ energy investment banking activities, including direct responsibilities for securities underwriting and mergers and acquisitions in the MLP industry. From 1995 to 2000, Mr. McCarthy led the energy investment banking activities of Dean Witter Reynolds and then PaineWebber Incorporated. He began his investment banking career in 1984. In addition to his directorships at Kayne’s closed-end funds, he currently serves on the board of Chord Energy Inc. and Plains All American Pipeline LP and previously served on the board of directors of several publicly traded energy companies, including Range Resources Corporation, ONEOK, Inc., Emerge Energy Services LP and K-Sea Transportation Partners L.P. Mr. McCarthy earned a B.A. in Economics and Geology from Amherst College in 1981 and an M.B.A. in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1984.

JP Munfa, Director

Mr. Munfa was appointed to the Board of Directors in connection with the closing of the the merger between EagleClaw Midstream and Altus Midstream and has served as a director of BCP GP since June 2017. Mr. Munfa is a Senior Managing Director in the Private Equity group at Blackstone. Since re-joining Blackstone in 2011, Mr. Munfa has focused on investments in the midstream and transmission sectors. Mr. Munfa has played an integral role in the execution of Blackstone’s investments in Cheniere, Cliff Swallow, Custom Truck One Source, EagleClaw Midstream, Grand Prix, Global Offshore Wind, GridLiance, Permian Highway Pipeline, Rover and Sabre. Mr. Munfa serves as a Director of Sabre and Custom Truck One Source. From 2006 to 2009, Mr. Munfa was an Analyst with Blackstone’s Private Equity group, where he was involved in the analysis and execution of private equity investments in energy and other industries. He began his career in 2004 as an Analyst in Blackstone’s Restructuring & Reorganization group. Mr. Munfa received an A.B. in Economics from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he graduated as an Arjay Miller Scholar.

Ben Rodgers, Director

Mr. Rodgers was appointed to the Board of Directors in connection with the closing of the the merger between EagleClaw Midstream and Altus Midstream. Prior to that, he served as our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and a member of the Board of Directors since November 9, 2018, immediately following consummation of our initial business combination. Mr. Rodgers also has served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer of APA Corporation since January 2020, overseeing treasury, midstream and marketing, and market strategies, having previously served as Vice President and Treasurer since May 2018. Prior to joining APA Corporation, Mr. Rodgers served as Senior Vice President of EIG Global Energy Partners and led an investment team focusing on originating and managing oil and gas debt and equity investments in North America from 2016 until 2018. Before that, he was with Concho Resources serving in a variety of leadership roles including Vice President of Commodities and Midstream and Vice President and Treasurer from 2012 until 2016. From 2008 until 2012, he also held the role of Vice President, Syndicated and Leveraged Finance, in the Investment Banking Division of J.P. Morgan Securities. Before that, he was senior consultant in the Advisory Services group at Ernst & Young from 2002 until 2007.

Ronald Schweizer, Director

Mr. Schweizer has served as a director since July 2022. Mr. Schweizer is the Chief Operating Officer of Americas portfolio at I Squared Capital, where his responsibilities encompass the operations and asset management of the America’s portfolio. Prior to assuming his current role, Mr. Schweizer served as the global Chief Financial Officer of the firm for nine years, which included the oversight of the company’s administration, financial and risk management operations around the world. Before joining I Squared in 2013, Mr. Schweizer served as Senior Vice President and Head of Alternative Investments Finance at PineBridge Investments. At PineBridge, Mr. Schweizer was responsible for the accounting and operations functions, due diligence on all new private equity fund-of-fund investments, and the review and oversight of all investment valuations. Before PineBridge, Mr. Schweizer was Controller at Strategic Value Partners. Earlier in his career, Mr. Schweizer worked at J.P. Morgan Partners as a Vice President in its Funds Management and Tax Group and at Morgan Stanley as a Manager in its Venture Capital Group. Mr. Schweizer began his career at Ernst & Young. Mr. Schweizer holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Cum Laude, from University of Scranton.