Tulsa-based Williams Companies announced Thursday that three current Board of Directors members will voluntarily not stand for re-election upon the expiration of their terms at the 2016 Annual Meeting.
The three Board members are:
- Joseph Cleveland, a director since 2008 and former chief information officer at Lockheed Martin Corporation. Cleveland previously held executive positions at Martin Marietta and G.E.
- John Hagg, a director since 2012 and a former senior executive in the exploration, production, service and financial sectors of the petroleum industry in Canada and the United States.
- Juanita Hinshaw, a director since 2004 who is president of a consulting firm and previously held executive positions at Graybar Electric Company and the Monsanto Company.
Five new directors plus four Williams directors who served prior to 2016, will stand for election as nominees of the Williams Board at the 2016 Annual Meeting to be held on November 23.
Additionally, the Board of Directors also announced in September its goal to identify two more independent candidates to join the Board prior to the 2016 Annual Meeting. If the nominees are elected, the Williams Board will comprise 11 directors, 10 of whom are independent.