Dick Williamson

The Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of T.D. Williamson, Inc., provides a range of engineered products and services oriented toward the pipeline, gas distribution and refining/hydrocarbon process industries. The Company was founded in 1920 and operates subsidiaries and branches in 19 countries and has it’s corporate and manufacturing facilities in Tulsa, OK. Mr. Williamson started with the Company in 1971 as an engineer and has held various management positions. In 1979 he was named Executive Vice president and Chief Operations Officer. He assumed the position of President and Chief Executive Officer in 1992 and was elected Chairman of the Board in 1994. He is the current chair of the Advisory Board for the Tulsa Global Alliance and Vice Chair of the Tulsa Committee on Foreign Relations. He formerly served on the Board of Directors of the Western Energy Institute and currently serves on its Services Division Executive Committee. He has chaired the American Gas Association/Equipment & Services Section and the Gas Appliance Manufacturers/General Equipment and Services Division Association. He currently serves on their executive committees. He is also a member of the American Gas Foundation board of Trustees EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: University of Oklahoma BS, Chemical Engineering Northwestern University, MBA Stanford University, Executive Development Program (1982)