The board of directors for the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) has appointed Chris Schindler to serve as chairman of the organization for a 1-year term.

Schindler serves as executive vice-president, general counsel, corporate secretary, and chief compliance officer of Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, which transports natural gas through about 5,800 miles of pipeline in the Midwest and Mid-Continent regions of the United States.

Schindler joined Southern Star in June 2019 following a 25-year legal career at Hogan Lovells, in Washington, DC. He handled regulatory matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and state commissions; executed regulatory strategies for energy infrastructure projects; litigated FERC rate cases; and was a frequent national speaker on FERC and CFTC regulatory issues.

INGAA also appointed Rob Johnson, president of WBI Energy Inc., as first vice chair, and David Brast, president of US Natural Gas Pipelines, TC Energy, as second vice chair.