Douglas L. Foshee

President
Chief Executive Officer, and Director
El Paso Corporation

Douglas L. Foshee is president, chief executive officer, and a director of El Paso Corporation, which owns North America’s largest natural gas pipeline system and one of North America’s
largest natural gas producers.

Prior to joining El Paso in 2003, Foshee served as executive vice president and chief operating officer for Halliburton. He joined Halliburton in 2001 as executive vice president and chief financial
officer. Prior to that, Foshee was president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board at Nuevo Energy Company. From 1993 to 1997, Foshee served Torch Energy Advisors Inc. in various capacities, including chief operating officer and chief executive officer. He held various positions in finance and new business ventures with ARCO International Oil and Gas Company and spent seven years in commercial banking, primarily as an energy lender.

Foshee earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the Jesse H. Jones School at Rice University in 1992 and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Southwest Texas State University in 1982. He is also a graduate of the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University.

Foshee serves on the boards of Small Steps Nurturing Center, Children’s Museum of Houston,Goodwill Industries of Houston, and Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation. He also serves on the boards of directors of Central Houston; Greater Houston Partnership; The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Houston Branch and Interstate Natural Gas Association of America. He is a member of the Independent Petroleum Association of America, Houston Producers’ Forum, the Council of Overseers for the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management at Rice University and Rice University’s board of trustees.