President
Gary Daileda
O: (713) 381-3504
C: (713) 301-3138
gpdaileda@eprod.com
Gary currently serves as the President for The Pipeliners Association of Houston. This position holds the responsibilities of Chief Executive Officer of the Association and shall have general supervision of the affairs of the Association. As President he also Chairs the Board of Directors.
Gary is currently Director of Project Management at Enterprise Products Company. Gary began his career in the Pipeline Industry in March 1982 with Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation and has held a variety of positions in Engineering, Operations and Business Development during his thirty-five year career.
Gary holds a B.S. Degree in Water Resources Engineering from Pennsylvania State University.
Gary is a Past Member of both the ASME B31.4 Code Committee and Pump Advisory Committee of the Texas A&M Turbomachinery Laboratory.Vice President
Jim Hughes
O: (281) 719-1934
C: (713) 204-2521
jlhughes@hga-llc.com
Treasurer
Alex McConnell
Secretary
Paul Prodoehl
C: (713) 215-4461
paul.j.prodoehl@williams.com
Paul has over 29 years of natural gas pipeline industry experience with Williams. At Williams he has had varying responsibilities in Accounting, Transportation Marketing, Transportation Services, Business Development, Customer Services, and Commercial Services. Paul serves on the Advisory Board for The Williams Companies' Political Action Committee (WILLCO PAC). Paul was part of the project team that developed 1Line, the system used by Transco, Gulfstream, Pine Needle, and Cardinal shippers to conduct business on those business unit. Paul is a proven leader with strong commercial, technical, and analytical skills.
In addition to being the Association's Secretary, Paul serves as the Chairman of the Association's Website Committee. Outside of industry activities, Paul is Vice Chairman of the Board for Transtar Federal Credit Union.
Paul graduated from the University of St. Thomas with a Bachelor's of Business Administration in Accounting and later earned his MBA in Finance also from the University of St. Thomas.
Assistant Secretary
Tim LeVrier
C: (281) 381-9816
tlevrier@equixinc.com
Director Immediate Past President
Brandy Roberts
C: (713) 504-5208
brandyroberts@tophoustonexecutive.com
Brandy served as President of the Association in 2019/2020 and is the co-founder of the PYP group.
Brandy has been dedicated to the organization from day one and her focus to see it persevere, improve, and grow diligently to ensure the future successes of the organization. Her passion shows by her commitment to stay actively involved with each event, giving back through volunteering, showing strong membership outreach and support, and her efforts put towards dynamic fundraising for the association.
Brandy has spearheaded events for the Association such as the Golf Tournament, and PYP. She has also taken an active role on the Clay Shoot Committee, helping with registration at the monthly dinner meetings, and volunteers at the annual Fish-Out. She is sincerely passionate about the Scholarship Program and the importance of the Association's mission by trying to strengthen our industry through the development of the PYP programs.
Apart from the Pipeliners, she has founded an all-women's non-profit organization, The Belles of Houston. The purpose of founding this organization is to support and reach out to other like-minded women in the Industry who are passionate about philanthropy, women empowerment, community outreach, networking, event organizing, and giving back through charitable event fundraising efforts.
Brandy has 13 years' experience in the Oil & Gas Industry, and is currently Director of Business Development for Barrilleaux.
Director - 2nd of 2 year term
Danny R. Seal
C: (713) 376-4477
danny.seal@Williams.com
In addition to serving as 2017/2018 Association President, Danny has held many other Committee positions including Membership Co-Chair, Web Site Committee, and the Sporting Clays Tournaments. He has been a member of the Houston Pipeliners for over 31 years.
Danny started his professional career with Tenneco in Houma, Louisiana as a Civil Engineer in February of 1982. He has worked for Tenneco (Tenneco Energy, Tennessee Gas Pipeline and El Paso after their purchase of Tenneco Energy assists), Kerr McGee, Shell Pipeline, Praxair, and Williams (Williams Energy, Williams Gulf Coast E&C Projects Group, and Williams Offshore Equipment Engineering). In 2017, on behalf of Williams Danny received The Houston Pipeliners Project of the Year Award for serving as Williams Senior Project Manager on a record breaking 209 mile gas pipeline starting at a water depth of 7,200 feet in the Gulf of Mexico.
Director - 2nd of 2 year term
James "Jim" Flynn
O: (713) 420-2536
C: (713) 204-1403
james_flynn@kindermorgan.com
Jim has been active in the pipeline industry for over 45 years. He currently works as a Project Manager for Kinder Morgan with a title of Project Manager- Engineering Principal on the Tennessee Gas Pipeline system.
His background includes experience at Michigan Wisconsin Pipeline, ANR Pipeline, Coastal Corporation, El Paso Energy and Kinder Morgan. He has held various positions in Engineering Design, Construction, Field Project Management, Operations, Environmental, Regulatory and various management positions throughout the organizations.
Jim is a graduate of the University of Detroit with a Bachelors Science of Mechanical Engineering.
Director - 1st of 2 year term
Patrick Lamb
C: (281) 793-7896
patrickclamb@yahoo.com
Patrick Lamb served as 2018/2019 President.
Director - 1st of 2 year term
Trey Hennigan
C: (281) 210-6742
thennigan21@hotmail.com