お知らせ • Dec 04
Summit Midstream Corporation Announces Board Appointments
Summit Midstream Corporation announced effective as of December 2, 2024 (the Closing Date), pursuant to the terms of the Partnership Agreement, Investor and Registration Rights Agreement and the Certificate of Designation and as approved by the Board, Messrs. Jason Downie, Edward Herring, Stephen Lipscomb and Drew Winston (each a TW Director and, collectively, the TW Directors) were appointed to fill four new positions on the Board, in each case to serve until the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until his successor shall be elected and qualified, or, if earlier, until his death, disability, resignation, disqualification or removal from office. Accordingly, as of consummation of the Transaction, the Board has eleven members, consisting of the seven individuals serving on the Board prior to consummation of the Transaction (six of which are independent under the rules of the New York Stock Exchange), and the four TW Directors. None of the TW Directors are related to any officer or director of the Company. With respect to each of the TW Directors, there are no arrangements or understandings between such director and any other persons pursuant to which he will serve as a director, other than the Partnership Agreement, Investor and Registration Rights Agreement and the Certificate of Designation. Jason Downie was appointed to serve on the Board on December 2, 2024. Mr. Downie is a co-founder of Tailwater Capital and has served as a Managing Partner since 2013. Prior to Tailwater, Mr. Downie was a partner from 2000 to 2012 with HM Capital where he also served on the Investment Committee. He joined HM Capital from Rice, Sangalis Toole and Wilson, a mezzanine private equity firm, where he was an Associate from 1999 to 2000. Prior to Rice, Sangalis Toole and Wilson, Mr. Downie was an Associate in the Equity Trading Group with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette from 1992 until 1997, where he was responsible for energy and transportation. With a wealth of over 28 years in investment experience, he holds board positions at several prominent companies, including Goodnight Midstream, Pivotal Petroleum Partners, Pivotal Royalties Partners, Renovo Resources, Silver Creek Midstream, Tall Oak Midstream, and Triten Energy Partners. Mr. Downie earned a BBA in 1992 and MBA in 1999, both from The University of Texas at Austin. Edward Herring was appointed to serve on the Board on December 2, 2024. Mr. Herring is a co-founder of Tailwater Capital and has served as a Managing Partner since 2013. Prior to co-founding Tailwater, Mr. Herring was a Partner with HM Capital and a member of the Investment Committee from 1998 until 2012. Prior to HM Capital, he worked in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman, Sachs from 1993 to 1996. Mr. Herring currently serves on the boards of Ash Creek Renewables, Blue Tide Environmental, Continuus Materials, Copperbeck Energy Partners, Cureton Midstream, Freestone, Frontier Carbon Solutions, Goodnight Midstream, Pivotal Petroleum Partners, Pivotal Royalties Partners, Producers Midstream and Silver Creek Midstream. Mr. Herring earned an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1998 and a BA from Stanford University in 1993. Stephen Lipscomb was appointed to serve on the Board on December 2, 2024. Mr. Lipscomb is a Partner at Tailwater Capital and is responsible for evaluating, executing, and monitoring the firm’s investments. Prior to joining Tailwater in 2016, Mr. Lipscomb was a Senior Director with Crestwood Equity Partners from 2013 to 2016, a publicly traded midstream-focused master limited partnership. Mr. Lipscomb also worked for Brazos Private Equity Partners from 2009 until 2011, a middle market private equity firm with $1.4 billion of assets under management. From 2006 to 2009, he worked for JPMorgan as an analyst in their global investment banking practice. Mr. Lipscomb earned an MBA from the University of Texas in 2013 and a BS from Washington and Lee University in Mathematics and Engineering in 2006. Drew Winston was appointed to serve on the Board on December 2, 2024. Since 2018, Mr. Winston has served as a Principal at Tailwater Capital where he is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, executing and monitoring the firm's investments. Prior to Tailwater Capital, Mr. Winston was the Director of Business Development & Finance at Sage Midstream, a portfolio company of Riverstone Holdings and Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners, from 2014 to 2018. From 2010 to 2012, Mr. Winston worked for Austin Ventures, a venture capital and private equity fund. He also worked in the investment banking group at Simmons and Company International from 2008 to 2010. Mr. Winston earned an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business in 2014, where he was awarded the Frank S. Batten Scholarship and Frank Genovese Fellowship, and a BBA in Finance from Texas A&M University in 2007.