Accredited Natural Gas Executive Program

Delivered in collaboration with the University of Oklahoma.

 

Developing exceptional natural gas leaders to foster a reliable, innovative, and abundant energy future.

Cohort 4 Now Enrolling

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Program Overview

Accredited Natural Gas Executive (ANGE) will enable high-potential industry leaders to benefit from intensive learning and leave equipped with new strategies to support them in the challenges ahead as they navigate the energy evolution.

The program is designed for diverse learning experiences such as face-to-face learning, short brainstorming sessions, peer-to-peer knowledge sharing, and technical applications. ANGE provides participants opportunities for intelligent and personal reflections on what it means to be a leader and to succeed as a thought leader and professional for organizations. Pre-readings and self-assessments encourage participants to reflect on their role in the organization and find opportunities for improvement.

Each participant will be assigned a seasoned natural gas executive as a coach and mentor.

Program participants will see their experience as a career milestone and a testament to their organization’s commitment to their professional development and building an industry-wide culture of learning and innovation.

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Cohort III Schedule & Descriptions

Track: Leadership & Enterprise Transformation

Transformative Leadership Through Emotional Intelligence: Unlocking Elite Team Performance

Instructor: Nick Tobey, MSOD, University of Oklahoma Price College of Business

Track: Leadership & Enterprise Transformation

Leading Agile Enterprises: Embedding Adaptive Capacity for Enduring Success

Instructor: Nick Tobey, MSOD, University of Oklahoma Price College of Business

Track: Strategic Foresight & Industry Vision

Reimagining the Natural Gas Value Chain: Strategic Foresight for a New Era of Leadership

Instructor: C. Mike Ming

Track: Strategic Foresight & Industry Vision

Energy Policy at a Crossroads: Crafting Competitive Strategy in a Shifting Geopolitical Landscape

Instructor: David G. Victor, UC San Diego School of Global Policy & Strategy

Track: Leadership & Enterprise Transformation

From Strategy to Systemic Execution: Aligning Enterprise Vision with Organizational Impact

Instructor: Dr. J. Mike Stice, OU College of Earth & Energy

Track: Financial, Operational & Innovation Excellence

Strategic Finance & Operations Integration: Driving Performance & Stakeholder Value

Instructor: Dr. Zhen Zhu, OU Price College of Business

Track: Financial, Operational & Innovation Excellence

Technology, Storytelling and Executive Presence: Mastering the Language of Innovation

Instructors: Dr. Runar Nygaard, OU Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering and Davina Stanley, CEO Clarity First

Track: Strategic Foresight & Industry Vision

Global Natural Gas Marketing & Risk Strategy: Building Resilient Growth in Uncertain Markets

Instructor: Saleh S. Tabrizy, PhD., OU Price College of Business & Tenaska Marketing Ventures

Track: Building a Dialogue for Innovation

Powering Our Future: Innovation, Leadership, and the Energy Evolution + GRADUATION

Instructor: Nick Tobey, MSOD, University of Oklahoma Price College of Business

ANGE’s final session is where everything you have worked toward will transform you into a bold and visionary leader, equipped with the knowledge, insights, and confidence to navigate the unprecedented levels of volatility in the energy landscape.

With the global energy industry accelerating transformation through technological advancements and innovation, this is your balance between driving your organization’s growth and innovating for future demand. Our extraordinary immersion program offers the ultimate opportunity to gain crucial insights from industry experts, thought leaders, and institutional masterminds.

Acquire a strategic framework for assessing uncertainty in the energy landscape, developing adaptive strategies for the future, analyzing risk management, implementing new business models to increase profitability, and assessing the societal, economic, environmental, ethical, and legal impacts of energy systems. You will also learn how to lead change through influential communication and build alignment to lead the industry forward.

Your final immersion will be a transformative experience, bringing each of you together with other industry leaders from the last 18 months to collectively tackle the challenges of the energy evolution. This final curriculum marks the beginning of your emergence as the ethical, innovative, and visionary leader that the energy industry is depending on to drive our future.

Objectives

  • Decipher which emerging technologies are cutting edge versus bleeding edge and will make sustainable and positive impact on your organization.
  • Know the influence of digitalization on business systems, culture, and security – drone technology AI, IoT, blockchain, crypto, and data analysis.
  • Develop the strategic framework to make insight-driven business decisions that drives long-term growth in the face of uncertainty.
  • Build adaptative responses to industry disruption through technologically advanced solutions.
  • Explore new business models to increase profitability to thrive in a new energy market.
  • Evaluate the ethical, societal, economic, environmental, and legal implications of energy systems.
  • Build upon influential communication skills to create alignment and lead change in your organization, communities and industry as a whole.

Outcomes

  • Gain comprehensive understanding of the challenges and opportunities presented by the rapidly evolving energy landscape.
  • Develop the skills and strategies needed to make insight-driven business decisions that drive long-term growth in the face of uncertainty.
  • Build adaptive strategies to respond to industry disruption and drive innovation and technology solutions.
  • Learn how to analyze and mitigate risks associated with executing risky capital projects.
  • Implement new business models to increase profitability and thrive in the new energy.

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of global leaders say they feel unprepared for their new roles.

Who Should Attend

The Accredited Natural Gas Executive (ANGE) program is designed for high-impact, top-performing individuals—from function heads to directors to vice presidents—with 10–20 years of experience in roles of increasing responsibility.

ANGE is designed with your needs in mind. Busy executives have competing priorities so we have developed the program to run over 18 months to allow you to be fully present in the immersion and manage your responsibilities and company priorities. ANGE is structured to be flexible with your time without compromising the depth of education.

Senior leaders who want to guide their organizations toward high performance and build their leadership capabilities to deliver high-performing teams, innovation and future-ready skills will enroll in ANGE.

As an ANGE participant, you will acquire knowledge, resources, tools and insights to curate your own playbook for transforming your organization and sustaining a competitive advantage. You will network with accomplished peers from across the industry enabling collaboration and building relationships that will benefit you for the entirety of your career.

 

Why Study With Us?

The natural gas business landscape is evolving. Southern Gas Association’s Accredited Natural Gas Executive program is designed to equip high-potential business leaders with the skills required to navigate an era of uncertainty and transformation successfully.

World-renowned faculty from the University of Oklahoma’s Ronnie K. Irani Center for Energy Solutions are thought leaders and industry experts equipping you to navigate and drive change.

ANGE provides a 360-degree view and integrated learning experience to help you gain the knowledge, insight and confidence to drive dynamic business results.

Opportunity to earn credit toward a Master’s degree in Natural Gas Engineering and Leadership.

Participating organizations will have first access to the University of Oklahoma’s energy focused interns through a career fair hosted by SGA.

Three Modules

The ANGE program is composed of three modules that together will prepare the executive to manage effectively in a changing environment:

  • Leading Enterprise Transformation
  • Strategy, Social Responsibility and the Business Environment
  • Building a Dialogue for Innovation

 

Investment

20 Days over 18 Months
2 Days every other month

$15,000

*Class size is limited to 25 enrollees. Listed cost is for Cohort 3. Cohort 4 fee will be determined in December 2026.

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Opportunities are available to sponsor a scholarship for high-potential leaders to attend this transformative executive program. By partnering with us as a sponsor, your company can play a vital role in nurturing talent and fostering the growth of our industry.

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