Gary E. Slagel

Government Affairs Specialist
Gary E. Slagel

Biography

Gary Slagel, who most recently retired as the Senior Advisor of Environmental Affairs for CONSOL Energy, has joined the firm as a Government Affairs Specialist. Mr. Slagel is an engineering graduate from the University of Dayton and spent 35 years with CONSOL and CNX Gas in several capacities including Director of Environmental Regulatory Affairs and later Director of Government Affairs working on both coal and natural gas issues. In his most recent position, Mr. Slagel was asked to redirect his talents to addressing the increasingly complex issues associated with shale gas exploration and development.

Mr. Slagel has extensive legislative and regulatory experience including the four-year mediation effort that resulted in 1994 amendments to the original Pennsylvania Subsidence Act; the two-year mediation effort that amended the Pennsylvania Coal Refuse Disposal Act and the more recently, 2012 amendments to the Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Act. He remains intimately involved with all regulatory issues impacting natural gas development through his former role on the Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board and his current roles with the Marcellus Shale Coalition, and the West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association. He currently serves as Chairman and is on the Executive Committee of the Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Association.

Education

  • B.S. University of Dayton

Memberships

  • Chairman and Executive Committee, Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Association
  • Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board
  • Pennsylvania Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission
  • Board of Directors, STRONGER (State Review of Oil and Gas Environmental Regulations)
  • Former, Board and Executive Committee Member, West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association
  • Former, Vice President, Unconventional Gas, West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association
  • Environmental Committee, Ohio Oil and Natural Gas Association
  • Chair Emeritus, Regulatory Committee Chair, Marcellus Shale Coalition
  • Board of Directors, Shaler Area School District Education Foundation
  • Past Chairman, Pennsylvania Coal Association
  • Former Chair, Pennsylvania Coal Association Environmental Committee
  • Past Chairman, Virginia Coal Association
  • Former Chair, Virginia Coal Association Environmental Committee
  • Former Chair, Ohio Coal Association Environmental Committee
  • Past Chairman, National Mining Association Surface Mining Subcommittee
  • Past Board Member, Virginia Oil & Gas Association
  • Past Member and President, North Allegheny Board of School Directors

Achievements

  • Energy Leadership Award, Pittsburgh Business Times, 2016

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