Ms. Stewart is an independent member of the Board of Directors. She serves as Chair of the Compensation Committee and as a member of the Environment, Health & Safety Committee. Ms. Stewart maintains the National Association of Corporate Directors’ Director Certification (NACD.DC) and earned a Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight issued by the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.
Ms. Stewart brings to the Board of Directors more than 40 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, including deep knowledge of the exploration and production and midstream segments of the oil and gas industry. Her public company director and cybersecurity training also strengthens the Board’s oversight of Coterra.
Ms. Stewart serves as Executive Chairman of Sheridan Production Partners, a privately-owned oil and gas operating company she founded in 2006. Her earlier roles at Sheridan include President and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer. Prior to Sheridan, Ms. Stewart served as Executive Vice President of El Paso Corporation and President of El Paso E&P. Earlier in her career she held various leadership positions at Apache Corporation, including Executive Vice President with responsibility for reservoir engineering, business development, land, environmental, health and safety, and corporate purchasing. Ms. Stewart also served as a director at Talisman Energy Inc., including serving as the Chair of the Reserves Committee and a member of the Human Resources Committee.
Ms. Stewart currently serves on the Board of Directors of Western Midstream Partners, LP, a master limited partnership formed to acquire, own, develop and operate midstream energy assets. She previously served on the Board of Directors of Cimarex Energy Co. and Jadestone Energy plc, an upstream oil and gas company in the Asia Pacific region.