Michele Barnes - Vice President - Account Executive

• Bachelor of Science (Speech Communication), University of Texas, Austin, Texas
• Attended graduate courses, Arizona State University

•  Director, Corporate & Employee Communications; Atmos Energy Corporation, February 1997 – May 1997
• Manager, Shareholder Relations; Atmos Energy Corporation, January 1991 – February 1997
• Research Associate; Christensen & Associates, August 1988 – August 1990
• Accomplishments at Atmos Energy Corporation
• Assisted in developing a highly successful Direct Stock Purchase Plan (DSPP). The number of shareholders of record reinvesting their dividends increased from 22% to over 90%
• Increased Atmos to a number 86 ranking in the National Association of Investors Corporation (NAIC) magazine Better Investing’s ranking of "Top 100" stocks held in America
• Listed in NAIC’s Better Investing’s Top 25 Most Popular Stocks held by individual investors
• Assisted in increasing Atmos’ analyst coverage from 5 to 14
• Organized road shows, one-on-one meetings, analyst field trips, and conference calls
• Assisted in guiding analysts and shareholders through two successful acquisitions

• Past President of the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI)
• Past chairperson for the NIRI Southwest Regional Investor Relations conference. The conference won the NIRI award in 1997 for the "Best Special Event" Program nationally
• Past Vice President of Programs for the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of NIRI
• Former member of Southwest Securities Transfer Association (SWSTA)
• Presented at numerous Investor Relations conferences, seminars & workshops
• Sought as speaker for programs relating to the development and implementation of Direct Stock Purchase Plans (DSPP)