Marguerite Woung-Chapman is an independent corporate director and experienced C-Suite leader.
Since May 2020, Ms. Woung-Chapman has served as a director of the General Partner of Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE:SMLP), a limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets located in unconventional resource basins in the continental United States. She is the chair of the Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee of SMLP’s General Partner and is also a member of its Compensation Committee.
Ms. Woung-Chapman also serves as a director of Chord Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: CHRD), an independent exploration and production company that acquires, exploits, develops and explores for crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids in the Williston Basin in the United States. Chord Energy was formed through the combination of Oasis Petroleum, Inc. and Whiting Petroleum Corporation. Ms. Woung-Chapman previously served on the Board of Directors for Oasis starting in 2021. She is the chair of Chord’s Nominating and Governance Committee and is a member of the Compensation and Human Resources Committee.
On August 1, 2023, Texas Pacific Land Corporation (NYSE: TPL) announced that Ms. Woung-Chapman will be an independent director nominee for election to its board of directors at TPL’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Ms. Woung-Chapman was previously the Chair of the Board of Directors and President of the Council for the Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council before her term ended May 31, 2023. Ms. Woung-Chapman’s relationship with the Girl Scouts, the pre-eminent leadership development organization for girls, is longstanding – first through her daughter and then through her own commitment as an adult member to building girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place.
Ms. Woung-Chapman retired from Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc. (EGC), upon its acquisition by Cox Oil, LLC, as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Capitalizing on her more than two decades of experience in the energy industry and her leadership position on EGC’s Executive Committee, Ms. Woung-Chapman was key to execution of several transformative initiatives for this NASDAQ-listed independent offshore exploration and production company culminating in the take-private merger transaction with Cox Oil in October 2018. Prior to joining EGC, she was Senior Vice President of Land Administration/CAD, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of EP Energy Corporation – then an independent oil and natural gas producer. Ms. Woung-Chapman was a member of the executive committee responsible for EP Energy’s strategic direction and management.
Ms. Woung-Chapman served as Vice President – Legal Shared Services and Corporate Secretary of El Paso Corporation prior to assuming her role at EP Energy. El Paso was formerly a NYSE-listed, Fortune 100 international energy company until its merger with Kinder Morgan. At El Paso, Ms. Woung-Chapman had overall responsibility for corporate law, litigation, environmental law and employment law matters. She was also the chief governance advisor to the Board of Directors of El Paso as well as for the Board of Directors of its NYSE-listed master limited partnership, El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. Prior to entering into the energy industry, Ms. Woung-Chapman started her career as an attorney at the former law firm of Arter & Hadden.
Ms. Woung-Chapman received her J.D. degree from Georgetown University Law Center and her B.S. degree from Georgetown University.