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Christine A. Hansen
Christine A. Hansen is executive director of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission
(IOGCC), a position she has held since July 1993. The IOGCC is an organization of 30 oil and gas producing
states which promotes conservation and efficient recovery of domestic oil and gas resources. The IOGCC is
funded and supported by the member states and is supervised by the governors of those states.
Hansen is a lawyer and is a member of the National Petroleum Council, the Gas Technology Insti-
tute Advisory Board and the board of the Petroleum Technology Transfer Council. She was selected as
"Woman of Achievement for 1995" by the national organization Women in Energy, and received a "1997 By-
liner Award" from Women in Communication, recognizing her newsworthy achievements on behalf of the oil
and gas producing states. During the 1996 Global Conference of the International Women's Forum, Hansen
was recognized as a "Woman That Makes A Difference" by the IWF membership.
Prior to becoming Executive Director of the IOGCC, Hansen was in private law practice and had
been a senior executive officer with two large utility companies. For seven years, she served as one of three
Iowa Commerce Commissioners, regulating public utilities in that state.
Ms. Hansen has testified numerous times on energy matters before committees of the United States
Senate and House of Representatives, as well as offered information to a variety of state and federal agencies.
She has been involved in government relations for several organizations.
Her background also includes five years as a newspaper political reporter and five years as an agent
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Ms. Hansen will speak to the KGS on Thursday, May 6, 2004, Bank of America.