Leslie Thornton - Southwest Gas Independent Director

SWX Stock  USD 77.51  0.04  0.05%   

Director

Ms. Leslie T. Thornton is Director of the company. She began her career in the utility industry as a senior executive in 2011 for WGL Holdings, Inc. and Washington Gas Light Company, a whollyowned subsidiary of WGL and served in elevated roles until becoming the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporationrationrate Secretary in 2014. She assumed the position of Senior Vice President, Merger Transition Counsel following the 2018 acquisition of WGL by AltaGas and will end her employment with WGL onNovember 30, 2018. During her WGL tenure, Ms. Thornton earned her Master of Laws degree in National Security Law with a cybersecurity focus fromGeorgetown UniversityLaw Center and provided legal counsel on a broad range of issues including critical infrastructure cybersecurity and data protection. Before joining WGL, Ms. Thornton was a partner at two national law firms focusing on internal corporate, federal and state attorney general investigations, appellate litigation, and homeland security issues. In the Clinton administration, she served in the U.S. Department of Education and was Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Education. Since 2005, she was a member of the Board of Directors for Career Education Corporationrationration, where she serves on the Audit Committee and chairs the Compliance and Risk Committee. Previously, she served as Lead Independent Director of Career Education Corporationrationration. Ms. Thornton is a Board Leadership Fellow for the National Association of Corporationrationrate Directors since 2019.
Age 61
Tenure 5 years
Address 8360 South Durango Drive, Las Vegas, NV, United States, 89193-8510
Phone702 876 7237
Webhttps://www.swgasholdings.com
Thornton serves on the Metropolitan Board of Directors for the Boys and Girls Clubs ofGreater Washington, the Board of Trustees for the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law, and the Board of Governors for the District of Columbia Bar. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Georgetown University Law Center.

Southwest Gas Management Efficiency

The company has Return on Asset of 0.0242 % which means that on every $100 spent on assets, it made $0.0242 of profit. This is way below average. In the same way, it shows a return on shareholders' equity (ROE) of 0.0524 %, implying that it generated $0.0524 on every 100 dollars invested. Southwest Gas' management efficiency ratios could be used to measure how well Southwest Gas manages its routine affairs as well as how well it operates its assets and liabilities. Return On Tangible Assets is likely to rise to 0.02 in 2024. Return On Capital Employed is likely to rise to 0.06 in 2024. At this time, Southwest Gas' Total Assets are fairly stable compared to the past year. Non Current Assets Total is likely to rise to about 11.1 B in 2024, despite the fact that Other Assets are likely to grow to (525.2 M).
Southwest Gas Holdings has 5.44 B in debt with debt to equity (D/E) ratio of 1.7, which is OK given its current industry classification. Southwest Gas Holdings has a current ratio of 0.69, suggesting that it has not enough short term capital to pay financial commitments when the payables are due. Note however, debt could still be an excellent tool for Southwest to invest in growth at high rates of return.

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Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, distributes and transports natural gas in Arizona, Nevada, and California. Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 1931 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. Southwest Gas operates under UtilitiesRegulated Gas classification in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange. It employs 12720 people. Southwest Gas Holdings (SWX) is traded on New York Stock Exchange in USA. It is located in 8360 South Durango Drive, Las Vegas, NV, United States, 89193-8510 and employs 14,943 people. Southwest Gas is listed under Gas Utilities category by Fama And French industry classification.

Management Performance

Southwest Gas Holdings Leadership Team

Elected by the shareholders, the Southwest Gas' board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Southwest Gas inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Southwest. The board's role is to monitor Southwest Gas' management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Southwest Gas' inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Southwest Gas' outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
Michael Melarkey, Presiding Independent Chairman of the Board
Justin Forsberg, Vice Relations
Gregory Peterson, Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President, Controller
Carlos Ruisanchez, Director
Julie Williams, Senior Optimization
Anne Mariucci, Independent Director
Jose Esparza, Senior Vice President of Information Services and Customer Engagement - Southwest Gas Corporation
Thomas Moran, General VP
Thomas Thomas, Independent Director
Jose Cardenas, Independent Director
Randall Gabe, I Holdings
Eric DeBonis, Senior Vice President of Operations - Southwest Gas Corporation
E Conley, Director
A Thoman, Independent Director
John Hester, President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Catherine Mazzeo, General VP
Jane LewisRaymond, Independent Director
Robert Boughner, Chief Bus. Devel. Officer, Executive VP, Independent Director, Chairman of Compensation Committee and Member of Audit Committee
Paul Daily, President and Chief Executive Officer - Centuri Group, Inc.
Robert Stefani, Senior CFO
Stephen Comer, Independent Director
Kenneth Kenny, Vice President - Finance, Treasurer
Karen Haller, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer
Raied Stanley, VP Officer
Leslie Thornton, Independent Director
Justin Brown, Senior Vice President, General Counsel - Southwest Gas Corporation
Lori Colvin, Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President Controller
William Fehrman, I Group
Albert Taylor, Vice Resources

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