Board of Directors
John W. Gibson
John Gibson is president and chief executive officer of ONEOK and chairman, president and chief executive officer of ONEOK Partners, the master limited partnership that contains the midstream natural gas and natural gas liquids businesses. He is a member of the boards of directors of ONEOK and ONEOK Partners.
Gibson began his career in the energy industry in 1974 as a refinery engineer with Exxon Company, USA. He then spent 18 years with Phillips Petroleum Company in a variety of domestic and international positions in the natural gas, natural gas liquids and exploration and production businesses. When Gibson left Phillips in 1995, he was vice president of marketing of GPM Gas Corporation, a wholly owned natural gas gathering, processing and marketing subsidiary.
Prior to joining ONEOK in 2000, Gibson was the executive vice president of Koch Energy, Inc., a subsidiary of Koch Industries, responsible for its interstate natural gas pipelines and gathering and processing businesses.
Gibson is active in many professional organizations and has served on the boards of the Association of Texas Intrastate Natural Gas Pipelines and the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America. He was an original member of the Gas Industry Standards Board. Gibson currently serves as a director of the Bank of Oklahoma, N.A. and is on the advisory boards of the YWCATulsa and the Metropolitan Tulsa Urban League. His community involvement also includes work with the Boy Scouts of America and Habitat for Humanity.
A native of Kansas City, Kansas, Gibson earned an engineering degree in 1974 from the University of Missouri at Rolla, now called Missouri University of Science and Technology. He has also completed advanced studies at Harvard University.