Officers & Directors

Mr. Anderson is NW Natural’s Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer, a position he has held since 2004 when he joined the company. Areas of responsibility include treasury, tax, controls, budgeting and forecasting, accounting, regulatory, information technology and investor relations. Before coming to NW Natural he was a Senior Vice President and CFO at TXU Gas. He previously held executive positions at TXU including Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer – TXU Corp. and Vice President of Investor Relations and Shareholder Services – TXU Corp. Prior to TXU, Mr. Anderson performed audit, tax and financial planning services in public accounting.

Mr. Anderson is a past board member of the Northwest Gas Association, Oregon Mentors, past President and Secretary-Treasurer of Oregon Partnership, and past chair of the American Gas Association’s Finance Committee. He sits on the Portland State University Advisory Board and the Oregon Department of Education’s Business Advisory Team.

Mr. Anderson holds a BBA in Accounting from Texas Tech University and is a Certified Public Accountant in Oregon, Washington and Texas.

Ms. Doolittle is NW Natural’s Senior Vice President with current responsibility for Human Resources, Payroll, Facilities, Occupational Safety, Business Continuity and Security. Prior to joining NW Natural in 2000, Doolittle held several Human Resource leadership positions at PacifiCorp starting in 1990. Previous employers were NERCO and Leopold and Stevens.

Ms. Doolittle is a member of the Willamette University Atkinson School of Business advisory board and serves on the board for the College of Oriental Medicine. She has served on the STARS board, the United Way vision council and the local YMCA board of directors. She is a past president of the World at Work (formerly American Compensation Association) Western Region and was on the board of directors for three years. Ms. Doolittle holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the Atkinson School of Business at Willamette University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Redlands.

Ms. Kirkpatrick is NW Natural’s Vice President and General Counsel, positions she has held since she joined the company in 2005.

Before coming to NW Natural, she was a partner with Stoel Rives, LLP, a law firm she had been associated with since 1983. She previously served as a law clerk for Oregon Court of Appeals Judge W. Michael (“Mick”) Gillette.

Ms. Kirkpatrick currently is on the board of directors of Associated Oregon Industries, where she sits on the executive committee and chairs the task force on education and work force training. She is on the steering committee for the Oregon Business Plan and is on the board of the Oregon Idea and the Classroom Law Project.

Ms. Kirkpatrick has a Bachelor’s degree from the College of Wooster, a JD from Lewis and Clark College and an LLM from the University of Edinburgh.

Steve Feltz currently serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NW Natural. Mr. Feltz joined the company in 1982, and served as Treasurer and Controller from 1999 to 2013. Prior to 1999, he had various management responsibilities including customer services, accounting and treasury functions.

Mr. Feltz has been actively involved with social service organizations, including Blanchet House, Sisters of the Road Café and Catholic Charities. He also serves, or has served, on the boards of Multnomah County Library, Oregon Sports Authority and LaSalle Catholic College Preparatory. He participates in professional associations supporting the accounting and treasury professions, including currently serving as Chair of the American Gas Association’s Accounting Advisory Council.

Mr. Feltz Holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting from the University of Portland.

Mr. Williams became NW Natural’s Vice President for Utility Services in 2007. He originally joined the company in 1978 in sales and marketing. He later moved into the operations side of the company, first as a district manager, and eventually Director of Utility Operations and Labor Relations.

Mr. Williams currently serves as Chair of the Oregon Workforce Investment Board, and is a member of the Central City and Downtown Clean and Safe Board of the Portland Business Alliance; the Multnomah County Homeless Youth Oversight Committee and the Portland Police Activities League. He graduated from Oregon State University with majors in business and social science.

Mr. Miller is NW Natural’s Vice President of Finance and Regulation and Assistant Treasurer. He has served as General Manager of Rates and Regulatory Affairs since 2002. Before coming to NW Natural, he was Vice President of Business Development at PacifiCorp and spent 17 years at Southern California Edison in a variety of positions, including vice president and treasurer of a start-up subsidiary.

Mr. Miller holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Oregon and a Master’s degree from Claremont Graduate School. Currently, he serves on the boards of the Western Economic Alliance and Friends of the Children. Past affiliations include board membership with Portland Center Stage and the Friends Committee of Guide Dogs for the Blind, and service on the Site Council at Mabel Rush Elementary School, as well as a director of the SCE Credit Union.

Mr. Yoshihara became NW Natural’s Vice President of Utility Operations in 2007. He joined NW Natural in 1991 as a Gas Buyer/Analyst, and since has served as General Manager of Consumer Services and Managing Director of Utility Services. Before joining NW Natural, he spent 12 years in the electric utility and independent power development industry.

Mr. Yoshihara serves on the board of Operations Technology Development, an industry research consortium, and the Operations Managing Committee of the American Gas Association. He also serves on the boards of Volunteers of America Oregon, the Multnomah Athletic Foundation, and the Japan-America Society of Oregon. He holds a Bachelor and Master’s degrees in nuclear engineering from Oregon State University and an MBA from the University of Oregon. He is a licensed professional engineer in the State of Oregon.