b"2024Post WPMAEXPOEducational Sessions Tuesday, February 20 thENERGY MARKETERS OF AMERICAWestern States Legislation~ Regional UpdateMark Lytle, Western Region Chairman, EMA Former WPMA President, Mark Lytle gave up-to-the-minute legislative and regulatory updates for the western region.National Legislation~ Federal UpdateRob Underwood, President, EMAEMA President Rob Underwood reviewed up-to-date information on Federal and regulatory issues affecting marketers, convenience store owners, and the petroleum industry.DISASTER PLANNING ~ Prepare Your Business for the Unexpected Stewart Van Duzer, 1st Vice President,Director of Special Projects- Risk Management, Federated Insurance The cornerstone of every strong riskmanagement plan is preparing for unexpected events, such as fires, severe weather, losses of key staff members, power outages, and more. The Disaster Planning session focused on steps a business should take to help recovery and resume serving customers as quickly as possible. This presentation covered operations, employees, key contacts, IT resources, finances, and more as essential considerations for a proper plan.Presenter Stewart Van Duzer began his career at Federated Insurance as a Marketing Development Trainee. He first became a Marketing Representative in Gainesville, FL in August of 1984 and then served in many other leadership positions in marketing and field operations. In January 2022 he was promoted to his current position of 1st Vice President, Director of Special ProjectsRisk Management.The INS & OUTS ~ Existing and Upcoming CarbonCompliance ProgramsA panel of four industry experts discussed existing carbon compliance programs, and what is on the horizon in carbon compliance. natural gas, hydrogen and renewables.She oversaw Fiona Oliver-Glasford, Enbridge Gass significant carbon compliance obligation Chief Revenue Officer in the WCI Cap and Trade before the program was shut down from a change in government. Subsequently, Fiona Oliver-Glasford introduced the panel's topicshe was Vice President of Low Carbon Energy Solutions and background on Carbon Compliance. Fiona hasat Sasol Energy South Africa.Since 2021, shes been 20+ years of experience in low-carbon energyat ClearBlue Markets overseeing Advisory, Strategic solutions, including energy efficiency, renewablePartnerships, and Marketing. WPMA News / Spring 202411"