Kimberly Denbow is the Vice President of Security & Operations at the American Gas Association (AGA). Over the course of her 25 years with AGA, she has served as staff executive for multiple AGA Operations Section technical committees covering security, safety, gas control, underground storage, field operations, and environment. At present, she leads the AGA Board-appointed Cybersecurity Strategy & Regulatory Action Committee. Kimberly built AGA’s cyber and physical security program and helped stand up the Downstream Natural Gas Information Sharing & Analysis Center. She also supports all-hazards emergency preparedness activities and pipeline resilience and reliability initiatives.
Kimberly serves as the industry liaison to numerous U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Department of Energy (DOE) natural gas physical and cybersecurity programs. She was an inaugural voting member of the Transportation Security Administration Surface Transportation Security Advisory Committee, in which she helped stand-up and co-chair the Cybersecurity Subcommittee. She continues to serve as a voting member of the DOE Electricity Advisory Committee. Kimberly is an active member of the Oil & Natural Gas Subsector Coordinating Council (ONG SCC). She has testified before Congress on the matters of cybersecurity incident reporting and the value of the government/industry partnership.
Kimberly holds a Bachelor of Science in marine biology from the University of Florida and a Master of Science in Environmental Engineering from the University of Michigan.