CNX Gas Promotes Stephen W. Johnson to Executive Vice President

PITTSBURGH, June 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CNX Gas Corporation announced that Stephen W. Johnson has been promoted to Executive Vice President.

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Nicholas J. DeIuliis, president and chief executive officer, commented that, "As General Counsel, Steve has been instrumental in providing timely and effective legal counsel since his arrival nearly two years ago. He also established our human resources, land, and business development functions to the point where we enjoy the superior strategic positioning that we have today. I have the utmost confidence in his ability."

Mr. Johnson has been General Counsel of CNX Gas since September 1, 2005. He was named Senior Vice President as of December 5, 2005. Prior to joining CNX Gas, he had been a partner in the Business and Regulatory Group at Reed Smith LLP, an international law firm with about 1,000 lawyers. From 1984 to 2001, Mr. Johnson was with the law firm of Buchanan Ingersoll Professional Corporation. He has served as corporate, securities and mergers and acquisitions counsel to both public and privately held companies for his entire professional career.

He is Chairman of NEED, a non-profit organization that provides college scholarships to minority students, and a director of Concordia Lutheran Ministries, a non-profit continuing care retirement community serving thousands of elderly persons each year.

Mr. Johnson received a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Virginia and a Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

Description

CNX GAS CORPORATION is an independent natural gas exploration, development, production and gathering company operating in the Appalachian and Illinois basins of the United States. In May 2006, Business Week cited CNX Gas in its survey of Hot Growth Companies. Effective June 30, 2006, CNX Gas was added to the membership of companies included in the Russell 3000(R) Index and the Russell Midcap(R) Index. In October 2006, CNX Gas was named as a finalist by Platts for its "Hydrocarbon Producer of the Year" award.