Larry S. Pierce
is Vice President, Corporate Communications, of Kinder Morgan, one of the largest pipeline transportation and energy storage companies in North America. The Kinder Morgan companies include Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: KMP), Kinder Morgan Management, LLC (NYSE: KMR) and Kinder Morgan, Inc, a private entity.

Mr. Pierce’s responsibilities include leading the public relations function and managing external and internal communications for Kinder Morgan. He also oversees the activities of the Kinder Morgan Foundation.

Mr. Pierce joined Kinder Morgan in 1998 as Director of Corporate Communications and he was named Vice President in 2006. He has approximately 25 years of public relations and public affairs experience and previously held management positions with Hill and Knowlton, First Interstate Bancorp and Public Service Co. of Colorado.

Mr. Pierce is a current member of the Public Relations Society of America and a former member of the National Sports Center for the Disabled board of trustees. He earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Colorado.

Kinder Morgan owns an interest in or operates approximately 37,000 miles of pipelines that transport primarily natural gas, refined petroleum products, CO2 and crude oil; and 180 terminals that store, transfer and handle such products as gasoline, ethanol, coal, petroleum coke and steel. Kinder Morgan, Inc. owns the general partner interest of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners. Kinder Morgan Management is a limited liability company and its only significant assets are the partnership units it owns in KMP.