Colin Sueyres
President and CEO, Western Propane Gasoline Affiliation
EDUCATION
College of California, Berkeley
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science
Class of 2004
WORK EXPERIENCE
Western Propane Gasoline Affiliation
July 2022-Current
⦁ President and CEO
Feb. 2005-July 2022
Sueyres labored for the federal and state governments;
he grew to become concerned with vitality, pure sources and water coverage as nicely.
Transitioning to propane
Sueyres likes to spend time with household and volunteer his time. Right here, he’s together with his sons, Fitzgerald and Lincoln, at a Sacramento Kings recreation.
For practically 20 years, Sueyres had numerous state and federal authorities roles whereas buying intensive expertise in vitality, pure sources and water coverage. From 2013 to 2017, he owned a consulting enterprise too, resulting in an simple ardour for pure sources, as a few of his shoppers and former employers have been concerned with vitality or water in some capability. This ardour has solely elevated since he joined the propane trade and commenced serving the Western Propane Gasoline Affiliation as president and CEO in 2022. “Apart from being a propane person, I had no expertise with the propane trade. However, because of the Western Propane Gasoline Affiliation, I’ve lastly discovered an trade I really like.”
A deal with household and the higher group
When Sueyres isn’t defending the propane trade, working for his fellow Californians or getting ready for the subsequent occasion, he typically could be discovered spending time together with his household in Sacramento. As well as, he serves on the board of the Sacramento Kids’s Residence
whereas additionally volunteering in a number of different methods. “I’m obsessed with serving to different folks in any approach I can, interval – each inside and out of doors of the propane trade.”
A ardour for propane
Sueyres’ ardour for propane is especially attributable to his means to deal with two major objectives. “That is the primary time I used to be truly capable of come into an trade and really feel like I’m getting paid to do one thing I really like: defending shoppers and making certain they’ve the correct to decide on whichever vitality supply they like to make use of.” Previous to becoming a member of the propane trade, Sueyres felt like he was “preventing” for his shoppers with “one hand tied behind his again.” Or it appeared like he needed to “capitulate to a 3rd social gathering.” Nonetheless, that’s not the case.
“I’ve had numerous associates which have labored within the propane trade, so I used to be all the time inquisitive about it. I’ve all the time cared deeply about vitality coverage, too. Merely put, I need to hold vitality inexpensive, accessible, out there and dependable. And now I’ve a possibility to do precisely that within the propane trade, as my ardour for it continues to extend day by day.”
Working for fellow Californians
A sixth-generation Californian, Sueyres is concentrated on serving to his fellow residents scale back their price of dwelling. “If somebody like me is right here preventing for propane – serving to out the place I can, once I can and in any approach I can – then my associates, relations, neighbors and colleagues will not be compelled to maneuver, attributable to dwelling bills.” Though he admits his objectives are “uphill climbs,” he’s decided to do no matter he can to realize them. “I’m not giving up. That is my residence. I need to keep right here, and I would like as many individuals to remain right here and afford to stay right here as humanly attainable.”
Sueyres with Western Propane Gasoline Affiliation employees members Summer time Leon, middle, and Krysta Wanner.
Defending the propane trade
For the primary time in his profession, Sueyres “wakes up day by day excited,” a direct results of his ardour for the propane trade and his admiration for individuals who work in it. “I get to get up and ask myself, ‘What can I do immediately to defend this trade and assist my fellow propane professionals?’ I’m capable of do one thing I really like whereas working alongside folks I need to assist, as I actually, actually respect and recognize them.”
2024 Western Propane Commerce Present
Sueyres has been concerned firsthand with preparations for the 74th annual Western Propane Commerce Present & Conference, set for Might 13-17 in Reno, Nevada. “Our particular visitor speaker shall be Stavros Anthony, Nevada’s lieutenant governor, whereas Kelly Senecal, co-founder and proprietor of Convergent Science, shall be our keynote speaker. I can’t watch for the propane trade to get pleasure from each side of this present.”
Pictures courtesy of Colin Sueyres
