Douglas Shanda is Seaside LNG’s Senior Advisor, with 30+ years of experience across the public and private energy sectors. Doug joined the company in July of 2024, and brings two decades of LNG experience in the advancement and operational expertise in the industry’s regasification and liquefaction facilities. Doug is focused on the company’s growth and development of Seaside LNG’s business platform objectives.
Prior to Seaside LNG, Doug was recently the CEO & President of Mexico Pacific, leading the development of the Sonora LNG plant and export terminal from 2020 – 2023. In the previous 8 years, he had held various Executive level positions from VP, Terminal Operations, President of Sabine Pass Liquefaction, to COO throughout the Cheniere Energy organization beginning in 2012 through 2020.
Preceding his professional career with Cheniere Energy, in 2005, Doug joined Sempra LNG as the Director of Technical services, where he started his progressive leadership journey in driving the introduction and growth of LNG within the oil & gas industry.
Earlier on in his career path, prior to Sempra LNG, he had held various engineering roles with Iowa Electric Light & Power, Black & Veatch, and Hoechst Celanese Corporation before joining Occidental Chemical Corporation as their Corporate Engineering Project Manager in 1997.
From 2012 through 2020 Doug Shanda served on various Boards and Committees with Cheniere Energy Inc. and its subsidiaries. Doug earned a BS in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University.