Northwest Natural Gas Company, dba NW Natural announced the promotion of Jon Huddleston to Vice President of Utility Operations, effective March 31, 2018. Huddleston will report to Kim Heiting, who was promoted to Senior Vice President of Utility Operations and Chief Marketing Officer, also effective March 31, 2018, following the retirement of Grant Yoshihara. Huddleston has worked at NW Natural for 27 years in a wide range of positions, most recently overseeing transmission and distribution construction, gas operations and maintenance, storage plant operations and gas control. Previously, he led engineering, technical training, business systems support, business analytics, technology implementation and federal pipeline safety compliance for NW Natural. Huddleston currently represents NW Natural with several national and regional industry trade and research associations, including the American Gas Association, Western Energy Institute and the Gas Technology Institute. Prior to joining NW Natural, he worked for The Boeing Company in the greater Seattle area as a design engineer and team lead. Huddleston currently serves on the board of United Way of the Columbia-Willamette.