# Thomas E. Skains > Alpha governed public record. Unknown, unavailable, and unpublished values are never inferred as zero. ## Record | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Representation | alpha-profile-markdown-v4 | | Protocol | Alpha Governance Facts Protocol 0.1 | | Schema | alpha.governance.entity.public.v1 | | Record version | public-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce | | Governance record representation | alpha-governance-record-v2 | | Canonical entity | alpha:person:thomas-e-skains | | Entity type | Person | | Canonical URL | https://registry.alpha.ac/people/thomas-e-skains | | Publication | PUBLISHED | | Verification | corroborated | | Verification schema | alpha-verification-states-v1 | | Ownership | unclaimed | | Published claims | 16 | | Claims under review | 0 | | Evidence records | 9 | | Conflicts | 0 | | Conflicts in internal review | 0 | | Observed | 2026-11-12T19:42:04.845126+00:00 | | Last reviewed | 2026-05-12T12:24:00.544+00:00 | ## Identity - Legal name: Thomas E. Skains - Display name: Thomas E. Skains ## Alpha Governance Record | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Governance Record schema | alpha-governance-record-v2 | | Ontology | alpha-governance-ontology-v1 | | Record version | public-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce | | As of | 2026-11-12T19:42:05.167897+00:00 | | Completeness | 1 | | Record Quality | 0.928 | | Directors | 0 | | Committees | 0 | | Governance events | 2 | | Entity class | person | ## Section coverage | Section | State | | --- | --- | | identity | PUBLISHED | | corporate_structure | NOT_APPLICABLE | | board | NOT_APPLICABLE | | committees | NOT_APPLICABLE | | leadership | NOT_APPLICABLE | | ownership | NOT_APPLICABLE | | financials | NOT_APPLICABLE | | capital_structure | NOT_APPLICABLE | | compensation | NOT_APPLICABLE | | governance | NOT_APPLICABLE | | shareholder_governance | NOT_APPLICABLE | | audit | NOT_APPLICABLE | | legal | NOT_APPLICABLE | | risk | NOT_APPLICABLE | | cyber | PUBLISHED | | ai_governance | PUBLISHED | | agent_governance | NOT_APPLICABLE | | markets_external | NOT_APPLICABLE | | events | PUBLISHED | | relationships | PUBLISHED | | assessments | PUBLISHED | | evidence | PUBLISHED | ## Governance events - DIRECTOR_APPOINTED: Thomas E. Skains seat on Duke Energy CORP, effective 2016-01-01. Effective: 2016-01-01. Detected: 2026-05-12T12:24:00.544+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:1j5qfsy1r9glke - DIRECTOR_APPOINTED: Thomas E. Skains seat on NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO, effective 2016-01-01. Effective: 2016-01-01. Detected: 2026-05-12T12:24:00.544+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:1q4b0i6aymq8 ## Scoped resources - `alpha://person/thomas-e-skains` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/thomas-e-skains?format=record - `alpha://person/thomas-e-skains/identity` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/thomas-e-skains?format=record§ion=identity - `alpha://person/thomas-e-skains/corporate-structure` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/thomas-e-skains?format=record§ion=corporate-structure - `alpha://person/thomas-e-skains/board` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/thomas-e-skains?format=record§ion=board - `alpha://person/thomas-e-skains/committees` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/thomas-e-skains?format=record§ion=committees - `alpha://person/thomas-e-skains/leadership` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/thomas-e-skains?format=record§ion=leadership - `alpha://person/thomas-e-skains/ownership` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/thomas-e-skains?format=record§ion=ownership - `alpha://person/thomas-e-skains/financials` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/thomas-e-skains?format=record§ion=financials - `alpha://person/thomas-e-skains/capital-structure` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/thomas-e-skains?format=record§ion=capital-structure - `alpha://person/thomas-e-skains/compensation` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/thomas-e-skains?format=record§ion=compensation - `alpha://person/thomas-e-skains/governance` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/thomas-e-skains?format=record§ion=governance - `alpha://person/thomas-e-skains/shareholder-governance` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/thomas-e-skains?format=record§ion=shareholder-governance - `alpha://person/thomas-e-skains/audit` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/thomas-e-skains?format=record§ion=audit - `alpha://person/thomas-e-skains/legal` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/thomas-e-skains?format=record§ion=legal - `alpha://person/thomas-e-skains/risk` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/thomas-e-skains?format=record§ion=risk - `alpha://person/thomas-e-skains/cyber` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/thomas-e-skains?format=record§ion=cyber - `alpha://person/thomas-e-skains/ai-governance` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/thomas-e-skains?format=record§ion=ai-governance - `alpha://person/thomas-e-skains/agents` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/thomas-e-skains?format=record§ion=agents - `alpha://person/thomas-e-skains/ecosystem` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/thomas-e-skains?format=record§ion=ecosystem - `alpha://person/thomas-e-skains/events` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/thomas-e-skains?format=record§ion=events - `alpha://person/thomas-e-skains/relationships` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/thomas-e-skains?format=record§ion=relationships - `alpha://person/thomas-e-skains/assessments` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/thomas-e-skains?format=record§ion=assessments - `alpha://person/thomas-e-skains/evidence` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/thomas-e-skains?format=record§ion=evidence ## Role modules - Director ## Attention - NO_RECORDS_FOUND ## Committee data - NO_RECORDS_FOUND ## Leadership - PUBLISHED ## Roles - Director at Duke Energy CORP. Claim: alpha:claim:person:thomas-e-skains:role:1. Valid from: 2016-01-01. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:b3138a4a8adf49824bae3eb404ab5a34d83867accb5373d629168450f62a90e3. - Director at NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO. Claim: alpha:claim:person:thomas-e-skains:role:2. Valid from: 2016-01-01. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:3d6b7e7683b1aa1af5e51e01e70d2919e7d69a6241a0a9adc6e1175dae670a70. - Director at NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO. Claim: alpha:claim:person:thomas-e-skains:role:3. Valid from: NOT_ASSERTED. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:7d3bd489f76edd1a69f6ce12d0f51b156116b41f33cd12e9c4defca8ab177ad1. ## Governance - PUBLISHED ## Board committees - PUBLISHED ## AI and ML experience - AI and ML experience: not identified in the cited filing. Claim: alpha:claim:person:thomas-e-skains:ai_ml_experience:1. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:d7a9fa81640d8339b702019e5d1d05bdc1bb2edfdbcbc7fc1dd051477141545f. ## Board independence - Independent director. Claim: alpha:claim:person:thomas-e-skains:board_independence:2. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: corroborated. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:118e2d85c7dc456613fed88c9ef8f377378c95a75c2082670c257f506422af6d, alpha:projection-evidence:document:a774e48bd309713d57653254ca064f56ec7079cf49857fb5ca12fe1c68f22ab9, alpha:projection-evidence:document:71441d112e0dfbcf146b0d61dbfb924ec7774fa1939a887f10e0e5f6b5eff161. ## Board membership - Serves on the board of American Electric Power Company, Inc.. Claim: alpha:claim:person:thomas-e-skains:board_membership:3. Valid from: 2009-01-01. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: corroborated. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:118e2d85c7dc456613fed88c9ef8f377378c95a75c2082670c257f506422af6d, alpha:projection-evidence:document:71441d112e0dfbcf146b0d61dbfb924ec7774fa1939a887f10e0e5f6b5eff161, alpha:projection-evidence:document:a774e48bd309713d57653254ca064f56ec7079cf49857fb5ca12fe1c68f22ab9. - Serves on the board of Duke Energy Corporation. Claim: alpha:claim:person:thomas-e-skains:board_membership:4. Valid from: 2016-01-01. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: corroborated. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:71441d112e0dfbcf146b0d61dbfb924ec7774fa1939a887f10e0e5f6b5eff161, alpha:projection-evidence:12824116f7c538859e7ef0cf098e5be4df975eda9435a0a07b37a882b14e83b3, alpha:projection-evidence:document:118e2d85c7dc456613fed88c9ef8f377378c95a75c2082670c257f506422af6d, alpha:projection-evidence:document:a774e48bd309713d57653254ca064f56ec7079cf49857fb5ca12fe1c68f22ab9. - Serves on the board of NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO. Claim: alpha:claim:person:thomas-e-skains:board_membership:5. Valid from: 2016-01-01. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: corroborated. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:7d3bd489f76edd1a69f6ce12d0f51b156116b41f33cd12e9c4defca8ab177ad1, alpha:projection-evidence:document:3d6b7e7683b1aa1af5e51e01e70d2919e7d69a6241a0a9adc6e1175dae670a70, alpha:projection-evidence:document:71441d112e0dfbcf146b0d61dbfb924ec7774fa1939a887f10e0e5f6b5eff161, alpha:projection-evidence:document:118e2d85c7dc456613fed88c9ef8f377378c95a75c2082670c257f506422af6d, alpha:projection-evidence:document:a774e48bd309713d57653254ca064f56ec7079cf49857fb5ca12fe1c68f22ab9. - Serves on the board of Truist Financial Corporation. Claim: alpha:claim:person:thomas-e-skains:board_membership:6. Valid from: 2009-01-01. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: corroborated. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:a774e48bd309713d57653254ca064f56ec7079cf49857fb5ca12fe1c68f22ab9, alpha:projection-evidence:document:71441d112e0dfbcf146b0d61dbfb924ec7774fa1939a887f10e0e5f6b5eff161, alpha:projection-evidence:document:118e2d85c7dc456613fed88c9ef8f377378c95a75c2082670c257f506422af6d. ## Board role - Board role: Director. Claim: alpha:claim:person:thomas-e-skains:board_role:7. Valid from: 2026-03-20. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:99ec31c3b57e516e4c1e50f7c8787e65eb0b998e63f360e1407ebf029880bb2a. - Board role: Lead Independent Director. Claim: alpha:claim:person:thomas-e-skains:board_role:8. Valid from: 2026-03-16. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:d7a9fa81640d8339b702019e5d1d05bdc1bb2edfdbcbc7fc1dd051477141545f. ## Committee assignments - No committee assignment disclosed in the cited filing. Claim: alpha:claim:person:thomas-e-skains:committee_assignments:9. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: corroborated. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:71441d112e0dfbcf146b0d61dbfb924ec7774fa1939a887f10e0e5f6b5eff161, alpha:projection-evidence:document:118e2d85c7dc456613fed88c9ef8f377378c95a75c2082670c257f506422af6d, alpha:projection-evidence:document:a774e48bd309713d57653254ca064f56ec7079cf49857fb5ca12fe1c68f22ab9. - Committee assignments: Compensation and Human Capital, Executive, Nominating/Governance. Claim: alpha:claim:person:thomas-e-skains:committee_assignments:10. Valid from: 2026-03-16. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:d7a9fa81640d8339b702019e5d1d05bdc1bb2edfdbcbc7fc1dd051477141545f. - Committee assignments: Compensation, Nominating/Governance. Claim: alpha:claim:person:thomas-e-skains:committee_assignments:11. Valid from: 2026-03-20. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:99ec31c3b57e516e4c1e50f7c8787e65eb0b998e63f360e1407ebf029880bb2a. ## Cybersecurity experience - Cybersecurity experience: not identified in the cited filing. Claim: alpha:claim:person:thomas-e-skains:cybersecurity_experience:12. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:d7a9fa81640d8339b702019e5d1d05bdc1bb2edfdbcbc7fc1dd051477141545f. ## Technology background - Technology background: not identified in the cited filing. Claim: alpha:claim:person:thomas-e-skains:technology_background:13. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:d7a9fa81640d8339b702019e5d1d05bdc1bb2edfdbcbc7fc1dd051477141545f. ## Coverage states | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Identity | PUBLISHED | | Business | NOT_APPLICABLE | | Leadership | PUBLISHED | | Board and committees | PUBLISHED | | Governance | PUBLISHED | | Financials | NOT_APPLICABLE | | Workforce | NOT_APPLICABLE | | Ownership | NOT_APPLICABLE | | Ratings | NOT_PUBLISHED | | Market and index context | NOT_APPLICABLE | ## Public sources - alpha:projection-evidence:document:71441d112e0dfbcf146b0d61dbfb924ec7774fa1939a887f10e0e5f6b5eff161: [Duke Energy Corporation director board source](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465926032443/tm261356-4_def14a.htm). - alpha:projection-evidence:document:99ec31c3b57e516e4c1e50f7c8787e65eb0b998e63f360e1407ebf029880bb2a: [DUK DEF 14A director slate](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465926032443/tm261356-4_def14a.htm). - alpha:projection-evidence:document:118e2d85c7dc456613fed88c9ef8f377378c95a75c2082670c257f506422af6d: [American Electric Power Company, Inc. director board source](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490426000022/aep-20260318.htm). - alpha:projection-evidence:document:d7a9fa81640d8339b702019e5d1d05bdc1bb2edfdbcbc7fc1dd051477141545f: [TFC DEF 14A director slate](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/92230/000119312526107144/d12240ddef14a.htm). - alpha:projection-evidence:document:a774e48bd309713d57653254ca064f56ec7079cf49857fb5ca12fe1c68f22ab9: [Truist Financial Corporation director board source](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/92230/000119312526107144/d12240ddef14a.htm). - alpha:projection-evidence:document:3d6b7e7683b1aa1af5e51e01e70d2919e7d69a6241a0a9adc6e1175dae670a70: [sec_proxy](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70145/000119312526020739/d851067ddef14a.htm). - alpha:projection-evidence:document:b3138a4a8adf49824bae3eb404ab5a34d83867accb5373d629168450f62a90e3: [sec_filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465926032443/tm261356-4_def14a.htm). - alpha:projection-evidence:7d3bd489f76edd1a69f6ce12d0f51b156116b41f33cd12e9c4defca8ab177ad1: [sec_proxy](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70145/000119312526020739/d851067ddef14a.htm). - alpha:projection-evidence:12824116f7c538859e7ef0cf098e5be4df975eda9435a0a07b37a882b14e83b3: [public_source](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465926032443/tm261356-4_def14a.htm). ## Rights | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | public_retrieval | allowed | | agent_retrieval | allowed | | redistribution | not_granted | | model_training | not_granted | | commercial_use | not_specified | | relationship_pathfinding | not_granted | | direct_contact | not_granted | ## Limitations - Only permissioned public claims and evidence are included. - Absence of a claim is not evidence that the underlying fact is false. - Public retrieval does not grant model-training or redistribution rights. - Private relationships and Council activity are excluded. ## Alternate representations - [Canonical profile](https://registry.alpha.ac/people/thomas-e-skains) - [Public Markdown](https://registry.alpha.ac/people/thomas-e-skains.md) - [Public JSON](https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/thomas-e-skains?format=record) - [JSON-LD](https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/thomas-e-skains?format=jsonld) - MCP resource: `alpha://people/thomas-e-skains` at https://mcp.alpha.ac/mcp ## Connected governance records Only explicitly published, rights-cleared records. Missing records do not establish absence, safety, or complete coverage.