Sam Combs is president of ONEOK Distribution Companies, responsible for the operations of ONEOK’s three natural gas utilities – Oklahoma Natural Gas, Kansas Gas Service and Texas Gas Service.

He began his career with Oklahoma Natural Gas in 1984 and has held engineering, marketing and management positions at the company. He became vice president of Oklahoma Natural’s Oklahoma City district in 1996 and was named vice president of its Western Region in 1998. Combs was promoted to president of Oklahoma Natural in 2001 and named to his current position in 2005.

A past president of Leadership Oklahoma, Combs has been active as a leader in the community and the state. He was recognized by Black Enterprise magazine as one of the top “75 African-Americans in Corporate America”. Combs was honored as an “Oklahoma Star” by Governor Brad Henry and the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.

A native of Bristow, Oklahoma, Combs holds a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering from Oklahoma State University where he received a Distinguished Alumni Award.

He graduated from the Ross School of Business Executive Program at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1999 and has completed advanced studies at Harvard University.