Lynsay Demko

Lynsay is the Damage Prevention Program Manager for Southwest Gas, responsible for providing program oversight, compliance, strategic planning, and continuous improvement across California, Nevada, and Arizona for the advancement of operations, strategic data driven initiatives, and risk reduction. Lynsay has over a decade of expertise leading mission-critical damage prevention, public awareness, and occupational safety programs across 11 states in the energy sector. Lynsay has been a champion for Damage Prevention for 9 years and is passionate about moving the industry from compliance to excellence. Lynsay is actively engaged and serves leadership positions with major damage prevention organizations both locally and nationally including NRCGA, CGA, DPI, and AGA. • Board Member, USAN811 since 2023 • Finance Committee Member, USAN811 since 2024 • Board Member, Nevada Regional Common Ground Alliance (NRCGA) 2023-2025 • Chair, American Gas Association (AGA) Damage Prevention Committee since 2025 • Co-Chair, Common Ground Alliance (CGA) Damage Prevention Institute (DPI) Data Committee since 2024 • Co-Chair, Nevada Regional Common Ground Alliance (NRCGA) Craig Rogers Award Committee since 2025 • Co-Chair, NRCGA 811 Day Committee 2024-2025 • Committee Member, NRCGA Silver Shovel since 2024 • Committee Member, NRCGA Education and Training Committee since 2024 • Committee Member, CGA Marketing and Outreach Education since 2024 • Irth (Ticket Management System) Advisory Group since 2025 • President, Pipeline Association of the Northwest 2021-2022 Prior to coming to Southwest Gas, Lynsay was the Manager for Damage Prevention/Public Awareness for Montana-Dakota Utilities Companies’ (Cascade Natural Gas, Intermountain Gas Company, Montana-Dakota Utilities, and Great Plains Natural Gas) with responsibilities across eight states (WA, OR, ID, MT, WY, ND, SD, MN). Previously, Lynsay worked in nuclear coordinating occupational safety and industrial hygiene programs on the Department of Energy (DOE) Hanford site (where the world’s first large scale nuclear reactors were built during WWII that produced plutonium for the war efforts) responsible for nuclear cleanup and remediation. Lynsay holds B.A.S. in Project Management and B.A. in Political Science with a double minor in law and criminal justice. To learn more about Lynsay’s experience and qualifications, visit her linked in page www.linkedin.com/in/lynsay-demko811.