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RICHARD H. BOOTH, 64
Trustee since 2001.
Since July 2009, Mr. Booth has served as Vice Chairman of Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC, a global reinsurance intermediary and a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. From June 2008 to March 2009, Mr. Booth served as a corporate officer, and from October 2008 to March 2009, as Vice Chairman, Transition Planning and Chief Administrative Officer, of American International Group, Inc., an insurance and financial services company. From January 2000 to March 2009, he served as Chairman and a director, and from January 2000 to July 2007, as President and Chief Executive Officer, of HSB Group, Inc., a specialty insurer and reinsurer. From January 2000 to March 2009, he served as Chairman and a director, and from January 2000 to July 2007, as Chief Executive Officer, of Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company, a provider of insurance and engineering services and investments, formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of American International Group, Inc., which was sold to Munich Re effective March 31, 2009. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Connecticut Society of CPAs, the Hartford Society of Financial Analysts and the CFA Institute. Mr. Booth is currently a member of the boards of WorldBusiness Capital LLC, the Florence Griswold Museum and the National Association of Corporate Directors, Connecticut Chapter. He is a senior adviser to Century Capital Management. Mr. Booth received B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Hartford. He is a certified public accountant and a former member of the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council and its Steering Committee.
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JOHN S. CLARKESON, 68
Trustee since 2008.
Mr. Clarkeson has served as the Chairman Emeritus of The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. since 2007. Previously, Mr. Clarkeson served as Co-Chairman of the Board of The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. from 2004 to 2007, Chairman of The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. from 1998 to 2003, and Chief Executive Officer and President from 1986 to 1997. He is a director of the Cabot Corporation, the Chairman of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a trustee of the Educational Testing Service, a trustee emeritus of the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization, Inc., and a member of the INSEAD Advisory Council. Mr. Clarkeson received an A.B. degree magna cum laude from Harvard College, where he was a Harvard National Scholar, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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COTTON M. CLEVELAND, 58
Trustee since 1992.
Ms. Cleveland has been President of Mather Associates, a firm specializing in leadership and organizational development for business, public and nonprofit organizations, since 1981. She is a director of The National Grange Mutual Insurance Company and Ledyard National Bank. She was elected and served as the Moderator of the Town of New London, New Hampshire and the New London/Springfield Water Precinct from 2000 to 2010. Ms. Cleveland has formerly served on the board of the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy and as a director of Bank of Ireland First Holdings. Ms. Cleveland has also served as Chair, Vice Chair and member of the Board of Trustees of the University System of New Hampshire, as Co-Chair of the Governor’s Commission on New Hampshire in the 21st Century, and as an incorporator for the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. Ms. Cleveland received a B.S. magna cum laude from the University of New Hampshire, Whittemore School of Business and Economics.
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SANFORD CLOUD, JR., 66
Trustee since 2000.
Mr. Cloud has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Cloud Company, LLC, a real estate development and business investment firm, since 2005. Mr. Cloud is a past President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Conference for Community and Justice from 1994 to 2004, a former partner at the law firm of Robinson and Cole from 1993 to 1994, and served for two terms as a state senator of Connecticut. A former Vice President of Corporate Public Involvement of Aetna Inc. from 1986 to 1992. Mr. Cloud has served as a director of The Phoenix Companies, Inc. since 2001 and is currently a director of Ironwood Mezzanine Fund, L.P. He is also a director of the MetroHartford Alliance, Inc., The Connecticut Health Foundation and the University of Connecticut Medical Health Center. Mr. Cloud received a B.A. from Howard University, a J.D. cum laude from the Howard University Law School, and an M.A. in Religious Studies from the Hartford Seminary.
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JAMES S. DISTASIO, 64
Trustee since 2012.
Mr. DiStasio served as a trustee of NSTAR from 2009 until the completion of the merger of NSTAR with the Company on April 10, 2012. Previously, he served as Senior Vice Chairman and Americas Chief Operating Officer, Ernst & Young, a registered public accounting firm, from 2003 until his retirement in 2007. He has served as a director of EMC Corporation since 2010.
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FRANCIS A. DOYLE, 63
Trustee since 2012.
Mr. Doyle has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Connell Limited Partnership since 2001. From 1972 to 2001, he was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where he was Global Technology and E-Business Leader and a member of the firm’s Global Leadership Team. He has served as a director of Tempur Pedic International, Inc. since 2003, and of Liberty Mutual Holding Company, Inc. since 2003. He is a trustee of the Joslin Diabetes Center and Boston College.
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CHARLES K. GIFFORD, 69
Trustee since 2012.
Mr. Gifford served as a trustee of NSTAR from 1999 until the completion of the merger of NSTAR with the Company on April 10, 2012 and had served as a Director of Boston Edison Company (NSTAR’s predecessor) since 1990. He has served as the Chairman Emeritus since 2005 and a director since 2004 of Bank of America Corporation, a bank holding company. Mr. Gifford retired as Chairman of Bank of America Corporation in 2005. He has served as a director of CBS Corporation since 2006.
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PAUL A. LA CAMERA, 69
Trustee since 2012.
Mr. La Camera served as a trustee of NSTAR from 1999 until the completion of the merger of NSTAR with the Company on April 10, 2012 and had served as a Director of Boston Edison Company (NSTAR’s predecessor) since 1998. Since 2011, he has served as the Administrator of Public Radio for WBUR, the National Public Radio news station in Boston. Mr. La Camera served as General Manager of WBUR from 2005 until his retirement in 2010. Prior to that, Mr. La Camera served as the President and General Manager of WCVB-TV Channel 5 Boston from 1993 to 2005.
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KENNETH R. LEIBLER, 62
Trustee since 2006.
Mr. Leibler has served as a trustee of The Putnam Mutual Funds since 2006, a director of The Ruder Finn Group since 2005, a Trustee of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center since 2006, and Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center since 2009. He is a founding partner of the Boston Options Exchange and served as its Chairman from 2004 to February 2007. Mr. Leibler served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Boston Stock Exchange from 2001 to 2005, and as President of Liberty Financial Companies from 1990 to 2000, where he also served as Chief Executive Officer from 1995 to 2000 and as Chief Operating Officer from 1990 to 1995. He also held various positions at the American Stock Exchange, including President and Chief Operating Officer as well as Chief Financial Officer from 1975 to 1990. He is a past Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of ISO New England, Inc., the independent operator of New England’s bulk electric transmission system, where he served until 2006. Mr. Leibler received a B.A. magna cum laude from Syracuse University.
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THOMAS J. MAY, 65
Trustee since 2012.
Mr. May became President and Chief Executive Officer and a Trustee of Northeast Utilities upon the completion of the merger of NSTAR with the Company on April 10, 2012. Prior to the completion of the merger, Mr. May served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and a trustee of NSTAR since the creation of NSTAR in 1999, and was elected President in 2002 and had served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Boston Edison Company (NSTAR's predecessor) since 1993. Mr. May has served as a director of Bank of America Corporation since 2004 and a director of Liberty Mutual Holding Company, Inc. since 2002.
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CHARLES W. SHIVERY, 65
Trustee since 2004.
Mr. Shivery became non-executive Chairman of the Board of Northeast Utilities upon the completion of the merger of NSTAR with the Company on April 10, 2012. Formerly, Mr. Shivery had been Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Northeast Utilities since March 29, 2004 and Chairman and a director of Northeast Utilities’ operating companies since January 19, 2007. Mr. Shivery previously held the position as interim President of Northeast Utilities from January 2004 until March 29, 2004. From June 2002 until December 2003, Mr. Shivery served as President-Competitive Group of Northeast Utilities, as President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of NU Enterprises, Inc., and as Chairman and a director of most of Northeast Utilities’ competitive subsidiaries. In 2002, Mr. Shivery retired from Constellation Energy Group, Inc. (Constellation), parent company of Baltimore Gas and Electric Company and other energy-related businesses, having held numerous senior management positions at Constellation. Mr. Shivery is a director of Webster Financial Corporation, Energy Insurance Mutual, the Connecticut Business & Industry Association, Association of Edison Illuminating Companies, Connecticut Science Center, The Bushnell, Edison Electric Institute, and the Electric Power Research Institute. He is the Chairman of the MetroHartford Alliance, Inc. and the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. Mr. Shivery received B.A. and B.S. degrees from The Johns Hopkins University and an M.B.A. from the University of Baltimore. |
WILLIAM C. VAN FAASEN, 63
Trustee since 2012.
Mr. Van Faasen served as a trustee of NSTAR from 2002 until the completion of the merger of NSTAR with the Company on April 10, 2012. Mr. Van Faasen is currently Chairman of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Inc. (“BCBSMA”), a health care services provider. He also served as Chairman of BCBSMA from 2005 until his retirement in 2007, and as interim Chief Executive Officer in 2010. He has served as a director of IMS Health, Inc. since 1996, and a director of Liberty Mutual Holding Company, Inc. since 2002. He also served as a director of PolyMedica Corporation from 2005 to 2008.
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FREDERICA M. WILLIAMS, 53
Trustee since 2012.
Ms. Williams was elected as a trustee of NSTAR in March 2012 and served as a trustee until the completion of the merger of NSTAR with the Company on April 10, 2012. Ms. Williams has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Whittier Street Health Center in Boston since 2002. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of Dana Farber Cancer Institute, the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers and Boston Health Net. She also serves on the advisory boards of Global Health/International Women’s Health Initiative, African Health Foundation and the African Community Health Initiative.
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DENNIS R. WRAASE, 67
Trustee since 2010.
Mr. Wraase served as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Pepco Holdings, Inc. (PHI) until his retirement in June 2009. He was elected Chairman of PHI in 2004, became Chief Executive Officer in 2003 and served as a director since 1998. He previously served as the President of PHI from 2001 to 2008, and Chief Operating Officer from 2002 to 2003. Mr. Wraase joined the Potomac Electric Power Company, a utility subsidiary of PHI (Pepco), in 1974, and held various positions of increasing leadership and responsibility, including President from 2000 to 2003 and Chief Financial Officer from 1996 to 2000. He joined Pepco’s board of directors in 1998 and served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 2004 to 2009. Mr. Wraase received a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Maryland and an M.S. in Business Financial Management from The George Washington University. He is a certified public accountant. He is a member of the Financial Executives Institute and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Wraase currently serves as the Executive-In-Residence at the Center for Social Value Creation at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland. He is also currently a director and Treasurer of the University of Maryland System Foundation and a director and Chairman of the Washington Hospital Center. Mr. Wraase previously served as a director of the Edison Electric Institute, The Association of Edison Illuminating Companies and the Institute for Electric Efficiency, and as President of the Southeastern Electric Exchange.
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Biographical information for Messrs. Booth, Clarkeson, Cloud, Leibler and Wraase and Ms. Cleveland is from the NU Proxy Statement dated March 30, 2011.
Biographical information for Mr. Shivery is based on the NU Proxy Statement dated March 30, 2011, except for the information regarding his retirement on April 10, 2012.
Biographical information for Messrs. DiStasio, Doyle, Gifford, LaCamera, May, and Van Faasen and Ms. Williams is based on the Form 8-K dated April 10, 2012.
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