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RICHARD H. BOOTH, 61
Trustee since 2001.
Mr. Booth is Chairman and a director of HSB Group, Inc. , a specialty insurer and reinsurer, and Chairman and a director of Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company, a provider of insurance and engineering services and investments. He is also a corporate officer of American International Group responsible for the company's Strategic Relationship Group. From January 2000 until July 2007, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Connecticut Society of CPAs, the Hartford Society of Financial Analysts, the Society of Financial Service Professionals and the Association for Investment Management & Research. Mr. Booth is a member of the Boards of WorldBusiness Capital LLC, Century Capital Management, the MetroHartford Alliance, Inc. and the Florence Griswold Museum, and a member of the Governor's Competitiveness Council and the Advisory Council of the Urban League of Greater Hartford. Mr. Booth received B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Hartford and is a Certified Public Accountant.
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JOHN S. CLARKESON, 64
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 and the National Bureau of Economic Research, a trustee of Educational Testing Service, the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization, Inc. and Wellesley College, and a member of the INSEAD board. 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, 55
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 the Ledyard National Bank and the Moderator of the Town of New London, New Hampshire and the New London/Springfield Water Precinct. Ms. Cleveland has 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., 63
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, a former partner at the law firm of Robinson and Cole and served for two terms as a state senator of Connecticut. A former Vice President of Corporate Public Involvement of Aetna Inc., Mr. Cloud is currently a Director of The Phoenix Companies, Inc. and 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 F. CORDES, 67
Trustee since 2001.
Mr. Cordes has over 30 years' experience in the natural gas business, having served as Executive Vice President of The Coastal Corporation and President of the Natural Gas Group of The Coastal Corporation (retired 1997) and President of American Natural Resources Company. Mr. Cordes is a Director of Comerica, Inc. He is past chairman of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America and has served as a Director and member of the Executive Committee of the American Gas Association. He has also served as a Director and member of the Executive Committees of both the Detroit Symphony and the Houston Symphony. Mr. Cordes received a B.S. from St. Louis University, an M.B.A. from Creighton University, and an M.S. in Industrial and Management Systems Engineering from the University of Nebraska.
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E. GAIL DE PLANQUE, 63
Trustee since 1995.
Dr. de Planque has been President of Strategy Matters, Inc., a consulting firm, and Director, Energy Strategists Consultancy, Ltd., since 1998. Dr. de Planque has over 35 years' experience in nuclear physics and industry regulation and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow and past President of the American Nuclear Society, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and has served as a Commissioner with the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission and as Director of the United States Department of Energy's Environmental Measurements Laboratory. Dr. de Planque serves as a Director of BHP Billiton, Plc and BHP Billiton Ltd., Landauer, Inc., and EnergySolutions, Inc. Dr. de Planque received an A.B. cum laude in Mathematics from Immaculata University, an M.S. in Physics from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Health Science from New York University.
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JOHN G. GRAHAM, 69
Trustee since 2003.
From 1999 to 2006, Mr. Graham served as President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director of UMICO Holdings, Inc. and UMI Insurance Company, both of Parsippany, New Jersey. From 1999 to 2005, he served as Adjunct Professor of Law at Rutgers Law School, where he taught in the fields of the law of economic regulation, energy law and insurance law. From 1999 to 2003, Mr. Graham served as a consultant to various firms concerning utility industry strategic and restructuring issues. Mr. Graham has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of GPU, Inc., and Chief Financial Officer of its utility subsidiaries (1987-1999), as a Director (1982-1999) and former Chairman (1995-1998) of Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited, and as a Director and member of audit, directors and compensation committees of Viatel, Inc. (1998-2002), and as a Director and audit committee chairman of Coho Energy, Inc. (2000-2001). Mr. Graham received an A.B. cum laude from Upsala College and a J.D. magna cum laude from Rutgers Law School, Newark, New Jersey.
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ELIZABETH T. KENNAN, 70
Lead Trustee since 1996; Trustee since 1980.
Dr. Kennan is the President Emeritus of Mount Holyoke College and a partner in Cambus-Kenneth Farm, a specialized horse and cattle breeder, since 2000. Dr. Kennan has served as President of Five Colleges, Incorporated, as a Trustee of Notre Dame University, and as a member of the Folger Shakespeare Library Committee and the National Committee on Library Resources, and holds honorary degrees from a number of institutions. Dr. Kennan is a Trustee of The Putnam Mutual Funds, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Centre College and Midway College. She acted as interim Chairman of the Board of Northeast Utilities from January 1, 2004 to March 29, 2004. Dr. Kennan received an A.B. summa cum laude from Mount Holyoke College, an M.A. from Oxford University (England), and a Ph.D. from the University of Washington.
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KENNETH R. LEIBLER, 59
Trustee since 2006.
Mr. Leibler is a founding partner and the former Chairman of the Boston Options Exchange (2004-February, 2007). Mr. Leibler is also a past Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Boston Stock Exchange (2001-2005), and a past President of Liberty Financial Companies (1990-2000), where he also served as Chief Executive Officer (1995-2000) and Chief Operating Officer (1990-1995). He also held various positions at the American Stock Exchange, including President and Chief Operating Officer as well as Chief Financial Officer (1975-1990). Mr. Leibler is a Trustee of The Putnam Mutual Funds, a director of The Ruder Finn Group, a Trustee of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and a past Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of ISO New England, the independent operator of New England's bulk electric transmission system. Mr. Leibler received a B.A. magna cum laude from Syracuse University.
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ROBERT E. PATRICELLI, 68
Trustee since 1993.
Mr. Patricelli has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Women's Health USA, Inc., a provider of women's health care services, since 1997 and of Evolution Benefits, Inc., a provider of employee benefit services, since 2000. Mr. Patricelli was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Value Health, Inc. (1987-1997) and previously served as Executive Vice President of CIGNA Corporation and President of CIGNA's Affiliated Businesses Group. Mr. Patricelli has also held various positions in the federal government, including White House Fellow, counsel to a United States Senate Subcommittee, Deputy Undersecretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and Administrator of the United States Urban Mass Transportation Administration. Mr. Patricelli is a Director of CuraGen Corporation and Prodigy Health Group. He is also a Director of the MetroHartford Alliance, Inc., The Bushnell and The Connecticut Center for Science and Exploration. Mr. Patricelli received a B.A. from Wesleyan University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Paris.
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CHARLES W. SHIVERY, 62
Trustee since 2004.
Mr. Shivery has been Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Northeast Utilities since March 29, 2004 and Chairman and a Director of The Connecticut Light and Power Company, Public Service Company of New Hampshire, Western Massachusetts Electric Company and Yankee Gas Services Company since January 19, 2007. Mr. Shivery assumed his current position at Northeast Utilities after serving as interim President beginning in January 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 (BG&E) and other energy-related businesses, having held numerous senior management positions at Constellation. Mr. Shivery is a Director of Energy Insurance Mutual, the Connecticut Business & Industry Association, Association of Edison Illuminating Companies, Connecticut Science Center, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Edison Electric Institute, and the Electric Power Research Institute. Mr. Shivery received B.A. and B.S. degrees from The Johns Hopkins University and an M.B.A. from the University of Baltimore. |
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JOHN F. SWOPE, 69
Trustee since 1992.
During 1999 and 2000, Mr. Swope served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Public Broadcasting Service. Mr. Swope, an attorney, served as of counsel to the law firm of Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green PA from 1995 to 1997, and as President of Chubb Life Insurance Company of America from 1980 to 1994, after serving in various executive capacities at Chubb Life and its predecessor companies since the early 1970's. Mr. Swope is a Director of the New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts and New Hampshire Public Radio, a Trustee of The Currier Museum of Art and Tabor Academy, and a Member of the Corporation at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Mr. Swope received a Bachelor's Degree from Amherst College and a J.D. from Yale Law School.
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