People: American States Water Co (AWR)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Lloyd Ross	71	1999	Independent Chairman of the Board
Robert Sprowls	54	2009	President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Eva Tang	56	2008	Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President - Finance, Corporate Secretary, Treasurer; CFO, SVP - Fin., Secretary of Golden State Water Co.
Shengder Chang	55	2007	Vice President – Environmental Quality of Golden State Water Company
Gladys Farrow	47	2008	VP – Finance, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary of Golden State Water Company
James Gallagher	57	2007	Vice President - Management Services of American States Utility Services, Inc.
William Gedney	57	2007	Vice President – Asset Management of Golden State Water Company
McClellan Harris	60	2007	Senior Vice President and Assistant Secretary of American States Utility Services, Inc
Granville Hodges	52	2007	Vice President - Operations of American States Utility Services
Denise Kruger	48	2008	SVP - Regulated Utilities of Golden State Water Company
Diane Rentfrow	63	2007	Vice President - Human Capital Management of Golden State Water Company
Patrick Scanlon	54	2008	Vice President - Water Operations of Golden State Water Company
Bryan Switzer	55	2004	Vice President - Regulatory Affairs of Golden State Water Company
Roland Tanner	55	2008	Vice President – Customer Support Services of Golden State Water Company
Sarah Anderson	62	2012	Director
John Fielder	64	2013	Director
James Anderson	68	1997	Independent Director
Diana Bonta	61	2007	Independent Director
N. Dodge	75	1990	Independent Director
Anne Holloway	59	1998	Independent Director
Robert Kathol	71	1995	Independent Director
Gary King	65	2006	Independent Director
James McNulty	69	2010	Independent Director
Janice Wilkins	67	2011	Independent Director

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Biographies

Name	Description
Lloyd Ross	Mr. Lloyd E. Ross has served as Independent Chairman of the Board of American States Water Co. Mr. Ross has been chair of the board of directors of the company since April 1999 and has served as a director since 1995. He is a non-voting ex-officio member of each of the committees of the board. Mr. Ross has been the principal of L. Ross Consulting since 2003, which provides construction, development and consulting services primarily in California, Montana and Sonora, Mexico. He was Managing Partner of Invermex, LP, a developer of hotels in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, from 1997 to 2003. From 1976, prior to becoming Managing Partner of Invermex, LP, Mr. Ross was the President and Chief Executive Officer of SMI Construction, a commercial and industrial general contracting firm in Irvine, California. He served on the board of directors of PacifiCare Health Systems from 1985-2005 and as a member of the audit committee and chair of the compensation committee of PacifiCare Health Systems from 2000-2005. Mr. Ross has served on the board of a number of community organizations, including the Orange County small business division of the United Way, the California Young President’s Organization and the Newport Center Chapter of the Kiwanis Club. He also volunteers at a food bank in Kalispell, Montana.
Robert Sprowls	Mr. Robert J. Sprowls has served as President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of American States Water Co. Mr. Sprowls has served on the American States Water Company board since May 2009 and the boards of the subsidiary companies since his appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer of the company effective January 2009. Mr. Sprowls is a member of the ASUS committee. He also served as a member of the strategy and corporate development committee from January 2009 until it was dissolved in October 2011. Mr. Sprowls joined American States Water Company in June 2004 as Senior Vice President – Finance, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary. He was promoted to Executive Vice President – Finance, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary in January 2008 and became Executive Vice President of the company and its subsidiaries in November 2008. Prior to joining American States Water Company, Mr. Sprowls spent 21 years at ILCORP Inc., or CILCORP, a public utility holding company whose subsidiary, Central Illinois Light Company, served approximately 250,000 gas and electric utility customers. During his tenure with CILCORP, Mr. Sprowls held positions as President, Business Unit Leader – Energy Delivery, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Treasurer of Central Illinois Light Company; CFO of a non-regulated subsidiary of CILCORP, QST Enterprises Inc.; and Vice President and Treasurer of CILCORP. Mr. Sprowls left CILCORP and Central Illinois Light Company following the sale of the company to Ameren Corporation in 2003. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics and Business Administration from Knox College in Illinois and a Master of Business Administration Degree from Bradley University, also in Illinois. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Management Accountant.
Eva Tang	Ms. Eva G. Tang has served as Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President - Finance, Corporate Secretary, Treasurer of American States Water Co., and Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President - Finance, Secretary of Golden State Water Company. She was Treasurer and Assistant Secretary for all other subsidiaries of American States Water Company from October 2002 to November 2008.
Shengder Chang	Mr. Shengder D. Chang has served as Vice President – Environmental Quality of Golden State Water Company a subsidiary of American States Water Co. He was Engineering and Planning Manager of Golden State Water Company from June 2005 to October 2007; Water Quality Manager of Golden State Water Company from October 2002 to June 2005
Gladys Farrow	Mr. Gladys M. Farrow has served as Vice President–Finance, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary of Golden State Water Company a subsidiary of American States Water Co. He was Treasurer and Assistant Secretary for the other subsidiaries of American States Water Company; Controller of Golden State Water Company from March 2003 to November 2008.
James Gallagher	Mr. James B. Gallagher has served as Vice President - Management Services of American States Utility Services, Inc a subsidiary of American States Water Co. He was Vice President of Customer Service, Region III of Golden State Water Company from April 1997 to October 2007.
William Gedney	Mr. William C. Gedney has served as Vice President – Asset Management of Golden State Water Company a subsidiary of American States Water Co. He was Vice President of Water Quality of Golden State Water Company from January 2004 to October 2007.
McClellan Harris	Mr. McClellan Harris III is Senior Vice President and Assistant Secretary of American States Utility Services, Inc a subsidiary of American States Water Co. He was Senior Vice President and Secretary of American States Utility Services, Inc. and its subsidiaries from July 2004 to May 2007
Granville Hodges	Mr. Granville R. Hodges has served as Vice President - Operations of American States Utility Services a subsidiary of American States Water Co.
Denise Kruger	Ms. Denise L. Kruger has served as Senior Vice President – Regulated Utilities of Golden State Water Company a subsidiary of American States Water Co. She is also the Senior Vice President–Operations of Golden State Water Company from January 2004 to January 2008.
Diane Rentfrow	Ms. Diane D. Rentfrow has served as Vice President - Human Capital Management of Golden State Water Company a subsidiary of American States Water Co. She was Dean of Employee Development University of Golden State Water Company from May 1996 to August 2007
Patrick Scanlon	Mr. Patrick R. Scanlon has served as Vice President - Water Operations of Golden State Water Company a subsidiary of American States Water Co. He is also the Vice President of Customer Service, Region II of Golden State Water Company from October 2002 to January 2008.
Bryan Switzer	Mr. Bryan K. Switzer has served as Vice President - Regulatory Affairs of Golden State Water Company a subsidiary of American States Water Co.
Roland Tanner	Mr. Roland S. Tanner has served as Vice President – Customer Support Services of Golden State Water Company a subsidiary of American States Water Co. He was Vice President of Customer Service, Region I of Golden State Water Company from September 2004 to January 2008.
Sarah Anderson	Ms. Sarah J. Anderson has been appointed as Director of American States Water Co since March 21, 2012. Ms. Anderson brings additional to the board in the areas of accounting and financial advisory services. She also possesses management experience as a result of the various leadership roles that she has held in the accounting profession and in the government and non-profit sectors. Ms. Anderson retired from Ernst & Young LLP in June 2008 where she served for over 24 years as an assurance and advisory services partner. She served a number of clients, both public and private, across various industries, including utilities, government and service industries. Ms. Anderson served in multiple leadership positions at Ernst & Young LLP, including serving as the managing partner of both the company’s Orange County and Riverside offices. Ms. Anderson has a BS in business administration with a concentration in accounting from Northeastern University. She has been licensed as a Certified Public Accountant since 1979 and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants.
John Fielder	Mr. John R. Fielder is appointed as the Director of American States Water Co. Following a distinguished 40-year career with Southern California Edison Company (“SCE”), Mr. Fielder retired at the end of 2010 as President of SCE, where he was responsible for operations support, customer service, information technology, environmental affairs, state regulatory and public affairs, and employee relations. He also worked with the CEO of SCE to develop the strategy for the company. Before being promoted to President of SCE in 2005, he held various leadership positions including Senior Vice President of Regulatory Policy and Affairs for 14 years, and Vice President of Information Services. Mr. Fielder has served on a number of not-for-profit boards during his career and currently serves as chairman of the board of the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific and as a board member of both the Long Beach Memorial Hospital Foundation and the Rancho Los Cerritos Foundation. He also currently serves as a member of the Energy Efficiency Institute Global Advisory Committee for the University of California, Santa Barbara. He had also served on various industry association boards during his career.
James Anderson	Mr. James L. Anderson has served as Independent Director of American States Water Co. Mr. James L. Anderson Mr. Anderson is chair of the compensation committee, and a member of nominating and governance committee. He also served as a member of the strategy and corporate development committee until it was dissolved in October 2011. He also has served as special projects liaison to the board beginning in 2009. Since 1996, Mr. Anderson has been the Senior Vice President of marketing and sales operations for Americo Financial Life and Annuity Insurance Company, an underwriter of life and annuity products. He served for ten years as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Fremont Life Insurance Company prior to its acquisition by Americo Life Inc. Prior to joining Fremont Life Insurance Company, Mr. Anderson served as Chairman & Chief Operating Officer of Physicians & Surgeons Underwriting Corporation, an insurance reciprocal management company for Physicians & Surgeons Insurance Exchange, a medical malpractice program for the western United States, and as President, founder and chief executive officer of Hospital Insurance Services, a management company for hospital, medical professional and general liability programs in California. Prior to forming Hospital Insurance Services, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer for the property and casualty businesses of H.F Ahmanson Insurance Group. He has been a member of the board of directors of Baldwin Builders, LLC, a privately held residential home builder in Orange County, California. Mr. Anderson has a BS in business from Fort Hays Kansas State University and has participated in the IBM Executive Management program.
Diana Bonta	Dr. Diana M. Bonta has served as Independent Director of American States Water Co. Dr. Bontá is a member of the nominating and governance committee and the compensation committee and serves as enterprise risk management liaison to the board. She also served as a member of the strategy and corporate development committee until it was dissolved in October 2011. She has served as a director since 2007. Dr. Bontá has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of The California Wellness Foundation, a private independent foundation with a mission to improve the health of the people in California, by making grants, providing wellness education and preventing disease, since January 2012. From 2004 to January 2012, Dr. Bontá served as the Vice President of Public Affairs of the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals, Southern California Region where she was responsible for setting the Region’s public policy agenda and providing leadership and oversight of public affairs programs and support for Kaiser Permanente’s external communications and reputation management. She previously served as the first Latina director of the California Department of Health Services from 1999 to 2004. Prior to serving as director of the California Department of Health Services, Dr. Bontá served as director of the Department of Health and Human Services of the City of Long Beach, California. Dr. Bontá holds doctorate and master degrees in public health from the University of California, Los Angeles. She holds an appointment as an adjunct associate professor at UCLA’s School of Public Health since 1999, and is a registered nurse. She is a trustee of the Charles Drew University of Medicine and Sciences in Los Angeles and a board member of United Way of Greater Los Angeles.
N. Dodge	Mr. N.P. Dodge, Jr., has served as Independent Director of American States Water Co. Mr. Dodge serves as chair of the ASUS committee and is a member of the nominating and governance committee and audit and finance committee. Mr. Dodge has served as a director since 1990. Mr. Dodge has been President of NP Dodge Company, the full-service real estate firm in Nebraska, with separate divisions in residential sales, commercial sales, property management, insurance, title insurance and land development, since September 1978. Mr. Dodge is a certified real estate broker in Nebraska and Iowa and a certified property manager. Mr. Dodge has a BA from Harvard University. Mr. Dodge is a director of the Omaha Public Power District, a public entity that generates and distributes power to approximately 800,000 customers in thirteen counties in Nebraska, and a director of the Bridges Investment Fund. He has also served as a director and chairman of the audit committee of Firstar Bank Council Bluffs and the audit and finance committee chairman of the Omaha Public Power District.
Anne Holloway	Ms. Anne M. Holloway has served as Independent Director of American States Water Co. Ms. Holloway is chair of the nominating and governance committee and a member of the compensation committee. She also served as a member of the strategy and corporate development committee until it was dissolved in October 2011. Ms. Holloway has served as a director since 1998. Ms. Holloway brings to the board in human resources and corporate governance matters obtained through her experience in the financial services industry and her experiences in providing strategic advice to Fortune 500 companies. Ms. Holloway is retired. She was a partner in Navigant Consulting, Inc., a provider of financial and strategic consulting services to Fortune 500 companies, governments and governmental agencies from 1999 to 2000. She served as President of Resolution Credit Services Corp., a subsidiary of Xerox Financial Services, from 1992 to 1998 where she was responsible for, among other things, the resolution of financial guarantees on troubled tax-exempt bonds, the restructuring of debt and negotiation with the Resolution Trust Corporation. She also served as chief operating officer of International Insurance Company, another company in the Resolution Group, where she was responsible for operations, human resources and technology. Prior to joining the Resolution Group, Ms. Holloway held various management positions with Shawmut National Corporation, a financial services company. Ms. Holloway holds a BA from Newton College of the Sacred Heart and an MBA from Boston University. She has also participated in the Harvard University Executive Management program.
Robert Kathol	Mr. Robert F. Kathol has served as Independent Director of American States Water Co. Mr. Kathol has served as the chair of the audit and finance committee since he became a director in 1995 until October 2011. He remains a member of the audit and finance committee. He is also a member of the ASUS committee and the special issuance committee of the board. Since 2001, Mr. Kathol has been Executive Vice President of Smith Hayes Financial Services Corporation, an investment banking firm in Omaha, Nebraska which provides investment management advice to individuals, trusts, endowment funds and retirement portfolios. Prior to the acquisition of the private client services division of Kirkpatrick, Pettis, Smith, Polian, Inc. by Smith Hayes Financial Services Corporation, Mr. Kathol worked for 30 years for Kirkpatrick Pettis in a variety of managerial and operational positions. His responsibilities included financial analysis and evaluation of financial statements, valuation projects and reporting and due diligence assignments in connection with public and private debt and equity financings for utilities, banks and other enterprises and for tax-exempt issuers. Prior to joining Kirkpatrick Pettis, Mr. Kathol worked as an audit manager at Arthur Andersen & Co. for utility, insurance and other for-profit small and medium-sized businesses. Mr. Kathol has a BSBA in accounting from Creighton University.
Gary King	Mr. Gary F. King has served as Independent Director of American States Water Co. Mr. King has served as the chair of the audit and finance committee since October 2011. He also served as vice chair of the audit and finance committee from February 2011 until October 2011 and as chair of the special issuance committee of the board since February 2011. He also serves as liaison to the anti-fraud committee of the company. He was also the chair of the strategy and corporate development committee since its formation in December 2006 until it was dissolved in October 2011. Mr. King retired as a senior audit partner of Deloitte & Touché LLP in 2005 after 34 years of service with the firm. During his career, he served as the lead client service partner on several of Deloitte’s publicly-held audit clients in the defense, technology and utility industries. He was designated as an industry by Deloitte & Touché in public utilities, real estate, aerospace and defense, telecommunications and information technology and as a mergers and acquisitions specialist. Mr. King has a BBA and MBA from the University of Michigan.
James McNulty	Mr. James F. McNulty has served as Independent Director of American States Water Co. Mr. McNulty was appointed to the board and as a member of the ASUS committee in January 2010. He also served on the strategy and corporate development committee from May 2010 until the committee was dissolved in October 2011. Mr. McNulty is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Parsons Corporation, an international engineering, construction and technical and management services firm whose customers include the U.S. government. He retired from Parsons Corporation in 2008, but continued to retain his position as a director on the board of Parsons Corporation until 2011. He is also a director of American Reprographics Company, a publicly traded printing company. Prior to joining Parsons Corporation in 1988, Mr. McNulty had a 24-year career in the Army in a variety of training, troop, research and development and project management assignments, including work as a research associate at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Deputy Director of the Office of Military Application for the U.S. Department of Energy, Systems Manager for the deployment of the Pershing II missile system and program manager for the ground-based laser system for the strategic defense initiative. He retired from the Army as a Colonel in 1988. Mr. McNulty has a BS degree in engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point and master degrees from Ohio State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he was an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow.
Janice Wilkins	Ms. Janice F. Wilkins is Independent Director of American States Water Co since May 2011. Ms. Wilkins retired as Vice President of Finance and the Director of Internal Audit for Intel Corporation in June 2010 where she had been responsible for Intel’s global internal audit, investigative, and ethics and compliance operations staffs since 1995. During her 29-year career with Intel Corporation, she held a number of operational and corporate finance controllership, management, and executive positions, and managed the Human Resource organization responsible for US compensation and benefits. Prior to joining Intel Corporation, she held various finance positions for public and private companies in the electronic, oil and gas, mineral, shipping, banking, and real estate industries. In 2001, Ms. Wilkins was recognized by Ebony Magazine as one of the top-ranking African American women in corporate America. In 2004, she was named Businesswoman of the Year by the Gamma Nu Chapter of Iota Lambda Sorority, with recognition from the United States Senator from California, the Mayor of San Francisco and the California State Senator. Ms. Wilkins holds a BS degree in Accounting from Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana, and an MBA from Golden Gate University in San Francisco, California. She is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors and Financial Executives International.

Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Lloyd Ross	--
Robert Sprowls	1,596,020
Eva Tang	928,317
Shengder Chang	--
Gladys Farrow	--
James Gallagher	554,614
William Gedney	--
McClellan Harris	1,004,010
Granville Hodges	--
Denise Kruger	948,013
Diane Rentfrow	--
Patrick Scanlon	821,422
Bryan Switzer	--
Roland Tanner	--
Sarah Anderson	--
John Fielder	--
James Anderson	--
Diana Bonta	--
N. Dodge	--
Anne Holloway	--
Robert Kathol	--
Gary King	--
James McNulty	--
Janice Wilkins	--

As Of 30 Dec 2011

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Lloyd Ross	0	0
Robert Sprowls	30,511	255,500
Eva Tang	0	0
Shengder Chang	0	0
Gladys Farrow	0	0
James Gallagher	30,150	66,796
William Gedney	0	0
McClellan Harris	118,277	1,272,583
Granville Hodges	0	0
Denise Kruger	72,450	675,622
Diane Rentfrow	0	0
Patrick Scanlon	1,250	17,723
Bryan Switzer	0	0
Roland Tanner	0	0
Sarah Anderson	0	0
John Fielder	0	0
James Anderson	0	0
Diana Bonta	0	0
N. Dodge	0	0
Anne Holloway	0	0
Robert Kathol	0	0
Gary King	0	0
James McNulty	0	0
Janice Wilkins	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
TANNER ROLAND S	966	$33.36
TANNER ROLAND S	966	$33.36
HARRIS MCCLELLAN III	744	$56.73
SPROWLS ROBERT J	738	$54.88
SPROWLS ROBERT J	129	$0.00
CHANG SHENGDER DAVID	280	$53.71
KRUGER DENISE L	330	$53.71
GALLAGHER JAMES B	280	$53.71
SCANLON PATRICK RONALD	264	$53.71
HODGES GRANVILLE R JR	278	$53.71
SPROWLS ROBERT J	752	$53.71
CHEUNG JIMMY	25	$53.71
RENTFROW DIANE D	280	$53.71
HARRIS MCCLELLAN III	330	$53.71
FARROW GLADYS MARIA	262	$53.71
SWITZER BRYAN KEITH	271	$53.71
GEDNEY WILLIAM C	270	$53.71
COTTON JAMES C III	33	$53.71
TANG EVA G	337	$53.71
GEDNEY WILLIAM C	25	$53.71
TANNER ROLAND S	28	$53.71
SWITZER BRYAN KEITH	25	$53.71
SCANLON PATRICK RONALD	25	$53.71
GALLAGHER JAMES B	25	$53.71
CHEUNG JIMMY	2	$53.71

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