People: Chesapeake Utilities Corp (CPK.N)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Ralph Adkins	70	1999	Chairman of the Board
Michael McMasters	54	2011	President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
John Schimkaitis	65	2011	Non-Executive Vice Chairman of the Board
Beth Cooper	46	2012	Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, Corporate Secretary
Stephen Thompson	52	2004	Senior Vice President; President of Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company
Elaine Bittner	43	2010	Vice President - Strategic Development
Eugene Bayard	66	2006	Independent Director
Richard Bernstein	70	1994	Independent Director
Thomas Bresnan	60	2001	Independent Director
Thomas Hill	64	2006	Independent Director
Dennis Hudson	57	2009	Independent Director
Paul Maddock	63	2009	Independent Director
Joseph Moore	70	2001	Independent Director
Calvert Morgan	65	2000	Independent Director
Dianna Morgan	61	2008	Independent Director
Heidi Watkins			Investor Relations Administrator

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Biographies

Name	Description
Ralph Adkins	Mr. Ralph J. Adkins is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, a position he held from 1990 to 1999. During his tenure with the Company, Mr. Adkins also served as President, Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President, Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Accountant. Mr. Adkins is a former director of PNC Bank, Delaware, former Chairman of Bayhealth Foundation, and former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Delaware Public Employees’ Retirement System.
Michael McMasters	Mr. Michael P. McMasters is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Chesapeake Utilities Corp. He was appointed President on March 1, 2010 and was elected a director in 2010. Prior to his appointments and election, Mr. McMasters served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since September 2008, Chief Financial Officer from 1997 to 2008 and Senior Vice President since 2004 to 2008. He has previously held the positions of Vice President, Treasurer, Director of Accounting and Rates, and Controller of the Company. In addition to his tenure with Chesapeake, Mr. McMasters also served as Director of Operations Planning for Equitable Gas Company. He has 33 years of experience in the utilities industry.
John Schimkaitis	Mr. John R. Schimkaitis is Non-Executive Vice Chairman of the Board of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation. He retired as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective January 1, 2011. He held this position from January 1999 until his retirement. He was appointed as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Chesapeake, effective March 1, 2010. He also served as President of the Company from 1997 until 2010. Mr. Schimkaitis previously served as Chief Operating Officer of the Company, and prior thereto as Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, and Assistant Secretary of the Company.
Beth Cooper	Ms. Beth W. Cooper is Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, Corporate Secretary of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation. She was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in September 2008 and Corporate Secretary in June 2005. Previously, she has served as Vice President from June 2005 to September 2008 and Treasurer from 2003 to May of 2012. Ms. Cooper joined the Company in 1990 and has previously served in the following roles: Assistant Vice President, Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Secretary, Director of Internal Audit and Director of Strategic Planning. Before joining the Company, Ms. Cooper was an auditor with Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneurial Services Group. She has 22 years of experience in the utilities industry.
Stephen Thompson	Mr. Stephen C. Thompson is Senior Vice President of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation and President of Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company, a subsidiary of the Company. Mr. Thompson joined the Company in 1983 and during his tenure has served as Senior Vice President and Vice President of the Company. Mr. Thompson also served as Director of Gas Supply and Marketing, Superintendent of Eastern Shore, and Regional Manager for the Florida distribution operations. Mr. Thompson has 29 years of experience in the utilities industry.
Elaine Bittner	Ms. Elaine B. Bittner is Vice President - Strategic Development of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation. Previously, she has held positions within the Company including Vice President of Eastern Shore from 2005 to 2010, Director of Eastern Shore, Director of Customer Services and Regulatory Affairs for Eastern Shore, Director of Environmental Affairs for Chesapeake and Environmental Engineer. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Bittner was a Project Chemist, Client Consultant and Environmental Lab Chemist in the environmental industry specializing in environmental analysis and reporting related to volatile organic compounds. Ms. Bittner has 16 years of experience in the utilities industry.
Eugene Bayard	Mr. Eugene H. Bayard, Esq., is Independent Director of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation. He is a partner with the law firm of Wilson, Halbrook & Bayard in Georgetown, Delaware. He has been a member of the firm since 1974. Mr. Bayard serves in numerous business and community board capacities including: Sussex County Advisory Board for WSFS; Delaware Wild Lands, Inc.; Delaware State Fair, Inc.; Chairman of Harrington Raceway; Mid-Del Charitable Foundation; Delaware Volunteer Firefighter’s Association; O.A. Newton & Son Company; and J.G. Townsend Jr. and Company. Mr. Bayard previously served on the Southern Delaware Advisory Committee for the Delaware Community Foundation.
Richard Bernstein	Mr. Richard Bernstein is Independent Director of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation. He is President and Chief Executive Officer of LWRC International, LLC, a developer and manufacturer of rifles and carbines. He was owner, President and Chief Executive Officer of BAI Aerosystems, Inc. prior to it being acquired in 2004. Mr. Bernstein is active in the oversight of several private businesses in which he is a stockholder, including: REB Holdings, Inc., a technology consulting company; Salisbury Inc., a manufacturer of pewter and silver; and MaTech, Inc., a machining company. He is also a partner in the Waterside Village development in Easton, Maryland. Mr. Bernstein was appointed to Maryland’s Economic Development Commission by Governor O’Malley in 2009. He has also served on boards for several colleges and universities and currently serves on the advisory board of M&T Bank.
Thomas Bresnan	Mr. Thomas J. Bresnan is Independent Director of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation. He is owner and President of the Accounting & Business School of the Rockies, a post-secondary vocational school specializing in Accounting, Business and Computer Proficiency Certificate Programs. From 2008 to 2012 he served as a majority shareholder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Schneider Sales Management, LLC, a provider of sales consulting and skills assessment services and a publisher of proprietary sales training materials. From 1999 to 2006, Mr. Bresnan was Chief Executive Officer of New Horizons Worldwide, Inc., an information technology training company in Anaheim, California. At New Horizons Worldwide, Inc. he also served as President and was on the Board of Directors from 1993 to 2006. Prior to his employment with New Horizons Worldwide, Inc., he was President of Capitol American Life Insurance in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Bresnan began his professional career at Arthur Andersen & Co.
Thomas Hill	Mr. Thomas P. Hill, Jr., is Independent Director of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation. He retired in 2002 from Exelon Corporation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he served as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Exelon Energy Delivery Company. Exelon Corporation is an electric utility, providing energy generation, power marketing and energy delivery. Prior to the PECO Energy and Unicom Corporation merger, out of which Exelon Corporation evolved, Mr. Hill was Vice President and Controller for PECO Energy, where he had been employed since 1970 in various senior financial and managerial positions. Mr. Hill serves as a trustee of Magee Rehabilitation Hospital and the Magee Rehabilitation Foundation. He also serves as a member of the Audit Committee for Jefferson Health System, Inc., a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation.
Dennis Hudson	Mr. Dennis S. Hudson, III, is Independent Director of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation. He is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Seacoast National Bank, and Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida. He has served as a director of both organizations since 1983. Mr. Hudson has also held various other positions in these organizations, including President, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Hudson served on the Florida Public Utilities Company (“FPU”) Board of Directors from 2005 until the merger with Chesapeake in 2009. He served as a member of FPU’s Audit Committee. Mr. Hudson is actively involved in the community serving on the Boards of Helping People Succeed, United Way of Martin County and Visiting Nurses Association of Florida. He previously served on the Miami Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and as Chairman of the Economic Council of Martin County.
Paul Maddock	Mr. Paul L. Maddock, Jr., is Independent Director of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation. He is a Trustee and President of The Maddock Companies, a diversified real estate development, investment and securities holding company with operations in Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida. Mr. Maddock served on the FPU Board of Directors from 1998 until the merger with Chesapeake in 2009. He served as a member of FPU’s Audit, Compensation, and Executive Committees. Mr. Maddock has served on the Board of Lydian Bank and Trust since 2003 and was past Chairman of the Audit Committee and a past member of the Executive Committee. He has also served on the Boards of PRB Energy, Inc.; Hale Indian River Groves; Wachovia Bank of Florida; 1st United Bank and Trust; and Island National Bank and Trust. Within the community, Mr. Maddock serves as President of THRIFT, Inc., a Palm Beach charity organization, and a committee member and former director of Samaritan Hospital.
Joseph Moore	Mr. Joseph E. Moore, Esq., is Independent Director of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation. He is a partner with the law firm of Williams, Moore, Shockley and Harrison, LLP. He serves as a director of Calvin B. Taylor Banking Co. and Chairman of the Board of Zoning Appeals for the Town of Berlin, Maryland. Mr. Moore is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Worcester Preparatory School, and the Maryland Historical Society. He is also a director of the Ocean City Museum Society, Inc. Mr. Moore previously served in numerous business and community capacities in the State of Maryland, including: State’s Attorney for Worcester County; Attorney for Worcester County Board of Zoning Appeals; Attorney for the Town of Berlin; and as a member of the Board of Governors of the State of Maryland Bar Association. He has been appointed by the Maryland Court of Appeals as Co-Chairman of the First Appellate Circuit Character Committee of the Maryland State Board of Law Examiners. Mr. Moore is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Calvert Morgan	Mr. Calvert A. Morgan, Jr., is Independent Director of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation. He currently serves as a director of WSFS Financial Corporation and its principal subsidiary, Wilmington Savings Fund Society (“WSFS”). He is also Vice Chairman of WSFS. Mr. Morgan served as Special Advisor to WSFS Financial Corporation from 2004 to 2009. He is the retired Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of PNC Bank, Delaware in Wilmington, Delaware. Mr. Morgan has served in numerous business and community board capacities, currently including as a member of Delaware Business Roundtable and trustee of Christiana Care Corporation. Mr. Morgan is a member of the Delaware Economic and Financial Advisory Council.
Dianna Morgan	Mrs. Dianna F. Morgan is Independent Director of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation. She retired in 2001 from a long career with the Walt Disney World Company where she served as Senior Vice President of Public Affairs and Senior Vice President of Human Resources. She was appointed to the University of Florida Board of Trustees and served from 2001 to 2011 and as Chair from 2007 to 2009. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of CNL Bancshares, Inc. and the Board of Trustees for Hersha Hospitality Trust. Ms. Morgan is also a member of the Board of Directors of Orlando Health and serves as past Chair of the national board for the Children’s Miracle Network.
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Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Ralph Adkins	283,654
Michael McMasters	1,127,020
John Schimkaitis	1,270,470
Beth Cooper	638,402
Stephen Thompson	782,322
Elaine Bittner	498,868
Eugene Bayard	--
Richard Bernstein	--
Thomas Bresnan	--
Thomas Hill	--
Dennis Hudson	--
Paul Maddock	--
Joseph Moore	--
Calvert Morgan	--
Dianna Morgan	--
Heidi Watkins	--

As Of 30 Dec 2012

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Ralph Adkins	229,769	413,169
Michael McMasters	21,487	212,675
John Schimkaitis	144,755	437,229
Beth Cooper	3,467	106,038
Stephen Thompson	22,942	218,739
Elaine Bittner	0	0
Eugene Bayard	0	0
Richard Bernstein	0	0
Thomas Bresnan	0	0
Thomas Hill	0	0
Dennis Hudson	0	0
Paul Maddock	0	0
Joseph Moore	0	0
Calvert Morgan	0	0
Dianna Morgan	0	0
Heidi Watkins	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
MOORE JOSEPH E	100	$0.00
MOORE JOSEPH E	857	$52.49
BAYARD EUGENE H	857	$52.49
HILL THOMAS P JR	857	$52.49
MORGAN DIANNA F	857	$52.49
SCHIMKAITIS JOHN R	857	$52.49
MADDOCK PAUL L JR	857	$52.49
ADKINS RALPH J	857	$52.49
MORGAN CALVERT A JR	857	$52.49
BRESNAN THOMAS J	857	$52.49
BERNSTEIN RICHARD	857	$52.49
HUDSON DENNIS S III	857	$52.49
THOMPSON STEPHEN CHARLES	2,090	$49.81
MCMASTERS MICHAEL P	7,772	$49.81
MCMASTERS MICHAEL P	3,587	$49.81
COOPER BETH W	5,000	$49.81
COOPER BETH W	2,000	$49.81
THOMPSON STEPHEN CHARLES	5,000	$49.81
BITTNER ELAINE B	2,734	$49.81
BITTNER ELAINE B	6,560	$49.81
COOPER BETH W	4	$48.62
COOPER BETH W	4	$47.85
COOPER BETH W	4	$46.45
COOPER BETH W	4	$47.98
COOPER BETH W	4	$45.75

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