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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Shivery, Charles 63 2004 Chairman of the Board of Trustee, President, Chief Executive Officer
McHale, David 48 2009 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President
Clarke, Peter 47 2009 President, Chief Operating Officer, Director of WMECO
Olivier, Leon 60 2008 Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President
Butler, Gregory 51 2005 Senior Vice President, General Counsel
Payne, Shirley 57 2009 Vice President - Shared Services of NUSCO
LaVecchia, Jean 57 2005 Vice President - Human Resources of NUSCO
Robb, James 48 2007 Senior Vice President - Enterprise Planning and Development of NUSCO.
Cleveland, Cotton 56 1992 Trustee
De Planque, E. Gail 64 1995 Trustee
Kennan, Elizabeth 72 2004 Lead Trustee
Patricelli, Robert 69 1993 Trustee
Swope, John 70 1992 Trustee
Cloud, Sanford 64 2000 Trustee
Booth, Richard 62 2001 Trustee
Graham, John 70 2003 Trustee
Leibler, Kenneth 61 2006 Trustee
Clarkeson, John 67 2008 Trustee

Biographies

Name Description
Shivery, Charles Mr. Charles W. Shivery is Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Northeast Utilities System., 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. He is the Chairman of the MetroHartford Alliance, Inc. Mr. Shivery received B.A. and B.S. degrees from The Johns Hopkins University and an M.B.A. from the University of Baltimore.
McHale, David Mr. David R. McHale is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Northeast Utilities System, CL&P, WMECO and PSNH, since January 1, 2009, elected a Director of PSNH and WMECO, effective January 1, 2005, of CL&P effective January 15, 2007 and of Northeast Utilities Foundation, Inc. effective January 1, 2005. Previously, Mr. McHale served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NU, CL&P, PSNH and WMECO from January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2008 and Vice President and Treasurer of NU, WMECO and PSNH from July 1998 to December 31, 2004.
Clarke, Peter Mr. Peter J. Clarke is President, Chief Operating Officer and a Director of WMECO, since January 2009, and a Director of Northeast Utilities Foundation, Inc., effective January 1, 2009. Previously, Mr. Clarke served as Vice President - Shared Services of NUSCO, CL&P, PSNH and WMECO, from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008; Vice President - Customer Operations of CL&P from July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2007; Vice President - Customer Operations and Relations of CL&P from January 17, 2005 to June 30, 2006; and Director - System Projects of CL&P from March 11, 2002 to January 16, 2005.
Olivier, Leon Mr. Leon J. Olivier is Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President of Northeast Utilities System., since May 13, 2008. He also has served as Chief Executive Officer of CL&P, PSNH and WMECO since January 15, 2007; a Director of PSNH and WMECO since January17, 2005 and a Director of CL&P since September 2001. Previously, Mr. Olivier served as Executive Vice President - Operations of NU from February 13, 2007 to May 12, 2008’ Executive Vice President of NU from December 1, 2005 to February 13, 2007; President - Transmission Group of NU from January 17, 2005 to December 1, 2005; and President and Chief Operating Officer of CL&P from September 2001 to January 2005.
Butler, Gregory Mr. Gregory B. Butler is the Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Northeast Utilities System., since December 1, 2005 and of CL&P, PSNH and WMECO, subsidiaries of NU, since March 9, 2006, and a Director of Northeast Utilities Foundation, Inc. since December 1, 2002; previously Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of NU from August 31, 2003 to December 1, 2005; Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of NU from May 1, 2001 through August 30, 2003.
Payne, Shirley Ms. Shirley M. Payne is Vice President - Shared Services of Northeast Utilities Service Company. Ms. Payne was elected Vice President - Accounting and Controller of NU effective February 13, 2007, and Vice President - Accounting and Controller of CL&P, PSNH and WMECO effective January 29, 2007. Previously, Ms. Payne served as Vice President, Corporate Accounting and Tax of TECO Energy, Inc., from July 2000 to January 26, 2007, and Tax Officer of TECO Energy, Inc., from April 1999 to January 26, 2007.
LaVecchia, Jean Ms. Jean M. LaVecchia is Vice President - Human Resources of NUSCO, a subsidiary of Northeast Utilities System, since June 30, 2005, and was elected a Director of Northeast Utilities Foundation, Inc. effective January 30, 2007. Previously, Ms. LaVecchia served as Vice President - Human Resources and Environmental Services from May 1, 2001 to December 31, 2004.
Robb, James Mr. James B. Robb is Senior Vice President, Enterprise Planning and Development of NUSCO, since September 4, 2007, Mr. Robb served as Managing Director, Russell Reynolds Associates from December 2006 to August 2007; Entrepreneur in Residence, Mohr Davidow Ventures from March 2006 to November 2006; Senior Vice President, Retail Marketing, Reliant Energy, Inc. from December 2003 to December 2006; and Senior Vice President, Performance Management, Reliant Resources, Inc. from November 2002 to December 2003.
Cleveland, Cotton Cotton M. Cleveland is Trustee of Northeast Utilities System., 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.
De Planque, E. Gail E. Gail De Planque is Trustee of Northeast Utilities System., 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.
Kennan, Elizabeth Elizabeth T. Kennan is Lead Trustee of Northeast Utilities System., since 1996. Dr. Kennan has been President Emeritus of Mount Holyoke College since 1996 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 and Centre 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.
Patricelli, Robert Robert E. Patricelli is Trustee of Northeast Utilities System., 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 and chairman of each of CuraGen Corporation and Prodigy Health Group. He is also a Director of the MetroHartford Alliance, Inc., The Bushnell, the Ocean Exploration Trust, Inc. 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.
Swope, John John F. Swope is Trustee of Northeast Utilities System., since 1992. During 1999 and 2000, Mr. Swope served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Public Broadcasting Service. Mr. Swope, a retired 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 New Hampshire Public Television 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.
Cloud, Sanford Sanford Cloud. Jr., is Trustee of Northeast Utilities System., 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.
Booth, Richard Mr. Richard H. Booth is Trustee of Northeast Utilities System., 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.
Graham, John John G. Graham is Trustee of Northeast Utilities System., 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.
Leibler, Kenneth Kenneth R. Leibler is Trustee of Northeast Utilities System., since 2006. Mr. Leibler is the former Chairman and founding partner 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.
Clarkeson, John Mr. John S. Clarkeson is Trustee of Northeast Utilities System., 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 each of the Educational Testing Service and the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization, Inc., 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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