People: WGL Holdings Inc (WGL)

WGL on New York Consolidated

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17 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Terry McCallister

57 2009 Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer

Adrian Chapman

55 2009 President, Chief Operating Officer

Vincent Ammann

53 2006 Chief Financial Officer, Vice President

Gautam Chandra

46 2011 Vice President - Business Development, Strategy and Non-Utility Operations

Leslie Thornton

54 2012 Vice President, General Counsel

William Ford

57 2010 Controller

Anthony Nee

56 2009 Treasurer

Arden Phillips

41 2010 Corporate Secretary and Governance Officer

Michael Barnes

69 2011 Lead Independent Director

Linda Gooden

59 2013 Director

George Clancy

69 2000 Independent Director

James Dyke

66 2003 Independent Director

Melvyn Estrin

70 2000 Independent Director

Nancy Floyd

58 2011 Independent Director

James Lafond

70 2003 Independent Director

Debra Lee

58 2000 Independent Director

Douglas Bonawitz

Division Head - Investor Relations

Biographies

Name Description

Terry McCallister

Mr. Terry D. McCallister is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of WGL Holdings, Inc. He is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of WGL Holdings and of Washington Gas Light Company, positions he has held since October 1, 2009. Mr. McCallister previously served as President and Chief Operating Officer of WGL Holdings and Washington Gas Light Company (2001-2009); Mr. McCallister joined Washington Gas Light Company in April 2000 as Vice President of Operations. He was previously with Southern Natural Gas, where he served as Vice President and Director of Operations and with Atlantic Richfield Company, where he held various leadership positions. Mr. McCallister serves on the Board of Directors of the American Gas Association. He is a past Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Southern Gas Association and is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Gas Technology Institute. He serves on the boards of several business and community organizations, including, among others, the Greater Washington Board of Trade, the Federal City Council, the Alliance to Save Energy, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington, the National Symphony Orchestra and the INOVA Health System Foundation. Mr. McCallister has a B.S. degree in Engineering Management from the University of Missouri-Rolla and is a graduate of the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business Executive Program.

Adrian Chapman

Mr. Adrian P. Chapman is President, Chief Operating Officer of WGL Holdings Inc., since October 1, 2009. He served as Vice President—Operations, Regulatory Affairs and Energy Acquisition - October 1, 2005 and Vice President—Regulatory Affairs and Energy Acquisition - March 31, 1999.

Vincent Ammann

Mr. Vincent L. Ammann is Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of WGL Holdings, Inc., since September 30, 2006. Previously he served as Vice President of Finance of the Company from September 30, 2006. Mr. Ammann was employed as Assistant to the Chief Financial Officer of Washington Gas Light Company in March 2004. He served as Vice President of Finance since October 2005 and now serves as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Washington Gas Light Company.

Gautam Chandra

Mr. Gautam Chandra is Vice President - Business Development, Strategy and Non-Utility Operations of WGL Holdings, Inc., since October 1, 2011. He was Vice President - Business Development, Strategy and Business Process Outsourcing and Non-Utility Operations - October 1, 2009; Vice President - Business Development, Strategy and Business Process Outsourcing and Non-Utility Operations - October 1, 2009; Vice President - Business Process Outsourcing and Non-Utility Operations - July 2, 2007, Vice President - Performance Improvement and Non-Utility Operations - October 1, 2005; Division Head - Finance Support and Non-Utility Businesses - January 5, 2004 and Division Head - Achieving Operational Excellence - December 12, 2002.

Leslie Thornton

Ms. Leslie T. Thornton is Vice President, General Counsel of WGL Holdings Inc., since January 1, 2012. She served as Counsel to the Chairman of the Company since November 28, 2011. Ms. Thornton was previously a partner at Dickstein Shapiro, LLP where she managed sensitive internal corporate, federal government and state attorney general investigations.

William Ford

Mr. William R. Ford is Controller of WGL Holdings, Inc., since October 1, 2010. He has been with Washington Gas since June 2005 and has served as Assistant Controller of the Companies since March 2009. Prior to joining Washington Gas, Mr. Ford was Controller and Chief Accounting Officer with National Energy and Gas Transmission, Inc., a former subsidiary of PG&E Corporation. He was Director—Assistant to the Controller - June 13, 2005.

Anthony Nee

Mr. Anthony M. Nee is Treasurer of WGL Holdings, Inc., since February 14, 2009. He served as Department Head—Risk Management - December 8, 2003, Division Head—Risk Management - February 10, 2003. Mr. Nee is a graduate of The Pennsylvania State University where he earned a B.S. in Accounting. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Arden Phillips

Mr. Arden T. Phillips is Corporate Secretary and Governance Officer of WGL Holdings, Inc., since October 1, 2010. He was Assistant Secretary - March 5, 2007 and Director—Corporate Matters - August 8, 2005.

Michael Barnes

Mr. Michael D. Barnes is Lead Independent Director of WGL Holdings, Inc. He is a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy in Washington, DC. He was previously Senior Of Counsel to the law firm of Covington & Burling LLP from 2007 through December 2010. He was President of The Brady Campaign and Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence from 2000 through June 2006. He was previously a partner in the law firm of Hogan & Hartson LLP (now Hogan Lovells, LLP). Mr. Barnes was United States Representative from Maryland’s 8th Congressional District from 1979 to 1987. He has previously served as a director of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. He serves as a director of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and Chairman of the Washington Suburban Transit Commission, appointed by the Governor of the State of Maryland. Mr. Barnes has been a director of Washington Gas Light Company since 1991, a director of WGL Holdings since November 2000 and serves as Chairman of the Governance Committee. As Chairman of the Governance Committee, Mr. Barnes serves as Lead Director for the Board of Directors. Mr. Barnes has a B.A. degree in English from the University of North Carolina and a J.D. degree with Honors from George Washington University.

Linda Gooden

Ms. Linda R. Gooden has been appointed as the Director of WGL Holdings, Inc., effective April 1, 2013. Following a distinguished 32-year career at Lockheed Martin where she held numerous leadership roles, Ms. Gooden recently announced she would retire from this role on April 1st and from the company on May 1st. Under her leadership, Lockheed Martin has remained the top provider of IT services to the U.S. Government for the last 18 years and expanded its government IT business into international markets. She also played a role in launching Lockheed Martin’s new commercial cyber security business. Ms. Gooden has been honored with numerous awards, including being inducted into the prestigious Career Communications Hall of Fame, named one of Fortune’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business for three consecutive years, and Black Enterprise magazine’s 2009 100 Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America. Ms. Gooden actively supports professional, academic and civic organizations, serving on numerous executive boards, including: Eisenhower Fellowships Board of Trustees; Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) International; TechAmerica; University Systems of Maryland Board of Regents; and Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Inc. Ms. Gooden received her degree in Computer Technology from Youngstown State University. She also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Masters of Business Administration from the University of Maryland, University College. In 2005, she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Public Service degree from the University of Maryland, University College, in recognition of her service to the community and to higher education. She completed the Executive Program Manager course at the Defense Systems Management College in 1998.

George Clancy

Mr. George P. Clancy is an Independent Director of WGL Holdings, Inc. He is a retired Executive Vice President and Mid-Atlantic Region Market President of Chevy Chase Bank, a division of Capital One, N.A. (1995-2010). Mr. Clancy has experience in banking which includes serving as President and Chief Operating Officer of The Riggs National Corporation (1985-1986) and President and Chief Executive Officer of Signet Bank, N.A. (1988-1995). Mr. Clancy is a member of the board of directors of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington. Mr. Clancy is on the board of directors of ASB Capital Management, Inc., Chevy Chase Trust Company, Saul Centers, Inc. and the Mary and Daniel Loughran Foundation. He also is on the Executive Committee of the Washington D.C. Police Foundation. Mr. Clancy has been a director of Washington Gas Light Company and a director of WGL Holdings since December 2000. Mr. Clancy has a B.A. degree in English from the University of Maryland and an M.B.A. degree from Loyola University.

James Dyke

Mr. James W. Dyke is an Independent Director of WGL Holdings, Inc. He is a partner in the Virginia law firm of McGuire Woods LLP, where he specializes in corporate, education, voting rights, government relations and municipal law. He has been a partner with the firm since 1993. In addition to his legal career, Mr. Dyke has professional experience in government and public relations. Among other appointments, he served as Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth of Virginia from 1990 to 1993 and as Domestic Policy Advisor to former Vice President Walter Mondale. Mr. Dyke has assumed leadership positions in several business and community organizations, including serving as former Chairman of the Fairfax County, Virginia, Chamber of Commerce, the Northern Virginia Business Roundtable and the Emerging Business Forum. During 2010, Mr. Dyke was Chair of the Greater Washington Board of Trade and he is a member of the board of directors of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Mr. Dyke has been a director of Washington Gas Light Company and of WGL Holdings since September 2003. Mr. Dyke has B.A. and J.D. degrees from Howard University. In addition, he holds honorary degrees from St. Paul’s College, Virginia State University, the University of Richmond, Randolph-Macon College and the Northern Virginia Community College.

Melvyn Estrin

Mr. Melvyn J. Estrin is an Independent Director of WGL Holdings, Inc. He is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Human Service Group, Inc. trading as Estrin International (1983-present) and is Chief Executive Officer of University Research Co., LLC. Mr. Estrin is a director of ChemLink, LLC and Armed Forces Lodging LLC. Mr. Estrin has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of two Fortune 500 companies and has been a principal in numerous business enterprises. Mr. Estrin was a principal shareholder, director and member of the Executive Committee of MNC Financial Corp. Mr. Estrin is a Trustee Emeritus of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and is on the Board of Counselors and Board of Directors of Layalina Productions. Mr. Estrin was a Commissioner of the National Capital Planning Commission (Jan. 1997-Dec. 2000). He also served as a Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania (Oct. 1986-1991). Mr. Estrin has been a director of Washington Gas Light Company since 1991, a director of WGL Holdings since November 2000 and serves as Chairman of the Human Resources Committee. Mr. Estrin has a B.A. degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) and an M.B.A. degree from American University.

Nancy Floyd

Ms. Nancy C. Floyd is an Independent Director of WGL Holdings Inc. She is the founder and managing director of Nth Power, a San Francisco based venture capital firm focused on advanced energy technologies, energy efficiency and sustainability. Ms. Floyd has served on the boards of the American Council on Renewable Energy and the Center for Resource Solutions. She is an active member of Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), a national community of individual business leaders who advocate sound environmental policy while building economic prosperity. Prior to founding Nth Power, Floyd launched two high-growth energy and telecommunications companies: NFC Energy Corporation in 1982, an early wind development company, and PacTel Spectrum Services in 1985, both of which were sold. She has worked on energy and telecommunications issues for the chairman of the Vermont Public Service Board. Ms. Floyd has a B.A. degree in Government from Franklin and Marshall College and an M.A. degree in Political Science from the Rutgers University Eagleton Institute of Politics. Ms. Floyd has been a director of Washington Gas Light Company and of WGL Holdings since June 2011.

James Lafond

Mr. James F. Lafond is an Independent Director of WGL Holdings, Inc. He is a retired Area Managing partner for the greater Washington, D.C. area for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. He is a retired certified public accountant with experience serving in leadership positions with PricewaterhouseCoopers and with its predecessor, Coopers & Lybrand LLP. He has been active in several civic and non-profit organizations, including chairmanship of the INOVA Health System Foundation and the Washington Performing Arts Society. Among other recognitions, he has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. He is a director of VSE Corporation as well as not-for-profit entities. Mr. Lafond has been a director of Washington Gas Light Company and of WGL Holdings since September 2003. Mr. Lafond has a B.S. degree in Accounting and an M.B.A. degree from American International College. Mr. Lafond has completed the Executive Development program at Dartmouth College.

Debra Lee

Ms. Debra L. Lee is an Independent Director of WGL Holdings, Inc. She is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BET Networks, a global multi-media company which owns and operates Black Entertainment Television and several other ventures. BET Networks is a division of Viacom, Inc. Ms. Lee previously was Executive Vice President and General Counsel of BET Holdings (1992-1995), President and Chief Operating Officer (1995-May 2005), President and Chief Executive Officer (June 2005-January 2006), and was elected to her present position in January 2006. Ms. Lee serves on the boards of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Grammy Foundation and the Paley Center. Ms. Lee is also on the board of directors of Marriott International, Inc. and Revlon, Inc. Ms. Lee has been a director of Washington Gas Light Company since July 2000 and a director of WGL Holdings since November 2000. Ms. Lee has a B.A. degree in Political Science from Brown University, a J.D. degree from the Harvard Law School and an M.P.P. from the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Douglas Bonawitz

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