People: Aqua America Inc (WTR)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Nicholas DeBenedictis	67	1993	Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer
David Smeltzer	54	2012	Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President
Christopher Franklin	48	2012	Executive Vice President, President and Chief Operating Officer - Regulated Operations
Karl Kyriss	62	2012	Executive Vice President, President, Aqua Capital Ventures , President - Aqua Pennsylvania
Robert Rubin	50	2012	Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, Controller
Christopher Luning	45	2012	Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary
William Ross	67	2012	Senior Vice President - Engineering and Environmental Affairs
Wendell Holland	61	2011	Director
Mary Carroll	72	1981	Independent Director
Richard Glanton	66	1995	Independent Director
Lon Greenberg	62	2005	Independent Director
William Hankowsky	62	2004	Independent Director
Mario Mele	71	2009	Independent Director
Ellen Ruff	64	2006	Independent Director
Andrew Sordoni	69	2006	Independent Director
Brian Dingerdissen			Director - Investor Relations

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Biographies

Name	Description
Nicholas DeBenedictis	Mr. Nicholas DeBenedictis is Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of Aqua America Inc. Mr. DeBenedictis has served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company since July 1992 and Chairman of the Board since May 1993. He also serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company’s principal subsidiaries, including Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. Between April 1989 and June 1992, he served as Senior Vice President for Corporate Affairs of PECO Energy Company (now known as Exelon). From December 1986 to April 1989, he served as President of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce and from 1983 to 1986 he served as the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources. Mr. DeBenedictis is a director of Exelon Corporation and P.H. Glatfelter Company and served as a director of Met-Pro Corporation until February 2010. He also serves on the Boards of Pennsylvania area non-profit, civic and business organizations. In addition to his knowledge and experience as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer since 1992 and his prior experience as a senior executive of a electric utility, Mr. DeBenedictis has experience as the head of Pennsylvania’s environmental regulatory agency.
David Smeltzer	Mr. David P. Smeltzer is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Aqua America Inc. He served as the Chief Financial Officer (February 2007 to January 2012); Senior Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer (December 1999 to February 2007); Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer (May 1999 to December 1999); Vice President – Rates and Regulatory Relations, Philadelphia Suburban Water Company (March 1991 to May 1999).
Christopher Franklin	Mr. Christopher H. Franklin is Executive Vice President, President and Chief Operating Officer - Regulated Operations of Aqua America Inc. He served as the Regional President – Midwest and Southern Operations and Senior Vice President, Corporate and Public Affairs (January 2010 to January 2012); Regional President, Aqua America – Southern Operations and Senior Vice President, Public Affairs and Customer Operations (January 2007 to January 2010); Vice President, Public Affairs and Customer Operations (July 2002 to January 2007).
Karl Kyriss	Mr. Karl M. Kyriss is Executive Vice President, President, Aqua Capital Ventures and President, Aqua Pennsylvania of Aqua America, Inc. He served as the Regional President – Northeastern Operations (January 2010 to January 2012); Regional President, Aqua Mid-Atlantic Operations (February 2007 to January 2010); President - Aqua Pennsylvania (March 2003 to present) and President, Mid-Atlantic Operations (May 2005 to February 2007).
Robert Rubin	Mr. Robert A. Rubin is Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, Controller of Aqua America Inc. He was Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (May 2005 to January 2012); Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (March 2004 to May 2005); Controller (March 1999 to March 2004).
Christopher Luning	Mr. Christopher P. Luning is Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of Aqua America, Inc. Luning joined Aqua America in 2003 as assistant general counsel. He was promoted in 2005 to vice president and deputy general counsel. Throughout his tenure at Aqua America, Luning has worked closely with the corporate development team in negotiating and closing numerous acquisitions and other growth ventures. Luning earned his B.S. business/political science from Albright College and his J.D. in 1993 from Villanova University.
William Ross	Mr. William C. Ross is Senior Vice President - Engineering and Environmental Affairs of Aqua America, Inc. He was Vice President, Engineering and Environmental Affairs (February 2001 to January 2012); Senior Manager Planning and Engineering Philadelphia Suburban Water Company (February 1998 to February 2001).
Wendell Holland	Mr. Wendell F. Holland, Esq., is Director of Aqua America, Inc. Mr. Holland is a partner in the law firm of Saul Ewing, LLP. Mr. Holland served as Chairman of the Pennsylvania Public Commission from 2004 to 2008 and as a Commissioner from 1990 to 1993 and 2003 to 2004. Mr. Holland was Of Counsel of the law firm of Obermayer Rebman from 1999 to 2003, Vice President of American Water Works Company from 1996 to 1999 and a partner at the law firm of LeBoeuf Lamb Greene and McRae from 1993 to 1995. He has served as Treasurer of the National Association of Utility Regulatory Commissioners (NARUC) and also served on NARUC’s Executive Committee, Board of Directors, and as Chairman of its Audit and Investment Committees. He is a member of the Board of Bryn Mawr Trust Bank and was a member of the Allegheny Energy Board of Directors from 1994 to 2003. Mr. Holland has knowledge and experience in the regulation of public utilities, especially water utilities.
Mary Carroll	Ms. Mary C. Carroll is no longer Independent Director of Aqua America Inc., effective December 2013. Ms. Carroll is a retired consultant and an advisor to non-profit corporations, businesses and government agencies and is a well-recognized civic volunteer. She is the Honorary Trade Representative of Nepal and Chairman of the Nepal Foundation. She is a founder, director or trustee of various civic and charitable organizations, including the YMCA of Philadelphia and Vicinity and the Friends of Patan Hospital. As the Company’s longest serving director, Ms. Carroll has knowledge of the Company’s history and culture. She has been a community leader for over 35 years, having served as an officer or member of the board of directors of over 30 local, regional and national non-profit organizations. She has established advisory boards which consulted and worked with the federal government. She has served as founder, President and CEO of organizations involved in economic development, conservation and self-help in Philadelphia and in Nepal, Russia and South Korea. Ms. Carroll has both a unique community-oriented and world perspective.
Richard Glanton	Mr. Richard H. Glanton is Independent Director of Aqua America Inc. Mr. Glanton is Chairman of the Philadelphia Television Network, a privately-held media company and Managing Member of ElectedFace LLC, an on-line service that connects people with their elected officials. Mr. Glanton was Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at Exelon Corporation from 2003 to 2008. From 1983 to 2003 he was a partner at the law firms of Wolf Block LLP (1983 to 1986) and Reed Smith LLP (1986 to 2003). Mr. Glanton is a director of The GEO Group, Inc. and Mistras Group, Inc. Mr. Glanton has more than 25 years of legal experience in law firms and 13 years of executive experience as President of The Barnes Foundation for more than eight years from 1990 to 1998 and at Exelon. Mr. Glanton has approximately 28 years of continuous experience serving on boards of publicly traded companies. He has served as a director on boards of five publicly-traded companies, four of which are traded on the NYSE and one, CGU is traded, on the United Kingdom Stock Exchange. He served as a Director of CGU of North America, a British-based Insurance Company, from 1983 to 2003 when it was sold to White Mountain Group of Exeter New Hampshire and Berkshire Hathaway. He was a member of both its Executive and Audit Committees during his 20-year tenure on that board. From 1990 until 2003, he served as Director of PECO Energy and Exelon Corporation Boards until he resigned to assume a senior management position within the Company at the request of its Chairman. He served on Executive, Audit and Governance Committees of PECO/Exelon. He has been a director of the GEO Group since 1998, where he serves on its three Member Executive Committee, and as Chairman of the Audit and Finance Committee and a Member of its Governance and Compensation Committees.
Lon Greenberg	Mr. Lon R. Greenberg is Independent Director of Aqua America Inc. Mr. Greenberg has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of UGI Corporation since August 1996 and Chief Executive Officer since August 1995. He was formerly President (July 1994 to August 2005), Vice Chairman of the Board (1995 to 1996) and Senior Vice President – Legal and Corporate Development (1989 to 1994) of UGI Corporation. Mr. Greenberg is a member of the Board of Trustees of Temple University and the Temple University Health System. Mr. Greenberg also serves as a director of Ameriprise Financial, Inc., UGI Utilities, Inc. and AmeriGas Propane, Inc. Mr. Greenberg has over 20 years of experience in various executive, legal and corporate development roles with a gas utility company and international distributor of propane. He is also Chairman of the nation's retail propane marketer and he serves as a director for a NYSE-listed financial planning, products and services company. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of a university in Philadelphia and the university’s health system. Mr. Greenberg has served as a member of the Company’s Executive Compensation Committee since 2005 and a member of the Company’s Audit Committee since 2009.
William Hankowsky	Mr. William P. Hankowsky is Independent Director of Aqua America Inc. Mr. Hankowsky has been Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Property Trust, a fully integrated real estate firm, since 2003. Mr. Hankowsky joined Liberty in 2001 as Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer. Prior to joining Liberty, he served for 11 years as President of the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation. Prior to that, he was Commerce Director for the City of Philadelphia. Mr. Hankowsky serves on the Board of Directors of Citizens Financial Group and on various charitable and civic boards, including the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Kimmel Regional Performing Arts Center. Mr. Hankowsky has over 35 years experience managing public, private and non-profit organizations, including eight years as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Property Trust, a publicly-traded Real Estate Investment Trust which owns 80 million square feet of office and industrial space in over 20 markets throughout the United States and the United Kingdom. He has experience in financing, acquisitions and real estate matters across the United States. Mr. Hankowsky has also held leadership positions with various cultural and civic institutions in the greater Philadelphia region. Mr. Hankowsky has served as Chairman of the Company’s Executive Compensation Committee since 2005.
Mario Mele	Mr. Mario Mele is no longer Independent Director of Aqua America, Inc., effective Company’s 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Mr. Mele is President of Fidelio Insurance Company, a health insurance company specializing in underwriting group dental insurance and President of Dental Delivery Systems, Inc., a dental HMO with over 50,000 enrollees in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. Mr. Mele served as Chairman of the Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Board of Commissioners from 1992 to 2000. He has also been a member of the Board of Directors of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority from 1997 to 2001 and a member of the Board of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board from 1980 to 1987. Mr. Mele has 35 years of experience as the president of a health insurance company and over 20 years of experience in various state and local governmental organizations. He has held leadership roles in various cultural and civic organizations. He also has B.A and M.A. degrees in physics.
Ellen Ruff	Ms. Ellen T. Ruff is Independent Director of Aqua America Inc. Ms. Ruff was President, Office of Nuclear Development, for Duke Energy Corporation, from December 2008 until her retirement in January 2011. Duke Energy Corporation is a energy company focused on electric power and gas distribution operations and other energy services in the Americas. From April 2006 through December 2008, Ms. Ruff was President of Duke Energy Carolinas, an electric utility that provides electricity and other services to customers in North Carolina and South Carolina. Ms. Ruff joined the Duke Energy organization in 1978 and during her career held a number of key positions, including, Vice President and General Counsel of Corporate, Gas and Electric Operations, Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Duke Energy, Senior Vice President of Asset Management for Duke Power, Senior Vice President of Power Policy and Planning, Group Vice President of Power Policy and Planning and Group Vice President of Planning and External Affairs. Ms. Ruff is a director of Mistras Group, Inc. Ms. Ruff has over 30 years of experience with a utility company in various management, operations, legal, planning and public affairs positions. Ms. Ruff has lived and worked in North Carolina, an important area of the Company’s operations, for many years. Ms. Ruff has served as a member of the Company’s Executive Compensation Committee since 2006.
Andrew Sordoni	Mr. Andrew J. Sordoni, III, is Independent Director of Aqua America Inc. Mr. Sordoni is Chairman of Sordoni Construction Services, Inc., a building construction and management services company and has been an officer of that company since 1967. Mr. Sordoni was Chairman or President of C-TEC Corporation, a diversified telecommunications company from 1979 to 1993. Since 1974 he has headed Sordoni Foundation, Inc. and has served as a director of various business and charitable organizations. He is also a director of Harsco Corporation. Mr. Sordoni has experience as a director and executive of various public and private companies throughout the course of his career, including experience in construction, finance, administration and acquisitions. He was Chairman and President of a regulated public utility company in Pennsylvania. He has been a director of another publicly-traded company since 1988 and is chairman of that company’s nominating committee and a member of its compensation committee and executive committee. Mr. Sordoni has lived and worked in northeast Pennsylvania, an important area of the Company’s operations, for over 50 years. Mr. Sordoni has served as a member of the Company’s Audit Committee since 2006.
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Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Nicholas DeBenedictis	3,558,280
David Smeltzer	1,505,300
Christopher Franklin	1,168,940
Karl Kyriss	1,304,100
Robert Rubin	--
Christopher Luning	531,420
William Ross	--
Wendell Holland	--
Mary Carroll	--
Richard Glanton	--
Lon Greenberg	--
William Hankowsky	--
Mario Mele	--
Ellen Ruff	--
Andrew Sordoni	--
Brian Dingerdissen	--

As Of 30 Dec 2012

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Nicholas DeBenedictis	374,764	4,233,583
David Smeltzer	137,286	1,676,740
Christopher Franklin	12,412	123,251
Karl Kyriss	2,633	27,902
Robert Rubin	0	0
Christopher Luning	0	0
William Ross	0	0
Wendell Holland	0	0
Mary Carroll	0	0
Richard Glanton	0	0
Lon Greenberg	0	0
William Hankowsky	0	0
Mario Mele	0	0
Ellen Ruff	0	0
Andrew Sordoni	0	0
Brian Dingerdissen	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
SMELTZER DAVID P	5,454	$18.33
SMELTZER DAVID P	3,375	$29.63
LUNING CHRISTOPHER PAUL	1,703	$29.63
LUNING CHRISTOPHER PAUL	2,500	$20.18
KYRISS KARL M	13,332	$16.15
ROSS WILLIAM C	1,500	$29.10
KYRISS KARL M	7,874	$29.04
SMELTZER DAVID P	4,000	$29.10
LUNING CHRISTOPHER PAUL	1,800	$29.10
RUBIN ROBERT A	1,500	$29.10
KYRISS KARL M	3,600	$29.10
FRANKLIN CHRISTOPHER H	3,600	$29.10
DEBENEDICTIS NICHOLAS	13,800	$29.10
FRANKLIN CHRISTOPHER H	1,196	$28.58
FRANKLIN CHRISTOPHER H	723	$28.58
DEBENEDICTIS NICHOLAS	6,548	$27.29
DEBENEDICTIS NICHOLAS	60,225	$27.29
DEBENEDICTIS NICHOLAS	60,225	$27.29
DEBENEDICTIS NICHOLAS	49	$27.01
ROSS WILLIAM C	103	$27.00
LUNING CHRISTOPHER PAUL	1,074	$27.00
ROSS WILLIAM C	10,666	$27.00
ROSS WILLIAM C	1,904	$27.00
KYRISS KARL M	1,792	$27.00
FRANKLIN CHRISTOPHER H	1,742	$27.00

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