People: Devon Energy Corp (DVN.N)

Mr. John A. Hill is Lead Independent Director of Devon Energy Corporation. He has been Director since 2000. Mr. Hill founded First Reserve Corporation, an oil and gas investment management company, in 1983 and is its Vice Chairman and Managing Director. Mr. Hill was President and Chief Executive Officer of several investment banking and asset management companies and served as Deputy Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget and as Deputy Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration during the Ford administration. Mr. Hill holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Southern Methodist University and pursued graduate studies there as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow. Mr. Hill serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Putnam Funds in Boston and as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Sarah Lawrence College.