People: NorthWestern Corp (NWE)

Dr. E. Linn Draper, Jr., Ph.D., is Independent Chairman of the Board of NorthWestern Corp. Mr. Draper is the retired Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of American Electric Power Company (NYSE: AEP), a public utility holding company (1992-2004). Prior to that, he worked for Gulf States Utilities Company, an electric utility company (1979-1992), including serving as its chairman of the board of directors and President and Chief Executive Officer for the last six years of his time there. He has held Public Company Directorships Since 2007: Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE: ADS), a provider of transaction services, credit services and marketing services (since 2005) (member of human resources committee since 2005 and chairman of that committee since 2009); Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: ANR), a coal producer (since 2004) (chairman of the human resources committee since 2005, and member of the safety, health, environment and sustainability committee since 2008); and TransCanada (NYSE: TRP), a transporter and marketer of natural gas and generator of electric power in Canada and the United States (since 2005) (member of the health, safety and environmental committee since 2005, chairman of that committee since 2007; member of audit committee since 2009; member of the human resources committee from 2005 to 2009).