People: NorthWestern Corp (NWE)

Ms. Julia L. Johnson is Independent Director of NorthWestern Corp. Ms. Johnson is President of NetCommunications, LLC, a strategy consulting firm specializing in the energy, telecommunications and information technology public policy arenas (since 2000). Ms. Johnson was Chairwoman (1997-1999) and Commissioner (1993-1997) of the Florida Public Service Commission. She has held Public Company Directorships Since 2007: FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE), an electric utility holding company (since 2011 following merger with Allegheny Energy in 2011); Allegheny Energy (NYSE: AYE), an electric utility holding company (from 2003 until merger with FirstEnergy in 2011) (member of the finance committee and the corporate governance committee); MasTec, Inc. (NYSE: MTZ), an end-to-end voice, video, data and energy infrastructure solution provider (since 2002) (chair of the nominating and governance committee and member of the compensation committee); and American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK), a provider of high-quality water and wastewater services to more than 1,600 communities in the United States and Ontario, Canada (since 2008) (member of the compensation committee and the nominating and governance committee).