At CenterPoint Energy, our board of directors and executive management team are committed to building a company that is Always There for its customers, employees and shareholders.

Milton Carroll, age 59, has been a director since 1992 and chairman since September 2002. Mr. Carroll is chairman and founder of Instrument Products, Inc., an oil-tool manufacturing company in Houston. He also serves as chairman of Healthcare Service Corporation and a director of Halliburton Company and Western Gas Holdings, LLC, the general partner of Western Gas Partners, LP.

Donald R. Campbell, age 69, has been a director since 2005. Prior to his retirement in September 2000, he was the chief financial officer of Sanders Morris Harris Group, Inc., a NASDAQ-listed regional investment banking firm. He served on the board of directors of Sanders Morris Harris until May 2004. He previously served as vice chairman of the board of directors and chief financial officer of Pinnacle Global Group. Mr. Campbell also previously served as a director of Texas Genco Holdings, Inc., an NYSE-listed former subsidiary of the Company, and as the chairman of its audit committee, from March 2003 until December 2004.

O. Holcombe Crosswell, age 69, has been a director since 1997 and was a director of NorAm Energy Corp. and the predecessor of a division of that company from 1986 until we acquired that company in 1997. Mr. Crosswell is President of Griggs Corporation, a real estate and investment company in Houston.

Michael P. Johnson, age 62, has been a director since 2008.  He served from 2002 until his retirement in March 2008 as senior vice president and chief administrative officer of The Williams Companies, Inc., a publicly-held natural gas producer, processor and transporter. He is currently a director of Patriot Coal Corporation, QuikTrip Corporation and Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. He also serves on the Oklahoma Advisory Board of Health Care Service Corporation and on the boards of several charitable organizations and foundations.

Janiece M. Longoria, age 57, has been a director since 2005.  Ms. Longoria is a partner in the law firm of Ogden, Gibson, Broocks & Longoria, L.L.P. in Houston and has a concentration of experience in commercial and securities-related litigation and regulatory matters.  She has served as a commissioner of the Port of Houston Authority since 2002 and as a member of the University of Texas System Board of Regents since February 2008.  She previously served as the treasurer and a director of the Houston Convention Center Hotel Corporation from 1999 to 2004.

David M. McClanahan, age 60, has served as a director and as president and chief executive officer of CenterPoint Energy since 2002. He served as vice chairman of our predecessor company from October 2000 to September 2002 and as president and chief operating officer of its Delivery Group from 1999 to September 2002. Previously, he served as president and chief operating officer of our predecessor company’s HL&P division from 1997 to 1999. He has served in various executive officer capacities with the company since 1986. He currently serves on the boards of the Edison Electric Institute and the American Gas Association.

Susan O. Rheney, age 50, is a private investor. From 2002 until March 2010, she served as a director of Genesis Energy, Inc., the general partner of Genesis Energy, LP, a publicly-traded limited partnership. From 2003 to 2005, she was a director of Cenveo, Inc. and served as chairman of the board from January to August 2005. She also served until 2001 as a principal with The Sterling Group, a private financial and investment organization.

R. A. Walker, age 53, has been a director since April 2010. He is president and chief operating officer of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, having joined the company in 2005 as senior vice president and chief financial officer. He is a director of Temple-Inland, Inc. and Western Gas Holdings, LLC, a subsidiary of Anadarko and general partner to Western Gas Partners, LP., having previously served as the chairman of the board of that company until 2009. Prior to joining Anadarko, Mr. Walker was a managing director for the Global Energy Group of UBS Investment Bank from 2003 to 2005. He previously served as president, chief financial officer and a director of 3TEC Energy Corporation from 2000 to 2003.

Peter S. Wareing, age 58, has been a director since 2005. Mr. Wareing is a co-founder and partner of the private equity firm Wareing, Athon & Company and is involved in a variety of businesses. He is the chairman of the board of Gulf Coast Pre-Stress, Ltd. in Pass Christian, Miss. and vice chairman of the board of Nordic Cold Storage, LLC, in Atlanta, Georgia as well as an officer and director of several other privately-owned family entities. He also currently serves as a trustee of Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston.

Sherman M. Wolff, age 69, has been a director since 2007.  Prior to his retirement in 2006, he served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of Health Care Service Corporation, which provides health and life insurance products and related services as Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, Illinois, New Mexico and Oklahoma. He held various positions with that company from 1991 until his retirement.  He currently serves as director of Fort Dearborn Life Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Health Care Service Corporation.  He previously served as a director of EGL, Inc. from 2006 to 2007.