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 has been a director since 1992 and chairman since September 2002. He is chairman and founder of Instrument Products, Inc., an oil-tool manufacturing company in Houston, Texas. He has served as a director of Halliburton Company since 2006, Western Gas Holdings, LLC, general partner of Western Gas Partners, LP, since 2008, LyondellBasell Industries N.V. since July 2010, and LRE GP, LLC, general partner of LRR Energy, L.P., since November 2011. He has served as a director of Healthcare Service Corporation since 1998 and as its chairman since 2002.

Michael P. Johnson 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 has been a director since 2005. She is a partner in the law firm of Ogden, Gibson, Broocks, Longoria & Hall, L.L.P. in Houston, Texas and has a concentration of experience in commercial and securities-related litigation and regulatory matters. She has served as a director of Patriot Coal Corporation since January 2011 and as commissioner of the Port of Houston Authority since 2002. She served as a member of The University of Texas System Board of Regents and the University of Texas Investment Management Company from February 2008 to February 2011. She also previously served as the treasurer and a director of the Houston Convention Center Hotel Corporation from 1999 to 2004.

David M. McClanahan 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 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 has been a director since April 2010. He is president and chief executive officer and a director of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, having previously served as president and chief operating officer since 2010. He joined Anadarko in 2005 as senior vice president and chief financial officer. He is a director of Western Gas Holdings, LLC, a subsidiary of Anadarko and general partner to Western Gas Partners, LP., and serves on the Board of Trustees for the Houston Museum of Natural Science. 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 a director of Temple-Inland, Inc. from 2008 until February 2012.

Peter S. Wareing 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. He also currently serves as a trustee of Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston.