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EMPLOYEES
As of December 31, 2014 , we had 8,540 full-
time employees, 1,113 of which were seconded to Enable and included below under the
Midstream Investments business segment. As of January 1, 2015, following the transfer of substantially all of the previously seconded
employees to Enable, we had 7,427 full-
time employees, none of which were seconded to Enable. The following table sets forth the number of
our employees by business segment as of December 31, 2014:
As of December 31, 2014
, approximately 31% of our employees were covered by collective bargaining agreements. The collective
bargaining agreements with the Gas Workers Local Union 340 and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 949 in Minnesota,
which collectively cover approximately 8% of our employees, are scheduled to expire in April and December 2015, respectively. We believe we
have good relationships with these bargaining units and expect to negotiate new agreements in 2015.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
(as of February 20, 2015)
Milton Carroll
has served on the Board of Directors of CenterPoint Energy or its predecessors since 1992. He has served as Executive
Chairman of CenterPoint Energy since June 2013 and as Chairman from September 2002 until May 2013. Mr. Carroll has served as a director of
Halliburton Company since 2006, Western Gas Holdings, LLC, the general partner of Western Gas Partners, LP, since 2008 and LyondellBasell
Industries N.V. since July 2010. He has served as a director of Healthcare Service Corporation since 1998 and as its chairman since 2002. He
previously served as a director of LRE GP, LLC, general partner of LRR Energy, L.P., from November 2011 to January 2014.
Scott M. Prochazka
has served as a Director and President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CenterPoint Energy since January 1,
2014. He previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from July 2012 to December 2013; as Senior Vice
President and Division President, Electric Operations from May 2011 to July 2012; as Division Senior Vice President, Electric Operations of
CenterPoint Houston from February 2009 to May 2011; as Division Senior Vice President Regional Operations of CERC from February 2008 to
February 2009; and as Division Vice President, Customer Service Operations from October 2006 to February 2008. He currently serves on the
Boards of Directors of Enable GP, LLC, the general partner of Enable Midstream Partners, LP, Gridwise Alliance, Edison Electric Institute,
American Gas Association and Greater Houston Partnership.
Gary L. Whitlock
has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CenterPoint Energy since September 2002.
Effective March 3, 2015, Mr. Whitlock will step down from this role and will continue to serve as a special adviser to the CEO. He served as
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Delivery Group of Reliant Energy from July 2001
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Business Segment
Number
Number
Represented
by Collective
Bargaining Groups
Electric Transmission & Distribution
2,650
1,308
Natural Gas Distribution
3,343
1,185
Energy Services
125
—
Midstream Investments
1,113
—
Other Operations
1,309
127
Total
8,540
2,620
Name
Age
Title
Milton Carroll
64
Executive Chairman
Scott M. Prochazka
49
President and Chief Executive Officer and Director
Gary L. Whitlock
65
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Tracy B. Bridge
56
Executive Vice President and President, Electric Division
Joseph B. McGoldrick
61
Executive Vice President and President, Gas Division
William D. Rogers
54
Executive Vice President, Finance and Accounting
Dana C. O’Brien
47
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Sue B. Ortenstone
57
Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer