CenterPoint Energy 2015 Annual Report Download - page 21

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
(as of February 12, 2016)
Name
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Age
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Title
MiltonCarroll
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65
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ExecutiveChairman
ScottM.Prochazka
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49
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PresidentandChiefExecutiveOfficerandDirector
WilliamD.Rogers

55
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ExecutiveVicePresidentandChiefFinancialOfficer
TracyB.Bridge

57
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ExecutiveVicePresidentandPresident,ElectricDivision
JosephB.McGoldrick
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62
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ExecutiveVicePresidentandPresident,GasDivision
DanaC.O’Brien
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48
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SeniorVicePresident,GeneralCounselandCorporateSecretary
SueB.Ortenstone
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58
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SeniorVicePresidentandChiefHumanResourcesOfficer
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through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,GreaterHoustonPartnershipandJuniorAchievementofSouthTexas.
William D. Rogers hasservedasExecutiveVicePresidentandChiefFinancialOfficerofCenterPointEnergysinceMarch2015.Hepreviouslyservedas
ExecutiveVicePresident,FinanceandAccountingfromFebruary2015toMarch2015.PriortojoiningCenterPointEnergy,Mr.RogerswasVicePresidentand
TreasurerofAmericanWaterWorksCompany,Inc.,thelargestpubliclytradedU.S.waterandwastewaterutilitycompany,fromOctober2010toJanuary2015.
Mr. Rogers was also the Chief Financial Officer of NV Energy, Inc., an investor-owned utility headquartered in Las Vegas serving approximately 1.5 million
electricandgascustomersinNevadaandwithannualrevenuesofapproximately$3.0billion,fromFebruary2007toFebruary2010.Hehaspreviouslyservedas
NVEnergy’svicepresidentoffinance,riskandtax,aswellascorporatetreasurer.BeforejoiningNVEnergyinJune2005,Mr.Rogerswasamanagingdirectorin
capitalmarketsatMerrillLynchandpriortothatinasimilarroleatJPMorganChaseinNewYork.HecurrentlyservesontheBoardofDirectorsofEnableGP,
LLC,thegeneralpartnerofEnableMidstreamPartners,LP.
Tracy B. Bridge hasservedasExecutiveVicePresidentandPresident,ElectricDivisionsinceFebruary2014.HepreviouslyservedasSeniorVicePresident
andDivisionPresident,ElectricOperationsfromSeptember2012toFebruary2014;asSeniorVicePresidentandDivisionPresident,GasDistributionOperations
fromMay2011toSeptember2012;asDivisionSenior VicePresident -Support Operationsfrom February2008 toMay2011;andasDivisionVicePresident
RegionalOperationsofCERCfromJanuary2007toFebruary2008.HecurrentlyservesontheBoardofDirectorsofRebuildingTogetherHouston.
Joseph B. McGoldrick has served as Executive Vice President and President, Gas Division since February 2014. He previously served as Senior Vice
PresidentandDivisionPresident,GasOperationsfromSeptember2012toFebruary2014;asSeniorVicePresidentandDivisionPresident,EnergyServicesfrom
May2011toSeptember2012,andasDivisionPresident,GasOperationsfromFebruary2007toMay2011.Mr.McGoldrickisamemberoftheAmericanGas
Association’sLeadershipCouncil.
Dana C. O’Brien has served asSeniorVicePresident, General Counsel and CorporateSecretaryofCenterPointEnergy since May 2014.Beforejoining
CenterPointEnergy,Ms.O’BrienwasChiefLegalOfficerandChiefComplianceOfficerandamemberoftheexecutiveboardatCEVALogistics,aDutch-based
logistics company, from August 2007 to April 2014.  She previously served as the general counsel at EGL, Inc. from October 2005 to July 2007 and Quanta
Services,Inc.fromJanuary2001toOctober2005.Ms.O’BrienservesasadirectorfortheAssociationofWomenAttorneysFoundation,amemberoftheBoard
ofDirectorsofRonaldMcDonaldHouseHoustonandasamemberoftheBoardofDirectorsofChildAdvocates,Inc.
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