Board of Directors
| Sherian G. Cadoria
Age 71; Elected 1993
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Brigadier General, U.S. Army (retired); Retired President, Cadoria Speaker and Consultancy Service, Mansura, La.
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Member of Audit, Nominating/Governance and Qualified Legal Compliance committees |  | Robert T. Ratcliff Sr.
Age 69; Elected 1993
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Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ratcliff Construction Co. LLC, Alexandria, La.
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Member of Audit and Finance committees |  | J. Patrick Garrett
Age 68; Elected 1981
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Retired President and Chief Executive Officer, Windsor Food Co. Ltd., Houston, Texas
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Chairman of the board and chairman of Executive, Nominating/Governance and Qualified Legal Compliance committees |  | Peter M. Scott III
Age 62; Elected 2009
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Retired executive vice president and chief financial officer of Progress Energy, Inc., Raleigh, NC. Also retired president and chief executive officer of Progress Energy Service Company, LLC, Raleigh, NC.
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Chairman of the Audit committee and member of the Compensation and Executive committees.
|  | Elton R. King
Age 65; Elected 1999
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Retired President of network and carrier services group, BellSouth Telecommunications Inc., Atlanta, Ga. Also retired President and CEO of Visual Networks Inc.
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Member of Finance, Nominating/Governance and Qualified Legal Compliance committees |  | Shelley Stewart Jr.
Age 58; Elected 2010
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Senior Vice President of Operational Excellence and Chief Procurement Officer for Tyco International Ltd., Princeton, NJ
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Member of Audit, Nominating/Governance and Qualified Legal Compliance committees |  | Logan W. Kruger
Age 61; Elected 2008
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Former President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Century Aluminum Co., Monterey, Calif.
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Member of Audit and Compensation committees |  | William H. Walker Jr.
Age 66; Elected 1996
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Retired Chairman, Howard Weil Inc., New Orleans, La.
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Chairman of Compensation Committee and member of Executive, Finance, Nominating/Governance and Qualified Legal Compliance committees |  | William L. Marks
Age 68; Elected 2001
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Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Whitney Holding Corp. and Whitney National Bank, New Orleans, La.
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Chairman of the Finance Committee and member of Compensation and Executive committees |  | Bruce Williamson
Age 52; Elected 2011
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President and Chief Executive Officer, Cleco Corp., Pineville, La.
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Member of Executive committee |
*Board Information
All ages are as of December 31, 2011.
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