Board of Directors
| Sherian G. Cadoria
Age 68; Elected 1993
Brigadier General, U.S. Army (retired); Retired President, Cadoria Speaker and Consultancy Service, Mansura, La.
*Member of the Audit, Nominating/Governance and Qualified Legal Compliance committees | 
| Michael H. Madison
Age 60; Elected 2005
President and Chief Executive Officer, Cleco Corp., Pineville, La.
*Member of the Executive Committee | 
| Richard B. Crowell
Age 70; Elected 1997
Partner, law firm of Crowell & Owens, Alexandria, La.
*Member of the Audit and Nominating/Governance and Qualified Legal Compliance committees | 
| William L. Marks
Age 65; Elected 2001
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Whitney Holding Corp. and Whitney National Bank, New Orleans, La.
*Chairman of the Finance Committee and member of the Compensation and Executive committees | 
| J. Patrick Garrett
Age 65; Elected 1981
Retired President and Chief Executive Officer, Windsor Food Co. Ltd., Houston, Texas
*Chairman of the board and chairman of the Executive,
Nominating/Governance and Qualified Legal Compliance committees | 
| Robert T. Ratcliff Sr.
Age 67; Elected 1993
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ratcliff Construction Co. LLC, Alexandria, La.
*Member of the Audit and Finance committees | 
| Elton R. King
Age 62; Elected 1999
Retired President of network and carrier serices group, BellSouth Telecommunications Inc., Atlanta, Ga. Also retired President and CEO of Visual Networks Inc.
*Member of the Finance and Nominating Governance committees | 
| Peter M. Scott III
Age 59; Elected 2009
Retired executive vice president and chief financial officer of Progress Energy, Inc., Raleigh, N.C. Also retired president and chief executive officer of Progress Energy Service Company, LLC, Raleigh, N.C.
*Member of the Audit and Compensation committees | 
| Logan W. Kruger
Age 59; Elected 2008
President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Century Aluminum Co., Monterey, Calif.
*Member of the Audit and Compensation committees. |  | William H. Walker Jr.
Age 63; Elected 1996
Retired Chairman, Howard Weil Inc., New Orleans, La.
*Chairman of the Compensation Committee and member of the Executive and Finance committees | | | | 
| W. Larry Westbrook Age 69; Elected 2003
Retired Chief Financial Officer and Senior Risk Officer for Southern Co., Atlanta, GA
*Chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Compensation, Executive and Finance committees |
All ages as of December 31, 2008
*Board Information
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