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The Xcel Energy Board of Directors 

C. Coney Burgess

Fredric W. Corrigan

Richard K. Davis

Roger R. Hemminghaus

A. Barry Hirschfeld

Richard C. Kelly

Douglas W. Leatherdale

Albert F. Moreno

Dr. Margaret R. Preska

A. Patricia Sampson

Richard H. Truly

David A. Westerlund

Timothy V. Wolf

To contact the Board of Directors, send an e-mail to: boardofdirectors@xcelenergy.com

 

C. Coney Burgess, chairman and president of Burgess-Herring Ranch Company; chairman of Herring Bank of Amarillo, Texas. Mr. Burgess served on the board of directors of NCE from 1997 until 2000 and on the board of directors of Southwestern Public Service Company from 1994 until 1997. He serves as a director of Chain-C, Inc., Herring Bank, and Monarch Trust Company. Mr. Burgess also serves as director of the American Quarter Horse Association, Harrington Cancer Center, and Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. Mr. Burgess received his B.S. and B.A. degrees from Mississippi State University, majoring in geology and pre-law.

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Fredric W. Corrigan, retired chief executive officer and president of The Mosaic Company, a global crop nutrition company (October 2004 to present); previously he served as executive vice president of Cargill, Incorporated. Mr. Corrigan also currently serves on the board of directors of The Mosaic Company and the Fertilizer Institute, and as vice chairman and director of the Potash and Phosphate Institute. Mr. Corrigan received a bachelor's degree in Economics from Dartmouth College.

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Richard K. Davis, chairman, president and chief executive officer of U.S. Bancorp, a multi-state financial holding company; previously he served  as Vice Chairman of U.S. Bancorp (February 2001 to October 2004). Mr. Davis also currently serves on the board of directors of the American Bankers Association, Visa International and the Minnesota Orchestra.

Mr. Davis received a bachelor's degree in Economics from California State University and has completed banking school programs at the University of Washington and Cornell University.

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Roger R. Hemminghaus, retired chairman and chief executive officer  of Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corp., a petroleum refining and marketing company in San Antonio. Mr. Hemminghaus served on the board of directors of NCE from 1997 until 2000 and on the board of directors of Southwestern Public Service Company from 1994 until 1997. He serves on the board of directors of CTS Corporation and Tandy Brands Accessories Corp.  Mr. Hemminghaus is former chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas; he serves on the National Executive Council of  the Boy Scouts of America, as vice chairman of the Development Board of the University of Texas at San Antonio, regent of Texas Lutheran University, and director and former chairman of the Southwest Research Institute. Mr. Hemminghaus earned a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Auburn University and has done graduate work in business and nuclear engineering.

Director since 2000

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A. Barry Hirschfeld, chairman of National Hirschfeld LLC. Mr. Hirschfeld served on the board of directors of NCE from 1997 until 2000 and on the board of directors of Public Service Company of Colorado from 1988 until 1997. Mr. Hirschfeld serves on the board of directors of Digital Reliance, Inc., the Rocky Mountain Multiple Sclerosis Center, and the National Jewish Center. He is on the board of trustees for the Denver Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and is a lifetime trustee of the Denver Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau. He also is executive vice president of the Mile Hi Stadium Club; and on the executive committee of the Colorado Concern. He received his M.B.A. degree from the University of Denver and a B.S. degree in business administration from California State Polytechnic University.

Director since 2000

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Richard C. Kelly, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of Xcel Energy. From June to mid-December 2005 he served as president and chief executive officer; from October 2003 until June 2005, he was Xcel Energy’s chief operating officer, and previous to that he served as chief financial officer.

Prior to the 2000 merger of New Century Energies (NCE) and Northern States Power Company to form Xcel Energy, Kelly served as NCE's chief financial officer, having held a variety of finance-related positions at Public Service Company of Colorado before it merged with Southwestern Public Service Company to form NCE.

He is second vice-chairman of the Edison Electric Institute, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Science Museum of Minnesota and a board member of the Capital City Partnership, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI),Canadian Pacific Railway, the Minnesota Orchestra, and Regis University, and a director on the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce.

Kelly is a member of the Minnesota Business Partnership, the National Petroleum Council, Colorado Concern and Colorado Forum and the National Advisory Council of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

Kelly earned both a master's degree in business administration and a bachelor's degree in accounting from Regis University. He attended the University of Colorado’s Executive Education Conference and the University of Michigan’s Public Utility Executive Program.

Director since 2004

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Douglas W. Leatherdale, retired chairman and chief executive officer of The St. Paul Companies, Inc., an insurance organization. Mr. Leatherdale also serves as a director of United HealthCare Group, the International Insurance Society and The Minnesota Orchestral Association. Mr. Leatherdale earned a bachelor's degree from United College, Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is a lifetime director of the University of Minnesota Foundation and also serves as a director of the University of Winnipeg Foundation, Winnipeg, Canada.

Director since 1991

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Albert F. Moreno, retired senior vice president and general counsel of Levi Strauss & Co., a brand name apparel manufacturer. Mr. Moreno served on the board of directors of NCE from 1999 until 2000. Mr. Moreno serves on the board of trustees of the Rosenberg Foundation. Formerly he was vice chairman and member of the board of trustees of the Levi Strauss Foundation, chairperson and member of the board of trustees of the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute, director of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NAELO) Education Fund, member of the board of trustees of the Mexican Museum, chairperson of the National Hispanic Corporate Council and former member and vice president of the board of trustees of the University of California at Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) Alumni Association. Mr. Moreno received a bachelor's degree in economics from San Diego State University, a degree in Latin American Economic Studies from the Universidad de Madrid and his law degree from the University of California at Berkeley School of Law.

Director since 2000

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Dr. Margaret R. Preska, owner and chief executive officer of Robinson Preska Company (includes Build a Bike, Inc.com, an Internet-based instructional business), Distinguished Service Professor, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, historian, and President Emerita of Minnesota State University, Mankato. Dr. Preska is a member of the board of directors of Milkweed Editions Publishing Co., a literary and educational publisher. Dr. Preska earned a bachelor of science degree at the State University of New York-Brockport. She earned a master's degree at The Pennsylvania State University and a Ph.D. from Claremont Graduate University.

Director since 1980

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A. Patricia Sampson, chief executive officer and president of The Sampson Group, Inc., a management development and strategic planning consulting business. She also is chairperson of World Alive Ministries. Ms. Sampson received a master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor's degree from Youngstown State University. She is currently working toward a doctorate degree in ministry at Bethel Seminary.

Director since 1985

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Richard H. Truly,  retired U.S. Navy Vice Admiral and past director of the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Mr. Truly headed NREL from 1997 until his retirement in 2005. He has served as the executive vice president of the Midwest Research Institute, vice president of the Georgia Institute of Technology and director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute. He served in the U.S. Navy and NASA from 1959 to 1992. As a result of his service to the nation, Mr. Truly received several prestigious honors including the Presidential Citizens' Medal, two Legions of Merit awards, two Distinguished Service Medals (NASA), the Navy Distinguished Flying Cross and the Secretary of Energy's Gold Award. Among many association memberships, he belongs to the Astronaut Hall of Fame and the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame.

Director since 2005

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David A. Westerlund, executive vice president, Administration and Corporate Secretary at Ball Corporation (2006 to present), where he has been employed since 1987; previously, senior vice president, administration and corporate secretary of Ball Corporation. He earned Bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Virginia and a law degree from the University of South Carolina. He currently serves on the board of Exempla Healthcare, Westminster Legacy Foundation and Mile High United Way.

Director effective January 30, 2007

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Timothy V. Wolf, vice president and global chief Financial officer of Molson Coors Brewing Company (2005 to present), based in Denver. Previously he served as vice president, controller and chief accounting officer for Walt Disney Co. He earned his master's degree in finance and marketing from the University of Chicago and his undergraduate degree from Harvard. He currently serves on the Board for Denver Hospice.

Director effective January 30, 2007

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