| Nora Mead Brownell
Nora Mead Brownell has served as a Director of Oncor since October 2007. Ms. Brownell is a founding partner of ESPY Energy Solutions, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in energy including infrastructure, energy consumption, new technology and renewables, and has served as its CEO since April 2009. Following her service as a Commissioner of the FERC from May 2001 to June 2006, Ms. Brownell founded BC Strategies, an energy consulting firm, and served as its President until April 2009. She served on the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission from 1997 until May 2001. Ms. Brownell serves on the boards of directors of Comverge Inc., an energy technology company, Spectra Energy Partners, a natural gas transportation and storage company, Times Publishing Company, a privately-owned regional newspaper publisher, and Oncor Holdings. She also serves on the Advisory Board of Starwood Energy Fund and the Gridwise Architecture Council. During the last five years Ms. Brownell also served on the board of directors of Leaf Clean Energy Company, which invests in clean energy projects in North America.
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| Richard C. Byers
Richard C. Byers has served as a Director of Oncor since November 2008. Mr. Byers currently serves as an Executive Vice President of Borealis Infrastructure Management Inc. (Borealis), an investment arm of Canada’s OMERS pension plan, a position he has held since January 2008. In his role as an officer of Borealis, Mr. Byers has been appointed as a director of several companies in which Borealis invests. In connection with his employment with Borealis, Mr. Byers also serves as the Vice President, Infrastructure of OMERS Strategic Investments Management Inc. and OSI MMM Investment Management Inc., affiliates of Borealis. From 1991 until joining Borealis, Mr. Byers served as Managing Director of BMO Nesbitt Burns, a brokerage investment firm.
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| Thomas M. Dunning
Thomas M. Dunning has served as a Director of Oncor since October 2007. Since his retirement in 2008 as Chairman of Lockton Dunning Benefits, a company specializing in the design and servicing of employee benefits, he has served as a consultant for the company. Mr. Dunning also served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lockton Dunning Benefit Company, its predecessor company, from 1998 to 2007 following the 1998 acquisition of Dunning Benefits Corporation by the Lockton Group of Companies. Mr. Dunning currently serves on the boards of directors of American Beacon Funds, Southwestern Medical Foundation, Baylor Health Care System Foundation, Oncor Holdings, and a number of non-profit organizations.
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| Robert A. Estrada
Robert A. Estrada has served as a Director of Oncor since October 2007. Mr. Estrada is Chairman of the Board and Chief Compliance Officer of Estrada Hinojosa & Company, Inc., an investment banking firm specializing in public finance that he co-founded in 1992. In addition to these positions, he also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the firm from 1992 to 2006. Since its inception, Estrada Hinojosa & Company, Inc. has been involved in municipal bond underwritings totaling over $80 billion and has provided financial advisory services on financings totaling more than $50 billion. Mr. Estrada is a member of the boards of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Oncor Holdings and several civic and arts organization boards. From 2001 until 2008, Mr. Estrada served on the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, a system with over 60,000 employees and a budget of approximately $14 billion, pursuant to an appointment by the Governor of Texas. In addition to having served on the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, Mr. Estrada served as that board’s chair of the audit, compliance and management review committee. From 1990 to 1994, Mr. Estrada also previously served on the board of directors of the Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae), a $45 billion entity and was a member of the board’s executive committee.
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| Monte E. Ford
Monte E. Ford has served as a Director of Oncor since February 2008. He has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of AMR Corporation, the Fort Worth-based parent company of American Airlines, since 2001. Prior to joining AMR, Mr. Ford served in various executive positions, including with Associates First Capital in Texas, Bank of Boston and Digital Equipment Corporation. He helped found the Environmental Energy and Nutritional Learning Center in Boston and has served on various community and non-profit boards, including those of Baylor Regional Medical Center and the Children’s Medical Center Development Board. Mr. Ford also serves on the board of directors of Oncor Holdings. Mr. Ford previously served as a director of Moneygram International from 2006 to 2008.
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| William T. Hill, Jr.
William T. Hill, Jr. has served as a Director of Oncor since October 2007. In 2008, he joined the Dallas criminal defense law firm of Fitzpatrick Hagood Smith & Uhl LLP, where he serves as of counsel. In 2007 he served as Director of Strategic Initiatives of Mercy Street Ministries. From 1999 to 2007, Mr. Hill was Criminal District Attorney of the Dallas County District Attorney’s office. Mr. Hill serves on the boards of directors of Hilltop Holdings, Incorporated, a New York Stock Exchange listed company in the insurance industry, Baylor Hospital Foundation, Oncor Holdings and a number of charitable organizations. top |
| Jeffrey Liaw
Jeffrey Liaw has served as a Director of Oncor since November 2007. Mr. Liaw is active in TPG Capital L.P.’s energy and industrial investing practice areas. TPG is a leading private investment firm with approximately $45 billion in assets under management. Before joining TPG in 2005, he worked for Bain Capital in its industrials practice since 2001. Mr. Liaw serves on the boards of both public and private companies, including Graphic Packaging Corporation, EFH Corp. and Oncor Holdings. He also serves on the board of Education for Change, an Oakland, California-based charter school system. top |
| Marc S. Lipschultz
Marc S. Lipschultz has served as a Director of Oncor since October 2007. He joined Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (KKR) in 1995. Mr. Lipschultz currently serves as a member of KKR’s Management Committee and the firm’s Infrastructure Investment Committee. He has played a leading role in many investments including DPL, International Transmission Company, Texas Genco, EFH Corp. and East Resources. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Lipschultz was with Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he was involved in a broad array of mergers and acquisitions as well as the firm’s principal investment activities. He received an A.B., Honors and Distinction, Phi Beta Kappa, from Stanford University and an M.B.A. with High Distinction, Baker Scholar, from Harvard Business School. He is actively involved in a variety of non-profit organizations, including serving as chair of the Center for Curatorial Studies and as a member of the boards of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Bard College, Common Good, and the Michael J. Fox Foundation. Currently, he is a director of Accel-KKR Company, Oncor Holdings and EFH Corp.
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| Robert S. Shapard
Robert S. Shapard has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive of Oncor since April 2007. Mr. Shapard joined EFH Corp. in October 2005 as a strategic advisor, helping implement and execute growth and development strategies for Oncor. Between March and October 2005, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Tenet Healthcare Corporation, one of the largest for-profit hospital groups in the United States, and was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Exelon Corporation, a large electricity generator and utility operator, from 2002 to February 2005. Before joining Exelon, he was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Ultramar Diamond Shamrock, a North American refining and marketing company, since 2000. Previously, from 1998 to 2000, Mr. Shapard was CEO and managing director of TXU Australia Pty. Ltd., a subsidiary of the former TXU Corp. which owned and operated electric generation, wholesale trading, retail, and electric and gas regulated utility businesses. Mr. Shapard is also a director of Oncor Holdings and a manager of Oncor Electric Delivery Transition Bond Company LLC. top |
| Richard W. Wortham, III
Richard W. Wortham III has served as a Director of Oncor since October 2007. Since 1976 he has served as Trustee, and since November 2008 as Secretary and Treasurer, of The Wortham Foundation, Inc., a private philanthropic foundation with assets of approximately $260 million dedicated to the support and development of Houston’s cultural fabric. From 2005 to November 2008, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of that foundation. He previously served as Trustee of the foundation. Mr. Wortham also serves as a Trustee and member of the audit committee of The Hirtle Callaghan Trust, a $20 billion family of mutual funds, and the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College and is a Life Trustee and Treasurer of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Mr. Wortham is also a director of Oncor Holdings. Additionally, Mr. Wortham has held a leadership role in several companies, including a founding role in several national banks. top |
| Steven J. Zucchet
Steven J. Zucchet has served as a Director of Oncor since November 2008. Mr. Zucchet is a Senior Vice President of Borealis Infrastructure Management, Inc. (Borealis), an investment arm of Canada’s OMERS pension plan, a position he has held since November 2003. From 1996 until joining Borealis, Mr. Zucchet served as Chief Operating Officer of Enwave Energy Ltd., where he was responsible for operations and major infrastructure projects. In his role as an officer of Borealis, Mr. Zucchet has been appointed as a director of several Borealis affiliates and companies in which Borealis invests. His focus at Borealis is in the energy sector, where he leads the pursuit of investment opportunities in the energy sector and is responsible for asset management.
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