Board Committees

Committee Chair = Chair Committee Member = Member Independent Director = Independent Director
  Audit Executive Governance Human Resources
Michael D. Barnes Independent Director   Member of Executive Committee Committee Chair for Governance Committee  
George P. Clancy, Jr. Independent Director Member of Audit Committee     Member of Human Resources Committee
James W. Dyke, Jr. Independent Director     Member of Governance Committee  
Melvyn J. Estrin Independent Director Member of Audit Committee Member of Executive Committee   Committee Chair for Human Resources Committee
James F. Lafond Independent Director Member of Audit Committee      
Debra L. Lee Independent Director       Member of Human Resources Committee
Terry D. McCallister   Committee Chair for Executive Committee    
Karen Hastie Williams Independent Director Committee Chair for Audit Committee Member of Executive Committee Member of Governance Committee  
Karen Williams
Elected 2000

Karen Hastie Williams, age 64, retired in 2004 as a Partner with the Washington, D.C. law firm of Crowell & Moring, where she specialized in public contract law. Prior to joining Crowell & Moring, Ms. Williams served as Administrator for the Office of Federal Procurement Policy at the Office of Management and Budget (1980-1981) and Chief Counsel of the Senate Committee on the Budget (1977-1980). Ms. Williams is a director of SunTrust Banks, Inc., Continental Airlines Company, Gannett Co. and The Chubb Corporation.

Ms. Williams has been a director of Washington Gas Light Company since 1992, a director of WGL Holdings since November 2000 and serves as Chair of the Audit Committee.


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