Michael D. Barnes is a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy. He was Senior Of Counsel to the law firm of Covington & Burling LLP from 2007 to 2010. He was President of The Brady Campaign and Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence from 2000 through 2006. He was previously a partner in the law firm of Hogan & Hartson LLP. Mr. Barnes was United States Representative from Maryland's 8th Congressional District from 1979 to 1987.
Mr. Barnes has been a director of Washington Gas Light Company since 1991, a director of WGL Holdings since November 2000 and serves as Chairman of the Governance Committee. As Chairman of the Governance Committee, Mr. Barnes also serves as Lead Director for the Board of Directors.
George P. Clancy, Jr. is a retired Executive Vice President and Mid-Atlantic Region Market President of Chevy Chase Bank, a division of Capital One, N.A. (1995-2010). Mr. Clancy has extensive experience in banking which includes serving as President and Chief Operating Officer of The Riggs National Corporation (1985-1986) and President and Chief Executive Officer of Signet Bank, N.A. (1988-1995). Mr. Clancy is the Founding Member, Past Chairman and current member of the Board of Directors of the Catholic Charities Foundation. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the University System of Maryland Foundation, Inc., and a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Maryland College Park Foundation. He also is on the Executive Committee of the Washington D.C. Police Foundation.
Mr. Clancy has been a director of Washington Gas Light Company and a director of WGL
Holdings since December 2000 and serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee.
James W. Dyke, Jr. is a partner in the Virginia law firm of McGuire Woods LLP, where he specializes in corporate, education, voting rights, government relations and municipal law. He has been a partner with the firm since 1993. In addition to his legal career, Mr. Dyke has extensive professional experience in government and public relations. Among other appointments, he served as Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth of Virginia from 1990 to 1993 and as Domestic Policy Advisor to former Vice President Walter Mondale. Mr. Dyke has assumed leadership positions in several business and community organizations, including serving as former Chairman of the Fairfax County, Virginia, Chamber of Commerce, the Northern Virginia Business Roundtable and the Emerging Business Forum. He is also Chair-elect of the Greater Washington Board of Trade for 2009.
Mr. Dyke has been a director of Washington Gas Light Company and of WGL Holdings since
September 2003.
Melvyn J. Estrin is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Human Service Group, Inc. trading as Estrin International (1983-present) and is Chief Executive Officer of University Research Co., LLC. Mr. Estrin is a Director of ChemLink, LLC; Eagle Hospitality LLC; Armed Forces Lodging LLC and HHB Inc. Mr. Estrin has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of two Fortune 500 companies and has been a principal in numerous business enterprises. Mr. Estrin has been appointed by the President as a Trustee of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Mr. Estrin was a Commissioner of the National Capital Planning Commission (Jan. 1997-Dec. 2000). He also served as a Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania (Oct. 1986-1991).
Mr. Estrin has been a director of Washington Gas Light Company since 1991, a director of WGL Holdings since November 2000 and serves as Chairman of the Human Resources Committee.
Nancy C. Floyd is the founder and managing director of Nth Power, a venture capital firm focused on advanced energy technologies, energy efficiency and sustainability. Launched in 1993, Nth Power now manages over $420 million in funds. Ms. Floyd has served on the boards of the American Council on Renewable Energy and the Center for Resource Solutions. She is an active member of Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), a national community of individual business leaders who advocate sound environmental policy while building economic prosperity. Prior to founding Nth Power, Floyd launched two high-growth energy and telecommunications companies: NFC Energy Corporation in 1982, an early wind development company, and PacTel Spectrum Services in 1985. She has also worked on energy and telecommunications issues for the chairman of the Vermont Public Service Board.
Ms. Floyd has been a director of Washington Gas Light Company and of WGL Holdings since June 2011.
Linda Gooden retired in 2013 as Executive Vice President of Lockheed Martin Corp.’s Information Systems & Global Solutions, a $9 billion business with 30,000 employees that provide integrated information technology solutions, systems and services globally for civil, defense, intelligence and other government customers. Ms. Gooden has been inducted into the prestigious Career Communications Hall of Fame. She has been named one of Fortune’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business for three consecutive years and one of the 100 Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America by Black Enterprise magazine in 2009. In 2010, Ms. Gooden was appointed by U.S. President Barack Obama to the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. Ms. Gooden serves on the boards of: the Eisenhower Fellowships Board of Trustees; the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) International; TechAmerica; the University Systems of Maryland Board of Regents; and Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Inc.
Ms. Gooden has been a director of WGL Holdings and Washington Gas since April 1, 2013.
James F. Lafond is the retired Area Managing partner for the greater Washington, D.C. area for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. He is a Certified Public Accountant with extensive experience serving in leadership positions with PricewaterhouseCoopers and with its predecessor, Coopers & Lybrand LLP. He has been active in several civic and non-profit organizations. Among other recognitions, he has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. He is currently a director of VSE Corporation as well as several not-for-profit entities.
Mr. Lafond has been a director of Washington Gas Light Company and of WGL Holdings since September 2003.
Debra L. Lee is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BET Holdings, Inc., a global multi-media company that owns and operates Black Entertainment Television and several other ventures. Ms. Lee previously was Executive Vice President and General Counsel of BET Holdings (1992-1995), President and Chief Operating Officer (1995-May 2005), President and Chief Executive Officer (June 2005-January 2006), and was elected to her present position in January 2006. Ms. Lee serves on the boards of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Grammy Foundation, the Center for Communication, the Paley Center, and Brown University. Ms. Lee is also on the Boards of Directors of Eastman Kodak Company, Marriott International, Inc. and Revlon, Inc.
Ms. Lee has been a director of Washington Gas Light Company since July 2000 and a director of WGL Holdings since November 2000.
Terry D. McCallister is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and of Washington Gas Light Company. Mr. McCallister previously served as President and Chief Operating Officer (2001-2009). Mr. McCallister joined Washington Gas Light Company in April 2000. He was previously with Southern Natural Gas, where he served as Vice President and Director of Operations and with Atlantic Richfield Company, where he held various leadership positions. Mr. McCallister has a bachelor's degree in engineering management from the University of Missouri at Rolla and is a graduate of the Darden Business School Executive Program. Mr. McCallister serves on the Leadership Council of the American Gas Association, is Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Southern Gas Association and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Gas Technology Institute. He also serves on the boards of several business and community organizations, including, among others, the Greater Washington Board of Trade, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington, Northern Virginia Family Services and the INOVA Health System Foundation.
Mr. McCallister has been a director of Washington Gas Light Company and of WGL Holdings since March 2009.
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