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William E. Davis Director age 64 joined the Board of Directors in January 2004. He currently serves as Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and as a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Davis has been a director of Abitibi Consolidated Inc. a New York Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange listed company since April 2003. Mr. Davis was the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation an electricity and natural gas utility located in upstate New York from May 1993 to February 2002. Following the sale of Niagara Mohawk in February 2002 and until his retirement in April 2003 Mr. Davis served as Chairman of National Grid USA and as an executive director of National Grid (UK). Prior to joining Niagara Mohawk from August 1984 to February 1990 Mr. Davis was Executive Deputy Commissioner of the New York State Energy Office. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Syracuse University where he is a member of the executive committee and on the Metropolitan Development Foundation of Central New York where he serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Davis received a Doctor of Science Degree from the State University of New York in 2004 a Master of Science Degree from The George Washington University in 1971 and a Bachelor of Science degree from the U. S. Naval Academy in 1964.
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