Corporate Governance

Executive Management Team Profiles

Thomas E. Skains
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Skains was elected Chairman of the Board by Piedmont's Board of Directors in December 2003, CEO in February 2003 and President and Chief Operating Officer in February 2002. Previously, Mr. Skains served as Senior Vice President - Marketing and Supply Services and directed Piedmont's commercial natural gas activities since joining the company in April 1995. Prior to joining Piedmont, Mr. Skains was employed by Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation in Houston, Texas as Senior Vice President - Transportation and Customer Services. He joined Transco in 1981 as an attorney and served as corporate and senior attorney before being named Vice President in 1986 and Senior Vice President in 1989. Mr. Skains has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Sam Houston State University and a Doctorate of Jurisprudence degree from the University of Houston Law School. He is First Vice Chairman - Board of Directors of the American Gas Association and is past Chairman of the Southern Gas Association. In Charlotte, he has served on the Boards of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, the United Way of Central Carolinas and as Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Providence Day School. He has also served as co-chair of the 2004 & 2005 American Heart Association Charlotte Metro Heart Walks and the 2006 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Arts and Science Council Annual Fund Drive. Mr. Skains is an inactive member of the State Bar of Texas. 
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David J. Dzuricky
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Dzuricky leads the areas of controller, accounting, finance, treasurer, investor relations, corporate planning and development services, information services, risk insurance, credit policy, risk management and joint venture management. Prior to joining Piedmont in 1995, Mr. Dzuricky was Vice President and Treasurer of Consolidated Natural Gas Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He received his bachelor's degree in marketing from Syracuse University and his MBA in finance from the University of Pittsburgh. Mr. Dzuricky is Chairman of the Finance Committee of the American Gas Association. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Southeastern Gas Association and Theater Charlotte. He is a member of United Way of Central Carolinas' Youth Education Council and a member of the Finance Committee of the United Way of Central Carolinas.

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Kevin M. O'Hara
Senior Vice President - Corporate and Community Affairs
Mr. O'Hara was promoted to the position of Senior Vice President of Corporate and Community Affairs in April 2006. Mr. O'Hara is responsible for Community and Legislative Affairs, Corporate Communications and Human Resources and joined Piedmont in 1987. Prior to his promotion, as Vice President of Business Development and Ventures, Mr. O'Hara was responsible for Piedmont's business development and non-utility joint ventures. Mr. O'Hara began his career with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) in Chicago. Mr. O'Hara is a member of the Southern Gas Association and American Gas Association. He has held numerous leadership positions in Charlotte civic and social organizations and serves on the Arts & Science Council's Board of Directors. Mr. O'Hara, a native of Ft. Wayne, Indiana, received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Notre Dame and MBA from DePaul University.

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Michael H. Yount
Senior Vice President - Utility Operations
Mr. Yount joined Piedmont as Senior Vice President - Utility Operations in April 2006, and assumed responsibility for Piedmont's Distribution and Utility Services, Field Operations, Engineering, Environmental, Construction, Operations Support & Services, Codes & Standards, Measurement, System Design, OQ and Training, Pipeline Safety, GIS and Gas Control. Mr. Yount was formerly a Vice President and Consultant for the Senn-Delaney Leadership Consulting Group where he worked with Piedmont's management group in developing the Piedmont Pride program that focuses on developing leadership skills and creating a healthy, high performance culture throughout the organization. Yount has an extensive natural gas industry background with Williams/Transco (formerly Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation). He held several management positions at Williams/Transco including project development, sales and marketing, customer service, engineering and construction and business process improvement functions. Yount received his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree from The Georgia Institute of Technology with highest honors. 

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Franklin H. Yoho
Senior Vice President - Commercial Operations
Mr. Yoho joined Piedmont in March 2002. He directs sales and marketing, transportation services, federal and state regulatory affairs, gas accounting, rates, supply planning, and gas supply and wholesale marketing. Prior to joining Piedmont, he was Vice President, Business Development for CT Communications, a diversified telecommunications company headquartered near Charlotte. Prior to joining CT Communications, Mr. Yoho was Senior Vice President - Marketing and Gas Supply for the former Public Service Company of North Carolina (PSNC), now a division of SCANA Corporation. Mr. Yoho received his MBA degree from Ohio State University and a BA in Economics from Washington and Jefferson College. Mr. Yoho serves on the Board of the Charlotte Regional Sports Commission. He has served as First Vice President of the Southeastern Gas Association and was formerly on the Board of Trustees of the Institute of Gas Technology. He is a member of the Gas Supply Marketing committee of the Southern Gas Association.

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Jane R. Lewis-Raymond
Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Corporate Secretary
Mrs. Lewis-Raymond was named to the position of Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer in April 2006. She was elected by the Piedmont Board of Directors to the office of Corporate Secretary effective July 2006. Mrs. Lewis-Raymond is responsible for the Company's legal affairs, corporate secretary, and corporate compliance matters. Prior to joining Piedmont, Mrs. Lewis-Raymond was Vice President - Regulatory Affairs for the American Gas Association in Washington, D.C. With AGA she was responsible for advising the Association's member company Board of Directors and Government Relations Policy Committee on rate and regulatory matters pending before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and state regulatory commissions. Prior to AGA, Mrs. Lewis-Raymond was an Associate with the government regulation section of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius -- a national law firm specializing in energy issues. Mrs. Lewis-Raymond received her BA degree in East Asian Languages and Literature and Government and Politics and her law degree from the University of Maryland. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the Energy Bar Association, Keystone Energy Board, and Women's Council on Energy and the Environment.

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June B. Moore
Vice President - Customer Service
Ms. Moore is Vice President of Customer Service for Piedmont Natural Gas, responsible for all Customer Service operations in the company's service areas including the Customer Contact Centers, Billing, Meter Reading, and Credit and Collections.  Ms. Moore joined Piedmont in 1986 in Information Services where she led the implementation of the company's Customer Information System, managed business applications, and developed the corporate information architecture.  Prior to moving to Customer Service, she was Vice President of Information Services and focused on leveraging the company's technology assets through implementation of best practices and process standardization.  Prior to Piedmont, Ms. Moore worked in IT at Photo Corporation of America International and taught in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System.  Ms. Moore has served as Chair of the Southern Gas Association's Information Technology Committee and chair of Information Technology Charlotte.  She is currently chair of the Customer Relationship Management Committee of the Southern Gas Association.  She is also Vice Chair of the Board of Summit House Charlotte. She received the Charlotte Business Journal's Women in Business Achievement Award in 2004.  Moore has a BA degree in Education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Other Officers

Leslie Ennis
Vice President - Information Services

Robert O. Pritchard
Vice President - Treasurer and Chief Risk Officer

Jose M. Simon, CPA
Vice President and Controller

Ranelle Q. Warfield
Vice President - Sales and Marketing

Regional Executives

North Carolina

Jeff Hedrick
Burlington, Greensboro, High Point, Reidsville

Teresa VonCannon
Hickory, Mayland, Salisbury, Winston-Salem

Rodney Myers
Elizabeth City, Fayetteville, Goldsboro, New Bern, Rockingham, Tarboro, Wilmington

Mike Keever
Charlotte, Indian Trail

South Carolina

Minh Tran
Anderson, Gaffney, Greenville, Spartanburg

Tennessee

Tim Greenhouse
Nashville

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