Standing, left to right: Richard Osborne, Ruth Shaw, Paul Anderson, Richard Priory, William Coley and Fred Fowler.
Seated: Richard Blackburn and James Hackett (no longer with Duke Energy).
 
Policy Committee
 
Richard B. Priory
52, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, joined Duke Power in 1974; became President in 1994; became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Duke Energy in 1997.

Paul M. Anderson
53, President and Chief Operating Officer, joined PanEnergy in 1977; became President in 1993; and Chief Executive Officer in 1995; became President and Chief Operating Officer of Duke Energy in 1997.

Richard W. Blackburn
56, joined Duke Energy in 1997 as Executive Vice President and General Counsel. Prior to joining Duke Energy, Mr. Blackburn was President and Group Executive with NYNEX Worldwide Communications and Media Group.

William A. Coley
55, joined Duke Power in 1966; became President of Duke Power Associated Enterprise Group in 1994; became President of Duke Power in 1997.

Fred J. Fowler
52, joined PanEnergy in 1985; became President of Trunkline in 1991; became President of 1Source Corporation in 1993; became President of Texas Eastern in 1994; became Group President, Energy Transmission in 1997.

Richard J. Osborne
47, joined Duke Power in 1975; became Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 1991; became Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 1997.

Ruth G. Shaw
50, joined Duke Power in 1992 as Vice President, Corporate Communications; became Senior Vice President, Corporate Resources in 1994; became Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer in 1997.