Duke Energy Corporation
Board of Directors

Richard B. Priory
52, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, Duke Energy Corporation. (Chairman, Management Committee; Finance Committee; Nominating Committee). Director since 1990.
Alex Bernhardt, Sr.
55, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bernhardt Furniture Company.
(Chairman, Corporate Performance Review Committee; Finance Committee).
Director since 1991.
Harold S. Hook
67, Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, American General Corporation.
(Corporate Performance Review Committee;
Finance Committee).
Director since 1978.

Robert J. Brown
64, Chairman and President,
B&C Associates, Inc.
(Audit Committee; Corporate Performance Review Committee).
Director since 1994.

George Dean Johnson, Jr.
56, President and Chief Executive Officer, Extended Stay America.
(Chairman, Finance Committee; Compensation Committee).
Director since 1986.

William A. Coley
55, President, Duke Power.
(Management Committee).
Director since 1990.

Dr. Max Lennon
58, President, Mars Hill College.
(Chairman, Audit Committee; Corporate Governance Committee).
Director since 1988.

William T. Esrey
59, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sprint Corporation.
(Compensation Committee; Corporate Governance Committee).
Director since 1985.

Leo E. Linbeck, Jr.
64, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Linbeck Corporation.
(Audit Committee; Compensation Committee).
Director since 1986.
Ann Maynard Gray
53, Former President, Diversified Publishing Group, ABC, Inc.
(Audit Committee; Corporate Performance Review Committee).
Director since 1994.

James G. Martin
63, Vice President, Research Carolinas HealthCare System.
(Chairman, Corporate Governance Committee; Compensation Committee).
Director since 1994.

Dennis R. Hendrix
59, Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, PanEnergy Corp.
(Corporate Performance Review Committee; Corporate Governance Committee).
Director since 1990.

Russell M. Robinson, II
67, Attorney-at-Law, Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A.
(Audit Committee; Corporate Performance Review Committee).
Director since 1995.