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Directors
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Ralph J. Adkins
(age 67): Mr. Adkins has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation since 1997. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, a position he held from 1990 to 1999. During his tenure with the Company, Mr. Adkins served as President and Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President, Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Accountant. Mr. Adkins is a former director of PNC Bank, Delaware, former Chairman of Bayhealth Foundation, and former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Delaware Public Employees' Retirement System. He has been a director of the Company since 1989. |
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Eugene H. Bayard
(age 63): Mr. Bayard is a partner with the law firm of Wilson, Halbrook & Bayard in Georgetown, Delaware. He has been a member of the firm since 1974. Mr. Bayard serves in numerous business and community board capacities including: Delaware Wild Lands, Inc.; Delaware State Fair, Inc.; Chairman of Harrington Raceway, Inc.; Delaware Volunteer Firemen’s Association; the Southern Delaware Advisory Board for the Delaware Community Foundation; O.A. Newton & Son Company; and J.G. Townsend, Jr. & Company. He has been a director of the Company since 2006. |
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Richard Bernstein
(age 67): Mr. Bernstein is the President and Chief Executive Officer of LWRC International, LLC, a developer and manufacturer of patented rifles and carbines. He was owner, President, and Chief Executive Officer of BAI Aerosystems, Inc. (“BAI”), a manufacturer of lightweight, low-cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, prior to BAI’s acquisition by L-3 Communications Corporation in December 2004. Mr. Bernstein was the major stockholder in Lorch Microwave, which produces microwave components for the military and commercial communications industries, prior to its acquisition by Smiths Group PLC in January 2006. Mr. Bernstein continues to be active in the oversight of several private businesses in which he is a major stockholder. These include: REB Holdings, Inc., a technology consulting company; Salisbury Inc., a manufacturer of pewter and silver for the gift and premium markets; and MaTech, Inc., a leading machining company. He is also a partner in the Waterside Village development in Easton, Maryland. Mr. Bernstein was appointed to Maryland’s Economic Development Commission by Maryland’s Governor O’Malley in August of 2009. He has also served on boards for several colleges and universities and currently serves on the advisory board of M&T Bank. He has been a director of the Company since 1994. |
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Thomas J. Bresnan
(age 57): Mr. Bresnan is majority shareholder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Schneider Sales Management, LLC, a leading provider of sales consulting and skills assessment services and a publisher of proprietary sales training materials based in Greenwood Village, Colorado. From 1999 to 2006, Mr. Bresnan was Chief Executive Officer of New Horizons Worldwide, Inc., an information technology training company in Anaheim, California. At New Horizons Worldwide, Inc. he also served as President from 1992 to 2006 and on the Board of Directors from 1993 to 2006. Prior to his employment with New Horizons Worldwide, Inc., he was President of Capitol American Life Insurance in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Bresnan began his professional career at Arthur Andersen and Co. He has been a director of the Company since 2001. |
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Thomas P. Hill, Jr.
(age 61): Mr. Hill retired in 2002 from Exelon Corporation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he served as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Exelon Energy Delivery Company. Exelon Corporation is an electric utility, providing energy generation, power marketing and energy delivery. Prior to the PECO Energy and Unicom Corporation merger, out of which Exelon Corporation evolved, Mr. Hill was Vice President and Controller for PECO Energy, where he had been employed since 1970 in various senior financial and managerial positions. Mr. Hill serves as a trustee of Magee Rehabilitation Hospital and the Magee Rehabilitation Foundation. He also serves as a member of the Audit Committee for Jefferson Health System. Mr. Hill has been a director of the Company since 2006. |
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Dennis S. Hudson, III
(age 54): Mr. Hudson is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Seacoast National Bank (NASDAQ: SBCF), and Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida, which has offices from Orlando to Palm Beach, Florida. Mr. Hudson has been a member of both organizations’ Boards of Directors since 1983. He has held various positions in the banks, including, most recently, President and Chief Executive Officer, and prior to that, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. A member of the FPU Board of Directors since 2005, Hudson served as a member of the Audit Committee. He also serves on the Miami Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Mr. Hudson is actively involved in the community having served on the Board of the Martin County YMCA Foundation; Council on Aging; St. Michael’s Independent School, the Job Training Center; and as Chairman of the Economic Council of Martin County. He has been a director of the Company since 2009. |
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Paul L. (Jay) Maddock, Jr.
(age 60): Mr. Maddock is a Trustee and President of The Maddock Companies, a diversified real estate development, investment and securities holding company with operations in Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida. A member of the FPU Board of Directors since 1998, Mr. Maddock served as Chairman of the Compensation Committee and as a member of the Audit Committee. He has served on the Board of the Lydian Bank and Trust since 2003, currently serving as the Chairman of the Audit Committee and as a member of the Executive Committee. He has also served on the Boards of PRB Energy, Inc., a natural gas exploration and distribution company in Colorado and Wyoming; Hale Indian River Groves, a citrus fulfillment company; Wachovia Bank of Florida; 1st United Bank and Trust; Island National Bank and Trust. Within the community, he is also the President of THRIFT, Inc., a Palm Beach charity organization, and a committee member and former director of Good Samaritan Hospital. He has been a director of the Company since 2009.
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J. Peter Martin
(age 70): Mr. Martin is the retired Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Atlantic Utilities Corporation, a Miami, Florida diversified utility company that provided water, wastewater, natural gas and propane gas service to residential, commercial and industrial customers in several Florida counties. Mr. Martin founded Atlantic Utilities Corporation in 1980 and remained with the Company until its sale to Southern Union Co. in 1997. From 1973 until 1980, Mr. Martin served as President of Southern Gulf Utilities, Inc., Miami, Florida, which operated utility systems in five states and more than twenty of Florida’s counties. Mr. Martin has previously served in numerous business and community Board and officer capacities, including the Florida Waterworks Association, Florida Natural Gas Association, Miami Gas Institute, City of Coral Gables Utility Task Force, and Trustee of St. Philips Episcopal School. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Governors of Snapper Creek Lakes Club, Inc. in Coral Gables, Florida. He has been a director of the Company since 2001. |
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Michael P. McMasters
(age 51): Mr. McMasters is President and Chief Operating Officer of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation. He was appointed to serve as President effective March 1, 2010, in addition to his role as Chief Operating Officer. He previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since September of 2008. Previously, he served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company since 1997 and as Senior Vice President since 2004. Mr. McMasters is responsible for the oversight of each of the Company’s business units as well as the Human Resources and Information Technology departments. Prior to his current position, he has held the positions of Vice President, Treasurer, Director of Accounting and Rates, and Controller of the Company. In addition to his tenure with Chesapeake, Mr. McMasters also served as Director of Operations Planning for Equitable Gas Company. He has been a director of the Company since 2010. |
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Joseph E. Moore
(age 67): Mr. Moore is a partner with the law firm of Williams, Moore, Shockley and Harrison, LLP. He has previously served in numerous business and community capacities in the State of Maryland, including: State’s Attorney for Worcester County; Attorney for Worcester County Board of Zoning Appeals; Attorney for the Town of Berlin; and as a member of the Board of Governors of the State of Maryland Bar Association. Mr. Moore is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of the Worcester Preparatory School in Berlin, Maryland, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Maryland Historical Society, and a director of the Ocean City Museum Society, Inc. In addition, Mr. Moore serves as a director of Calvin B. Taylor Banking Co., and the Chairman of the Board of Zoning Appeals for the Town of Berlin. He has been appointed by the Maryland Court of Appeals as Co-Chairman of the First Appellate Circuit Character Committee of the Maryland State Board of Law Examiners. Mr. Moore is also a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He has been a director of the Company since 2001. |
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Dianna F. Morgan
(age 58): Mrs. Morgan is the immediate past Chair and is a current member of the Board of Trustees for the University of Florida. In addition, Mrs. Morgan currently serves on the Board of Directors of CNL Bancshares, Inc. and serves on the Board of Trustees for Hersha Hospitality Trust. Mrs. Morgan is also a member of the Board of Directors of Orlando Health (formerly Orlando Regional Healthcare System) and serves as Vice-Chair of the national board for the Children's Miracle Network. Previously, Mrs. Morgan served as Senior Vice President of Public Affairs and Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Walt Disney World Company. She oversaw the Disney Institute - a recognized leader in experiential training, leadership development, benchmarking and cultural change for business professionals around the world. She has been a director of the Company since 2008. |
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Calvert A. Morgan, Jr.
(age 62): Mr. Morgan currently serves as a director of WSFS Financial Corporation and its principal subsidiary, Wilmington Savings Fund Society (“WSFS Bank”). He is also Vice Chairman of WSFS Bank. Mr. Morgan served as Special Advisor to WSFS Financial Corporation from 2004 to 2009. He is the retired Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of PNC Bank, Delaware in Wilmington, Delaware. Mr. Morgan has served in numerous business and community board capacities, including: a member of Delaware Business Roundtable; and trustee of Christiana Care Corporation. Mr. Morgan is a member of the Delaware Economic and Financial Advisory Council. He has been a director of the Company since 2000. |
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John R. Schimkaitis
(age 62): Mr. Schimkaitis is Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation. He was appointed to serve as Vice Chairman effective March 1, 2010 and as Chief Executive Officer in January 1999. He served as President of the Company from 1997 until 2010. Mr. Schimkaitis previously served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, and prior thereto as Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, and Assistant Secretary of the Company. He has been a director of the Company since 1996. |
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