Directors  |  Officers

Eric W. Thornburg
Chairman
Director since 2006
Eric W. Thornburg is the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Prior to his appointment in March 2006, Mr. Thornburg served as President of Missouri-American Water, a subsidiary of American Water Works Corporation, from 2000 to 2004. From July 2004 to January 2006, he also served as Central Region Vice President-External Affairs for American Water.

Donald B. Wilbur
Lead Director
Director since 1993
Donald B. Wilbur retired as the Plant Manager of Unilever HPC, USA, a personal products manufacturer, on December 31, 2002.

Mary Ann Hanley
Director since 1999
Mary Ann Hanley is Assistant to the President of St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center and Director of The Valencia Society, the endowment fund for the hospital. From January 1995 to February 1998, she was legal counsel to the Governor’s Office, State of Connecticut.

Heather Hunt
Director since 2006
Heather Hunt is an attorney whose regulatory law practice in Stratford, Connecticut focuses on utility and energy matters. She is also a managing member of w. h. Robert & h. f. Hunt, LLC, a state and federal government consulting firm. Prior to establishing her practices, Ms. Hunt was Director of State and Local Government Affairs at United Technologies Corporation from January 2001 to September 2003 and Vice President of Regulatory and Public Policy at Southern Connecticut Gas from June 1998 through December 2000. In addition, she served as a Commissioner of the Maine Public Utility Commission from October 1995 through May 1998 and as a Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control from October 1993 through July 1995.

Mark G. Kachur
Director since 2002
Mark G. Kachur served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of CUNO, Inc. (filter manufacturer) from November 1999 until his retirement in 2006.

David A. Lentini
Director since 2001
David A. Lentini is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Connecticut Bank and Trust Company. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and he also serves on the Board of Cooper-Atkins Corporation. He retired in December 2001 as Senior Vice President of Webster Bank where he had served since December 1999. From May 1993 to November 1999, he was President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of New England Community Bancorp, Inc., a multi-bank holding company.

Arthur C. Reeds
Director since 1999
Arthur C. Reeds is a Trustee of USAllianz Variable Insurance Products Trust, a mutual fund group affiliated with Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America. He was Senior Investment Officer of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving September 2000 until January 2003. From August 1999 to March 2000, he served as the CEO and as a Director of Conning Corporation, an investment banking firm. He was the Chief Investment Officer at Cigna Corporation until his retirement from Cigna in November 1997.

Lisa Thibdaue
Director since 2000
Lisa J. Thibdaue was named the Vice President, Rates, Regulatory Affairs and Compliance at Northeast Utilities in January 1998 and has served as Vice President, Regulatory and Governmental Affairs at Northeast Utilities since 2005. From 1996 to 1997, she was Executive Director, Rates and Regulatory Affairs at Consumers Energy, a natural gas and electric utility located in Michigan. She is also on the Advisory Board of Michigan State University Institute of Public Utilities.

Carol P. Wallace
Director since 2003
Carol P. Wallace is Chairman of Cooper-Atkins Corporation, a manufacturer of temperature acquisition instruments, and has served in that capacity since 2004 in addition to serving as its President and Chief Executive Officer since 1994. She is also a Director of Zygo Corporation, and she serves as a Trustee of the Connecticut Community College Board.